Uploaded April 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Here’s another video of East Penn Railroad’s old & rare U23B locomotive, which is the second part to my video titled: “Old Locomotive has Trouble Switching Cars - Hits Garage Door + Wheel Slip!” youtu.be/IOo6T_aXj8M
On two different days I followed this train around on their short line branch between Sinking Spring and Ephrata after interchanging with the Norfolk Southern Railway in Reading, Pennsylvania: We’ll see several locations where the locomotive chugs and sounds it’s nice Leslie RS3K horn, as well as switching another industry on the line.
These General Electric “Universal Series” locomotives are known for having that distant 4-stroke “chug” which is also heard in the Dash-7 and early Dash-8 engines. These new GEVO’s just aren’t the same! I think they sound like vacuum cleaners, but I would appreciate your thoughts about older vs newer GE locomotives in the comments below!
The industry switching starts at 5:45.
Best chugging clip start times: 0:15; 0:45; 3:25.
My favorite railroad crossing shot with horn: 4:40
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Recorded on December 28, 2011 & January 6, 2012 in 1080p with a Canon VIXIA HG20
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Central Penn Rail Productions 2019
Here’s another video of East Penn Railroad’s old & rare U23B locomotive, which is the second part to my video titled: “Old Locomotive has Trouble Switching Cars - Hits Garage Door + Wheel Slip!” youtu.be/IOo6T_aXj8M
On two different days I followed this train around on their short line branch between Sinking Spring and Ephrata after interchanging with the Norfolk Southern Railway in Reading, Pennsylvania: We’ll see several locations where the locomotive chugs and sounds it’s nice Leslie RS3K horn, as well as switching another industry on the line.
These General Electric “Universal Series” locomotives are known for having that distant 4-stroke “chug” which is also heard in the Dash-7 and early Dash-8 engines. These new GEVO’s just aren’t the same! I think they sound like vacuum cleaners, but I would appreciate your thoughts about older vs newer GE locomotives in the comments below!
The industry switching starts at 5:45.
Best chugging clip start times: 0:15; 0:45; 3:25.
My favorite railroad crossing shot with horn: 4:40
youtube.com/c/CentralPennRailProductions
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Recorded on December 28, 2011 & January 6, 2012 in 1080p with a Canon VIXIA HG20
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Central Penn Rail Productions 2019
![Reading & Northern Freight Extra South [4K]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gX_TnjQiSG8/mqdefault.jpg "Reading & Northern Freight Extra South [4K]
On October 14, 2018 after the 425 excursion, Reading & Northern train JTEX departs Jim Thorpe with red GP39RNs 2534 & 2535 and 5 Cyro-Trans box cars. The red GPs are primarily used as power for the Lehigh Scenic Railway, but with the weekend coming to a close, the locomotives were swiped for this extra move to North Reading. Train and location information and video timestamps are listed below.
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0:00 - Starting at Quakake, MP15DC 1543 idles away, to be picked up en route.
1:15 - While JTEX picked up the switcher, I relocated down the road to East Mahanoy Junction (EMX) to catch the train rounding the curve with the M&S branch in the foreground (Mahanoy & Shamokin).
1:50 - After making a pickup in Tamaqua, JTEX proceeds south at Millers Crossing in Molino, passing a field of soybeans at track speed.
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