Uploaded May 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Hopefully the EPA doesn't take down this video! Trains & Locomotives can be dirty: here's an example of over 25 ALCO, EMD & GE locomotives throttling and blowing exhaust all over the place! True gritty railroading at its finest. There's nothing quite like the heat and smell of diesel exhaust hitting your face when a notched freight goes roaring past! (Train info below)
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Despite these dirty catches, most trains don't spew smoke like this all of the time. In fact, on average, hauling freight by rail is 3x more fuel efficient than by trucks on the highway!
6/08/09: 0:00 - Mance, PA - CSX SD70MAC's 4573 / 4568
6/08/09: 1:10 - Mance, PA - CSX SD70MAC 4712 / CSX C40-8W 7343
7/08/09: 1:55 - Richland, PA - NS GP40-2 3020 / NS SD40-2 3375
3/08/10: 2:20 - Richland, PA - NS SD40-2's 3423 / 3433
6/23/10: 2:55 - Kempton, PA - WK&S GE 65 Ton 734
6/24/10: 3:25 - East Stroudsburg, PA - DL RS3's 4118, 4103, & 4068
7/27/10: 3:50 - Oil City, PA - WNYP C424 426
7/27/10: 4:45 - Hartstown, PA - NS SD40-2's 3435 & 3260
7/28/10: 5:30 - Meadville, PA - WNYP C425 4264, C424 426, and C430 431
7/28/10: 6:00 - Jamestown, NY - WNYP C424 426 and C425 4264
7/28/10: 7:05 - Falconer, NY - WNYP C630M 630 and C430's 432 & 431
7/28/10: 7:50 - Kennedy, NY - WNYP C630M 630 and C430's 432 & 431
3/11/11: 8:40 - Meyersdale & Keystone, PA - CSX SD40-2 8867, AC4400CW 424, SD40-2 8082, GP39-2 4294, SD40-2 8242 & AC4400CW 122
5/10/11: 10:05 - Oswego, NY - HLCX SD60 5984, NS C40-9W 9283 & NS C40-9 8772
6/07/11 - 11:00 - Sheridan, PA - NS SD70M-2 2696, GMTX SD60 9082 & NS C40-9W 9408
6/08/11 - 11:40 - Myerstown, PA - NS SD70 2514, SD60 6709, SD70 2575 & C40-9W 9421
6/23/11 - 12:45 - Richland, PA - NS C40-8 8300 & SD60 6647
8/01/11 - 14:05 Newmanstown, PA - NS C40-9W's 9950 / 9237
8/06/12 - 14:55 - Richland, PA - NS SD60 6704, UP C44-9W 9753 & NS C40-9W 8909.
5/17/13 - 15:30 - Lyons, PA - NS GP40-2 3048 / NS GP38-2 5355
7/09/14 - 16:15 - Womelsdorf, PA - NS SD60M 6793 / IC C40-8W 2466
7/25/14 - 16:55 - Richland, PA - NS SD40-2's 3394 / 3338
9/12/14 - 17:40 - Robesonia, PA - NS SD40-2's 3338 / 3347
7/14/09 - 18:15 - Sinking Spring, PA - NS SD40-2's 3389 / 3380
Recorded 2009-2014 in 1080p with a Canon VIXIA HG20
Thanks for watching!
Central Penn Rail Productions 2019
Hopefully the EPA doesn't take down this video! Trains & Locomotives can be dirty: here's an example of over 25 ALCO, EMD & GE locomotives throttling and blowing exhaust all over the place! True gritty railroading at its finest. There's nothing quite like the heat and smell of diesel exhaust hitting your face when a notched freight goes roaring past! (Train info below)
If you like this video and want to see more like it, give it a thumbs up and subscribe for more, and let me know your thoughts in the comments below!
youtube.com/c/CentralPennRailProductions
Follow on Facebook:
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Despite these dirty catches, most trains don't spew smoke like this all of the time. In fact, on average, hauling freight by rail is 3x more fuel efficient than by trucks on the highway!
6/08/09: 0:00 - Mance, PA - CSX SD70MAC's 4573 / 4568
6/08/09: 1:10 - Mance, PA - CSX SD70MAC 4712 / CSX C40-8W 7343
7/08/09: 1:55 - Richland, PA - NS GP40-2 3020 / NS SD40-2 3375
3/08/10: 2:20 - Richland, PA - NS SD40-2's 3423 / 3433
6/23/10: 2:55 - Kempton, PA - WK&S GE 65 Ton 734
6/24/10: 3:25 - East Stroudsburg, PA - DL RS3's 4118, 4103, & 4068
7/27/10: 3:50 - Oil City, PA - WNYP C424 426
7/27/10: 4:45 - Hartstown, PA - NS SD40-2's 3435 & 3260
7/28/10: 5:30 - Meadville, PA - WNYP C425 4264, C424 426, and C430 431
7/28/10: 6:00 - Jamestown, NY - WNYP C424 426 and C425 4264
7/28/10: 7:05 - Falconer, NY - WNYP C630M 630 and C430's 432 & 431
7/28/10: 7:50 - Kennedy, NY - WNYP C630M 630 and C430's 432 & 431
3/11/11: 8:40 - Meyersdale & Keystone, PA - CSX SD40-2 8867, AC4400CW 424, SD40-2 8082, GP39-2 4294, SD40-2 8242 & AC4400CW 122
5/10/11: 10:05 - Oswego, NY - HLCX SD60 5984, NS C40-9W 9283 & NS C40-9 8772
6/07/11 - 11:00 - Sheridan, PA - NS SD70M-2 2696, GMTX SD60 9082 & NS C40-9W 9408
6/08/11 - 11:40 - Myerstown, PA - NS SD70 2514, SD60 6709, SD70 2575 & C40-9W 9421
6/23/11 - 12:45 - Richland, PA - NS C40-8 8300 & SD60 6647
8/01/11 - 14:05 Newmanstown, PA - NS C40-9W's 9950 / 9237
8/06/12 - 14:55 - Richland, PA - NS SD60 6704, UP C44-9W 9753 & NS C40-9W 8909.
5/17/13 - 15:30 - Lyons, PA - NS GP40-2 3048 / NS GP38-2 5355
7/09/14 - 16:15 - Womelsdorf, PA - NS SD60M 6793 / IC C40-8W 2466
7/25/14 - 16:55 - Richland, PA - NS SD40-2's 3394 / 3338
9/12/14 - 17:40 - Robesonia, PA - NS SD40-2's 3338 / 3347
7/14/09 - 18:15 - Sinking Spring, PA - NS SD40-2's 3389 / 3380
Recorded 2009-2014 in 1080p with a Canon VIXIA HG20
Thanks for watching!
Central Penn Rail Productions 2019
![Reading & Northern on the PRR Schuylkill Branch [4K]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vvYhj72_ilk/mqdefault.jpg "Reading & Northern on the PRR Schuylkill Branch [4K]
On March 27, 2015, a train of 100 empty crude oil tank cars are bound for storage on the former Pennsylvania Railroad Schuylkill Branch between Reading and Hamburg, Pennsylvania. This was the first move of many made to store 100s of empty tank cars across the Reading & Northern system. With declining prices and demand for oil, the once busy method of shipping crude by rail between 2012-2014 has significantly dwindled. Many of these rail cars were built between 2011-2014 and have seen very few mileage, but with a lack of demand for crude by rail, thousands of these tank cars sit idle across the country, for how long? Who knows...
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The power for the train, symbol PNTE (Port Clinton - Temple) had power on both end of the trains, with RBMN SD50M 5049 and GP39RN 2530 pulling the train down from Port Clinton to the Norfolk Southern interchange and BELT (Belt Line Junction) just north of the city of Reading, and RBMN SW8M 802 on the rear for the shove north toward Hamburg, which is the present day terminus of the branch and home to the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society museum and preserved railroad equipment, some of which you see scattered along the branch in this video.
The PRR Schuylkill Branch used to be a line that paralleled the Reading Railroad from Philadelphia to Delano Junction, but is now split into segments with the abandonment of most of the line. This segment runs between Laurel Junction in Temple, PA to Hamburg, PA. This section of track has not seen revenue service in many decades, and the days of the Blue Mountain & Reading steam have come and gone two decades ago. Therefore, seeing a train on the PRR side of the Schuylkill River is incredibly rare, especially on the full extent of the branch.
Hopper cars had been stored on this line in the past, but rarely north of GLEN, which is where the switch to the Glen-Gery Brick Plant and old Pennsylvania Railroad Signal bridge sit derelict. This was the first of such rare mileage empty oil can moves made, and was perhaps the first revenue freight train to run above Shoemakersville in over two decades!
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