This video features a chase of arguably one of the most famous freight trains in the Northeastern United States. Reading Blue Mountain and Northern’s North Reading Fast Freight (NRFF) runs from North Reading to Pittston and return six days a week. This train has a published schedule, departing North Reading at 2 PM for Pittston and returning to North Reading 10 hours later. The train almost exclusively uses six-axle EMD power, which, combined with impressive grades in the Pennsylvania mountains, provides fantastic sound from these workhorse engines.
This chase covers a portion of the run in both directions on RBMN’s Reading Division and Lehigh Division. The train’s power is a trio of EMD six axles, with one painted in RBMN’s Fast Freight scheme.
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