Uploaded May 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Welcome aboard! Get ready for some spring-time trains and mainline action! Witness the transition from gray and white to budding trees and blooming flowers in Central Pennsylvania between the beginning of March and end of May. In total, you will see 11 freights and 1 local between Reading and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Oh, and a surprise C130 as a bonus too!
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Train descriptions, including the time they appear in the video are listed below, as well as captions in the video. I wanted to try something new here, I planned on narrating this but didn't have the time, so I left the captions in place instead. Let me know what you think (criticism too!)
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March 20: Snowing on the first day of spring, 39G crosses over West Reading with a former BN Executive SD70MAC leading.
0:00 - 39G - Pavonia, NJ - Allentown, PA
PRLX SD70MAC 9554
NS SD70M-2 2683
March 24: A loud set of ex-Conrail SD60's pull a heavy M4G through Lebanon with cars for Morrisville Yard and Abrams Yard.
1:20 - M4G - Conway, PA - Morrisville, PA
NS SD60 6707
NS SD60 6706
April 7: By the first week of April, some trees start to bud, 36Q is framed by a nice red tree.
3:55 - 36Q - Linwood, NC - Allentown, PA
NS ES44AC 8164
NS C44-9W 9233
NS C44-9W 9926
April 14: 10N crosses 8th stret in Lebanon, passing the two train stations from the days of the Reading Railroad and Cornwall & Lebanon.
5:30 - 10N - Conway, PA - Allentown, PA
NS C44-9W 9941
NS SD60E 6921
April 21: Some color on the trees in Hershey start to show as 21M crosses Derry Road, passing the Hershey shifter which is parked for the day.
7:25 - 21M - Croxton, NJ - Chicago, IL
NS SD70ACe 7280
NS C44-9W 9201
NS C44-9W 9889
A couple hours later 15T passes the nicely restored train station at Swatara, which is named after the nearby creek.
9:05 - 15T - Allentown, PA - Birmingham, AL
NS SD60E 7017
NS ES44AC 8131
NS SD40E 6346
April 28: A think morning fog shrouds marine container train 23M, lead by the so-called "sonic bonnet"
10:30 - 23M - Elizabethport, NJ - Chicago, IL
NS AC44C6M 4000
NS C40-8W 8450
April 29: Abandoned silos and flowering trees surround a heavy 14G heading up the hill in Annville.
12:15 - 14G - Conway, PA - Morrisville, PA
NS SD70M 2632
UP SD70ACe 8898
NS C44-9W 8940
May 2: The CNJ Heritage Unit leads domestic and marine stacks out of Harrisburg at Robesonia on a sunny morning.
14:40 - 22V - Harrisburg, PA - Elizabethport, NJ
NS SD70ACe 1071
NS SD70 2577
That afternoon, a C130 flies around Reading as 15T enters the Harrisburg Line at Wyomissing Jct. with an ex-Conrail SD60M leading.
16:10 - 15T - Allentown, PA - Birmingham, AL
NS SD60M 6769
NS SD70M 2605
NS C44-9W 9294
May 5: New empty gondolas head east under a flowering tree in Hershey, passing the cocoa bean silos and former location of the chocolate factory.
18:35 - 61N - Farrell, PA - Paulsboro, NJ
NS ES44DC 7675
NS C44-9W 9113
May 29: H31 local passes some flowers at Milepost 81 on their way west to work another customer.
19:45 - H31 - Reading Yard - Lebanon, PA (Local)
NS GP38-2 5663
NS SD40-2 3521
NS GP38-2 5618
Recorded with Sony FDR-AX100
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Central Penn Rail Productions 2019
Welcome aboard! Get ready for some spring-time trains and mainline action! Witness the transition from gray and white to budding trees and blooming flowers in Central Pennsylvania between the beginning of March and end of May. In total, you will see 11 freights and 1 local between Reading and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Oh, and a surprise C130 as a bonus too!
Subscribe if you haven't already! Just got over 70k this week, thanks all!
youtube.com/c/CentralPennRailProductions
Train descriptions, including the time they appear in the video are listed below, as well as captions in the video. I wanted to try something new here, I planned on narrating this but didn't have the time, so I left the captions in place instead. Let me know what you think (criticism too!)
Like us on Facebook!
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March 20: Snowing on the first day of spring, 39G crosses over West Reading with a former BN Executive SD70MAC leading.
0:00 - 39G - Pavonia, NJ - Allentown, PA
PRLX SD70MAC 9554
NS SD70M-2 2683
March 24: A loud set of ex-Conrail SD60's pull a heavy M4G through Lebanon with cars for Morrisville Yard and Abrams Yard.
1:20 - M4G - Conway, PA - Morrisville, PA
NS SD60 6707
NS SD60 6706
April 7: By the first week of April, some trees start to bud, 36Q is framed by a nice red tree.
3:55 - 36Q - Linwood, NC - Allentown, PA
NS ES44AC 8164
NS C44-9W 9233
NS C44-9W 9926
April 14: 10N crosses 8th stret in Lebanon, passing the two train stations from the days of the Reading Railroad and Cornwall & Lebanon.
5:30 - 10N - Conway, PA - Allentown, PA
NS C44-9W 9941
NS SD60E 6921
April 21: Some color on the trees in Hershey start to show as 21M crosses Derry Road, passing the Hershey shifter which is parked for the day.
7:25 - 21M - Croxton, NJ - Chicago, IL
NS SD70ACe 7280
NS C44-9W 9201
NS C44-9W 9889
A couple hours later 15T passes the nicely restored train station at Swatara, which is named after the nearby creek.
9:05 - 15T - Allentown, PA - Birmingham, AL
NS SD60E 7017
NS ES44AC 8131
NS SD40E 6346
April 28: A think morning fog shrouds marine container train 23M, lead by the so-called "sonic bonnet"
10:30 - 23M - Elizabethport, NJ - Chicago, IL
NS AC44C6M 4000
NS C40-8W 8450
April 29: Abandoned silos and flowering trees surround a heavy 14G heading up the hill in Annville.
12:15 - 14G - Conway, PA - Morrisville, PA
NS SD70M 2632
UP SD70ACe 8898
NS C44-9W 8940
May 2: The CNJ Heritage Unit leads domestic and marine stacks out of Harrisburg at Robesonia on a sunny morning.
14:40 - 22V - Harrisburg, PA - Elizabethport, NJ
NS SD70ACe 1071
NS SD70 2577
That afternoon, a C130 flies around Reading as 15T enters the Harrisburg Line at Wyomissing Jct. with an ex-Conrail SD60M leading.
16:10 - 15T - Allentown, PA - Birmingham, AL
NS SD60M 6769
NS SD70M 2605
NS C44-9W 9294
May 5: New empty gondolas head east under a flowering tree in Hershey, passing the cocoa bean silos and former location of the chocolate factory.
18:35 - 61N - Farrell, PA - Paulsboro, NJ
NS ES44DC 7675
NS C44-9W 9113
May 29: H31 local passes some flowers at Milepost 81 on their way west to work another customer.
19:45 - H31 - Reading Yard - Lebanon, PA (Local)
NS GP38-2 5663
NS SD40-2 3521
NS GP38-2 5618
Recorded with Sony FDR-AX100
Thanks for watching!
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![Union Pacific SD60 Leads a Train! [4K]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ta12NvOrbEQ/mqdefault.jpg "Union Pacific SD60 Leads a Train! [4K]
July 11, 2018: On a beautiful summer morning, Charleston, SC - Port Newark, NJ baretable train 24Q is led by an increasingly rare, Union Pacific SD60 2188 with UP SD70M 4904 trailing. This once a week train of empty wells satisfies the demand of incoming containers at the Port Newark - Elizabeth Marine Terminal, seen here passing through Fleetwood, PA on the Norfolk Southern Reading Line. The train eases eastbound through a 25 MPH speed restriction about a mile to the west. Some nice blue wildflowers accompany scene. Id be curious to know where the style of numberboard on 2188 came from?
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SD60s were common power on road trains up until around 2009-2010, when much of the fleet was sold to leasing companies, while the remainder went into storage. Same for the SD60Ms. Several UP SD60s and SD60Ms have been put back into service with a power shortage due to an increase in traffic. Most of these locomotives end up in local service, or on Norfolk Southern to repay horsepower hours, much like back in 2010 and 11 when NS also had a bunch of UP SD60Ms (and leased UP C40-8s) roaming the rails to fill trains ahead of the ES44AC/SD70ACe orders. There was also the occasional ex-UP SD60, typically HLCX, leading freights. Jump to today, especially with in the days of PTC installation and trip optimizer, seeing a leased or original UP SD60 leading a train on foreign rails is almost unheard of since most wind up in the trailing position. So with all of that said, this will be one of my prized catches for the year, even more so than the UP 1943 on the Union Pacific business train, which is just an over-rated spectacle in my opinion.
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![Reading & Northern Diesel Duty with CNJ 113 [4K]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TmxIe2z1sIA/mqdefault.jpg "Reading & Northern Diesel Duty with CNJ 113 [4K]
On December 6 and 20, 2015, the Santa Train Excursions ran between Landingville and Minersville, PA. Reading & Northern provided diesel power for the outbound move for CNJ 113s northward runs back to Minersville. On the 6th, RBMN SD50 5022 provides power, while on the 20th, one of the newer GP39RN (GP30 body) RBMN 2532 provides assistance. These shots are in no particular order, but more detailed information can be found below.
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0:00 - The last trip of the afternoon on December 6 passes the freshly restored depot at West Cressona.
1:20 - On December 20, R&N 2532 eases around the bend along Cressona Yard with plenty of R&N goodies laying around, most notably the Lehigh & New England inspired box cars.
2:35 - Later that afternoon the train eases around the bend at Landingville, where not long after CNJ 113 would storm back north.
3:30 - That evening, the last trip of the day passes through Schulykill Haven.
http://www.rrproject113.org/
http://www.lgsry.com/
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