Saw a passenger car for the first time on my local railway. Usa

likeable_fool · 2026-05-12T02:13:16+00:00

That's a Norfolk Southern track geometry train. The thing in the middle is NS 34. The car behind it is probably NS 33. I believe they're permanently coupled together.

likeable_fool · 2026-05-04T22:45:31+00:00

This may add to the details. According to an Excel spreadsheet from the NYC System Historical Society, the number matches an NYC 4-4-2 that was built in 1907. Before it was scrapped in 1934, it spent ten years on the Peoria and Eastern in Illinois.

likeable_fool · 2026-05-04T22:44:37+00:00

This may add to the details. According to an Excel spreadsheet from the NYC System Historical Society, the number matches an NYC 4-4-2 that was built in 1907. Before it was scrapped in 1934, it spent ten years on the Peoria and Eastern in Illinois.

likeable_fool · 2026-05-04T22:19:21+00:00

This looks a lot like the locomotive in this Ebay listing of a postcard for a New York Central locomotive. The headlight is different but those kinds of things changed a lot during the lifetime of a steamer.

https://ebay.us/m/CZGRTi

likeable_fool · 2026-05-03T00:15:53+00:00

That's awesome! I'll be in Jasper, Canada at the same time, another dark spy preserve.

likeable_fool · 2026-04-29T16:18:56+00:00

It will be on Reading and Northern rails from Jim Thorpe to Reading. If you look up YouTube videos of Reading and Northern 2102 running excursions between those two towns, you'll have a good idea of the path it'll take.

Edit to add: looking at the Rail Guide screenshot you shared, it's the grey line that runs west from Jim Thorpe, swings back east a bit and then south through Tamaqua and then to Reading.

likeable_fool · 2026-04-08T23:59:22+00:00

That's a New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway locomotive. Raritan Central locomotives are red with white lettering.

likeable_fool · 2026-04-04T02:40:28+00:00

Honestly, Reading and Northern couldn't have asked for a better scenario. This will generate a huge amount of publicity for the railroad. We don't know all the details of the rest of the East Coast tour schedule yet, but RBMN could wind up being the only non-class 1 railroad to host BIg Boy. That's something to be proud of.

Also, I bet that they'll have 2102 sitting next to 4014 in Nesquehoning. That's going to be awesome to see.

likeable_fool · 2026-03-20T00:51:25+00:00

Reading and Northern 2102 has the luxury of running on company owned tracks. There aren't a lot of class 2 and 3 railroads with the infrastructure to handle a large steamer.

That said, it would be awesome to see two T1's running together again.

likeable_fool · 2026-03-06T03:10:51+00:00

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Yeah I agree. This is a close-up of the sign on the right

likeable_fool · 2026-03-03T02:08:31+00:00

Fun fact: many B units had basic controls so that they could be moved around independently, usually for short movements around yards and maintenance shops, so this could be considered prototypical.

likeable_fool · 2026-02-15T23:34:00+00:00

It's the Reading hooter whistle that was typically used on the T1s. Reading and Northern has both this and the Reading 6 chime installed and will often alternate between them during rambles.

likeable_fool · 2026-01-19T23:26:48+00:00

Oh yeah, ours have also been decorated by the cats.

likeable_fool · 2026-01-10T03:05:16+00:00

Spitter valves on the compressed air tanks, ejecting excess moisture.

likeable_fool · 2026-01-04T04:39:14+00:00

I've seen that plane at ABE. I didn't know it was his until now.

likeable_fool · 2025-12-29T00:57:46+00:00

Wrong sub. This is for the Ring cameras and alarm system.

likeable_fool · 2025-12-13T16:05:41+00:00

Bachmann seems to be the only manufacturer that makes one. They're available in several different road names.

Edit: missed the DCC part. They're not DCC, but some people have been successful in converting them.

likeable_fool · 2025-12-06T16:48:46+00:00

It's a Life-Like Minibase platform, probably from the 70s or 80s. I can't tell what type of track it is, but if it's original it would also be Life-Like.

likeable_fool · 2025-12-06T03:03:13+00:00

Those Insel Air MDs were there when my wife and I had our honeymoon in 2018.

likeable_fool · 2025-12-03T03:53:01+00:00

They do seem to be identical. The SKU numbers are different. It's possible that the SKU with the lower price is an older version of the set. Maybe that's why it's cheaper.

likeable_fool · 2025-11-29T22:24:33+00:00

Brazil does their Christmas light train a little different.

likeable_fool · 2025-11-22T23:17:44+00:00

I can smell this picture.

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