Uploaded December 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
On the last few weekends of December, Reading & Northern 425 put on one final show for those visiting Santa Claus on the train from Outer Reading Station to Port Clinton. Watch 425 roar through Berks County on a journey up the Schuylkill Valley!
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On the last few weekends of December, Reading & Northern 425 put on one final show for those visiting Santa Claus on the train from Outer Reading Station to Port Clinton. Watch 425 roar through Berks County on a journey up the Schuylkill Valley!
Check out our steam train playlist!
youtube.com/watch?v=4xSpSiK71s4&list=PL02SJYDMhhAsnDpjmJsw1BI8LDID9xKuy
R&N 425 Fall Foliage Trips!
youtu.be/DkRgBjM8748
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![Wheeling on the Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad [4K]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XkQ8XX-mDQU/mqdefault.jpg "Wheeling on the Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad [4K]
On October 22 & 23: A trip to the Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad these days reveals the story of a modern Alphabet Route. Car loads that dodge Class I railroads, particularly coke trains that take a WLE-AVR-BPRR routing, have brought locomotives from the respective shortlines onto the G&W property, giving reprieve to the corporate orange consists. On the 22nd, chasing SIRI with Wheeling & Lake Erie power south from the NY/PA border would be the main target, but RISI and JB-1 also make an appearance. On the morning of the 23rd, we stuck around for the RISI further south in Punxsutawney which is led by one of the P&W units that are currently on the property.
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0:00 - A patch of wetlands reflects SIRI heading south between Limestone and Carrollton, New York, just minutes after the train departed Salamanca with:
WE SD40-3 3068
WE SD40-2 6318
WE SD40-2 6996
PW SD70M-2 4301
1:15 - SIRI makes no stop at Foster Brook, passing the part of refinery complex displaying its old namesake.
1:45 - Sand flies as SIRI climbs up the hill at Lewis Run, rounding the horseshoe curve at Droney Road. Normally, trains are struggling here, but today a light train of 37 cars moves with ease.
3:00 - Upon arrival at Mt. Jewett, SIRI will make a pick up that will triple its train length. The old Color Position Light (CPL) signals provide evidence that this line was once part of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The CPLs are still in use here as part of the Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) Islands along the B&P railroad.
4:50 - Positioning further south, SIRI rips south through Mt Jewett with all four units online. We would end our chase here as they would spend a couple hours waiting to do start work in Johnsonburg after meeting RISI.
7:05 - RISI heads north over the Clarion River in Johnsonburg with typical B&P power.
B&P SD40T-2 3301
B&P SD40-2 457 (retains SD45 carbody)
B&P SD40-2 3318
B&P SD40-3 452 (retains SD45 carbody)
8:00 - B&P GP40 3001, the JB-1 switch job was also moving around the yard in Johnsonburg.
9:45 - The next day we drove over to Riker Yard: RISI departs north with yesterdays power in reverse. Here is a scene that is typical in the oil-rich northwestern Pennsylvania: oil wells dot the region home to the first oil rush in the United States.
10:35 - Just down the road at the first grade crossing, we get a closer look of the train departing, as a cloud decided to steal the gorgeous sunlight.
11:30 - Further north along an acid-washed creek in Sykesville, RISI leans through the bend at track speed.
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