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For this week's Steam Sunday here's another frame of this scene from what has become an annual fall pilgrimage to the best steam show in the east. Reading and Northern 2102 is seen on the first of three fall foliage round trips from Reading Outer Station to Jim Thorpe and return.
She is seen here charging thru Nesquehoning at about MP 117 on the modern day RBMN's Reading Division mainline, the former Central Railroad of New Jersey Railroad branch built in 1870 as Nesquehoning Valley Railroad Company. Rsing prominently in the background downtown on Railroad Street can be seen the blue onion domes of St John the Babtist Orthodox Church. The church of Byzantine design was built in 1936 by Andrew Gerber of Scranton who used girders of World War I vintage, and it has no posts or supports under the huge dome and main edifice of the church.
The buildings at left were once the KME fire truck plant which closed in 2022 but has since been purchased by the railroad and is now home to multiple departments and maintenance facilities for on and off track equipment. To learn more check out this article: www.republicanherald.com/news/reading-northern-nesquehoni...
This stout 4-8-4 was built in the Reading Company's own shops in 1945 and from the railroad's corporate website here is a bit of history:
The company, using parts from a former 76-foot Class I-10sa Consolidation 1923 Baldwin locomotive, created a fleet of 30 middleweight engines in the T-1 series. The goal of building these locomotives was to be able to haul both freight and passenger traffic along the rails.
The original Baldwin-built I-10 class, which were large 2-8-0 locomotives, would become the T-1 class, converted to much larger 4-8-4 engines by redesigning and lengthening the Boiler and replacing the Frame and Wheels with brand new parts. Baldwin supplied the parts, but the rebuilding was done in the Reading Railroad’s own Shops right in Reading, PA.
Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania
Saturday October 5, 2024
An open rooftop view looks out onto the Philippine sea as late day sunshine casts interesting shadows on the architecture. Philippines.
*Note: Image is copyrighted and embedded with a traceable digital watermark
From this summer's excursion up the coast of northern California. This was from a spectacular day of shooting! A foggy day in Redwoods National Park. I love the green glow of the fresh new foliage.
From the trail to Shi Shi beach. The sunlight in the mist was amazing, this picture doesn't do it justice.
Q458-21 is passing near the Okefenokee Swamp on Sep 21, 2015. This area was in a major forrest fire a few years back and it opened up some neat spots for photography.
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Classy script painted GP38-2 3084 leads a Canadian Pacific business train of heavyweights, glinting thru Belleville, Michigan crossing the former Wabash eastward on the Norfolk Southern near sunset on November 22, 2006.
Dropped out to Hill 60 on the way to work this morning .. lot of cloud hoped the sun might peek thru .. ahh well may'be next time.
Here's another from our epic high speed westbound chase of Montana Rail Link’s Laurel Bozeman freight (LAUBOZ) which makes a 250 mile round trip turn between its namesake yards five days a week. Knowing that the classic Northern Pacific era searchlight signals will all be gone soon with the ongoing progress toward PTC installation we made a concerted effort to shoot them where ever we could.
Here is one with a nice bonus prop that we made with only seconds to spare as we pulled up here to the North 3rd Street crossing at MP 40.3 on MRL's 2nd Subdivision mainline. Bailing out of the car with the gates already down I somehow managed to frame up both key props and despite being stuck on the 'dark side' this is one of my favorites from this chase. Always a lover of historic elements, in addition to the unmolested searchlight guarding the west end of the 9231 ft siding here this small town that serves as the seat of Stillwater County still proudly has its original Northern Pacific wooden passenger station that may date all the way to 1882 only a year after the road reached the settlement. To see a pic of the depot in the early 20th century click here: www.railroads-of-montana.com/Photos/Northern%20Pacific/Co... The structure survives well kept and still owned by the railroad as evidence by the white paint trimmmed in MRL company blue.
Unopposed the whole way, this train just flew on clear blocks for 100 miles excepting one brief pause to get past a signal gang at Park City working to kill off the the searchlights. It was a challenge at times trying to keep up with the pair of rebuild SD40-2XRs MRL 263 and 250. The former was originally built as a straight SD40 in Apr. 1966 as CNW 891 and the latter as an SD40-2 in Apr. 1974 as BN 6377.
Countless articles have been written about the MRL over the past 35 years of its existence and if you care to learn more download this great set courtesy of Trains Magazine:
www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/TRN-MRL.pdf
Columbus, Montana
Wednesday September 7, 2022
Came upon this little fellow in my little patch of Wilderness and right off I noticed he was one I had not seen before and don't believe he lives in this area so I can only surmise he was just passing thru.
Remembering Leonard Cohen R.I.P.
Remembering Rockway Mennonites
In Search of Spring Beauties finds the Black-Throated Warbler passing thru the Woods of Virginia.
60007 Sir Nigel Gresley works thru Abergavenny, passing the attractive signals and box, with Saphos Trains Welsh Marches Express on 31 August 2023.
www.boijmans.nl/en/exhibitions/boijmans-ahoy-drive-thru-m...
Artists: Cyprien Gaillard (l'ange du foyer),
Jeroen Eisinga (Springtime)
There you lie now in your two small rooms, you dear, great, good man. I once wrote to you, “My heart will always fly to you like a bird, from any place on earth, and it will surely find you.” I had a thousand things to ask you and to learn from you; now I will have to do everything by myself. But I feel so strong that I’m sure I’ll manage. What energies I possess have been set free inside me. You taught me to speak the name of God without embarrassment. You were the mediator between God and me, and now you, the mediator, have gone, and my path leads straight to God. It is right that it should be so. And I shall be the mediator for any other soul I can reach. (ET 2002, 516)
-Etty Hillesum
KLIF, The Mighty 1190, on the AM Dial, was located here in Dallas Texas. The Album pictured is one of Several albums released with KLIFs ID on it. Take note on the DJs pictured. Some of the BEST DJs came from KLIF! There was Mike Seldon, One of MY Favorites!,, Cuzzin' Linnie, another Fave!,, Along with Dave Ambrose, Jim Taber, Mike O'Shea, Charlie Murphy, Paxton Mills, Rod Roddy, of the PRICE IS RIGHT Fame, Ken Dowe, Jimmy Rabbit & Russ "The Wierd Beard" Knight! ALL which were GREAT!! Gordon McClendon & Father, B.R. McClendon were the owners. One of the First Top 40 Stations!! It started in the Cliff Towers located on Colorada Blvd in Oak Cliff (Dallas) Texas. The station was moved to the location in Downtown Dallas, off of Central at 2100 Jackson Street. For ALOT more information on KLIF, go here to Steve Eberharts' website:.. www.klifhistory.com/ ... and for ALOT of info on the Dallas & Metroplex area radio and TV Stations, go here to Mike Shannons' website:.. www.knus99.com/ ... BOTH are Great websites! I think you'll be totally Entertained!! Tell them Randy Carlisle sent ya...
Photographer & Date of Photo on the Album cover is known at this time.....
Photo (OF The Album) Taken: January 21 2008
Photo Taken (OF The Album) By: Randy A. Carlisle
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