I love the bridge shot at 9:36. Just an amazing view to show ‘Switzerland of America’.

Favorite whistle of all time with my favorite train... Gotta love this footage too, great angles and shots!

Awesome film. That "Southerner" definitely has charm. Rode behind it a few times and the last time was to Lehigh Gorge, when the engineer opened that throttle wide in Glen Onoko the sound with echo bouncing off the cliffs was spectacular

I love the trains. Grew up in Reading, chasing trains along River-road starting under the Buttonwood Street Bridge. We used to climb through the arches under the bridge to the other side of the Schuylkill River. Caught my first scrub pigeon under the arches of the Buttonwood Street bridge. Those were the days 1952/59 'Our Gang' River years. Me, Austin 'Sonny' Pinder, RIP, Billy Key, RIP, Alvin 'Bugs' Scott, Ricky Hoy, Richard Mayo, and the some time tag alongs Larry & Harry Battle made up Gang

Awesome! I was camcorderless this day and I'm glad someone got this on footage!

The grades on the R&N are much more then that in the video, plus there were a pair of helpers on those trips between Hoboken and PJ. The ferry move was made without helpers part of the way. It still does pretty good for size, and sounds great.

This video is great. Awesome quality! My 22 month old LOVES watching it.

Well, R&N (when she was BM&R) #425 pulled a 15-car train (14 passenger coaches and 1 freight car) + an auxiliary tender all by herself from Hoboken to Port Jervis. Now, I don't if those grades are the same as the ones she tackles now, but it does prove that she can pull a 14-car train with no assistance. You can see this in "Blue Mountain & Reading #425 from Hoboken to Port Jervis (1986)" on dcoursey82's channel.

I know this video is almost a year and a half old, But i have to say, this is still one of, not only my favorite 425 videos, but one of my favorite train videos on youtube period. IT is just a phenominal video!

Great vid!

Joe Excellent video.... i was glad to be along for the ride!!! PN was a Blast!!!!! I-80 was a different story..haha...

I have just found another of your videos which I enjoyed. I 'm very much looking forward to seeing more!

Great photography work. I love that whistle! That's quite lovely country as well.

GREAT!!!!! I love the whistle. thanks Matt

Very nice. As always. Wish i could be down there more.

This has to be one of my favorite 425 vids! Excellent work!

The R&N should do one day possible future occasional excursions from Reading to Pittston, Bethlehem, Scranton, Sayre, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Horseshoe Curve, Altoona, Wilkes Barre and Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania.

Yes!!! I've been waiting for this!!! Great video Joe!!!

AWESOME video! Especially the departure from Jim Thorpe at 3:35. Keep it up!

Some stunning locations in this excellent compilation 5* - Thanks for sharing! - Mike

Great video Joe....i think i enjoyed watching more than firing!

Joe this footage is amazing!!! Great work!!! The framing is perfect and the picture is so sharp!!! Keep it up!!!

I wish she was still had this livery today

Great video. They must have a solid track maintenance program to run at the speeds they do. Must go there one day.

The 425 is a light pacafic and was in no way designed to pull 14 coaches up the grades that it runs today.

Still a great video

She looks best in that livery.

Sencillamente hermoso, gracias .

I'm continually amazed at your videos! Weren't you at the Pete Lerro Bel-Del photo shoot in November?

Oh And I Love Your Angles

Nice Video Joe !!! 5 stars

Closest thing to mainline steam this side of the Mississippi

425 is awsome here

Awesome Vidio! Im subscribing. This is one engine I have to see in action myself!:)

Now that was a good video. She sure looks good and sounds healthy.

Wow!

Nice!!!

So that's what it looked like when we went through PN...DAMN!!!

awesome vid and sound also glad to see the rail company did not tack a damm diesel in there to spoil the effect

Reading 6 Chime? Sounds It. Nice VID, when are they doing this again?

MY 3RD BIRTHDAY!

7:00-7:14 425 whistle sounded like strasburg 90 whistle

This train is just called the 425 but sometimes it’s called r b m n 425 but the full name is reading blue mountain and northern 425

3:37 Beautiful! ^^

at 2:31 I noticed that the 425 was pulling 3 cars/3 passenger cars

She Sings Well Lol ^^

The whistle sounds like a Reading 6-chime

now I remember it was 1928

We are allowed to run 40 with a passenger train with a form D through the yard. The boss wants to go track speed we go track speed.

That’s cool and strange it’s just a small consist of passenger cars

3:37

Where's the bridge at 9:36?

wow they r running hott

when was the 425 built because I forgot

Where is the closing shot at 9:45?

Daylight what?

reading and nothing or r&n 425

I'm sorry but they beat the piss out of that poor engine. There is no need to be in the corner within yard limits shoving a THREE car train with the throttle wide!

That's wonderful but irrelevant. 425 w/ 3 cars will achieve 40 mph WITHOUT the conditions specified above! Excuse me, what do I know anyway? 40 years with the B&O means nothing probably. Sure hope 425 holds up! Just a little FYI: That groan coming from the bent F. piston rod, might be considered a issue, but you guys are the experts because you've been operating steam forever right? No? Oh well, pardon me for mentioning it.

Well i guess running steam for over 20 years means nothing to you. The noise you hear is bad valve rings. Rumors get started thanks to people like you stating things that arent true. The Reading and Northern runs steam like it went ment to be run when they were built. Last time i checked a passenger train didnt leave the station at half throttle back in the day.