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| Author: | superheater [ Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 425 Whistle on Tunkhannock Trips |
I knew there was a different whistle on 425 on the Tunkhannock to Jim Thorpe Trips, does anybody know where it was from. It sounded a little like the Lehigh Valley whistle used in 1995 or 1996. |
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| Author: | Dave Albright [ Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 425 Whistle on Tunkhannock Trips |
I read on another board that the whistle is from BC&G #4. But I've yet to hear who owns it. |
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| Author: | Schuylkill Valley [ Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 425 Whistle on Tunkhannock Trips |
The whistle is own by Shane Fredrickson, which was the engineer for most of the trips. Here's video from that trip. Reading & Northern "Steam On The Rails" Part One 7-12-13-08 http://youtube.com/watch?v=CvMOGfFOszo Len. |
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| Author: | Dave Stephenson [ Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 425 Whistle on Tunkhannock Trips |
Gotta love the unique bell action!! |
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| Author: | Schuylkill Valley [ Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 425 Whistle on Tunkhannock Trips |
The bell is off a Reading G-3, the head light is off a Lackawanna 4-8-4, and they had the number plate made special. What do you think of the video? Len. |
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| Author: | steamerdon [ Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 425 Whistle on Tunkhannock Trips |
That wasn't that whistles first journey through the Lehigh Gorge. It was on most excursions run by Quakertown & Eastern Railroad in the late 1960's and early 1970's. The locomotive was Q&E #4 (ex-BC&G #4), a 2-8-0. Several trips wre run through the gorge on their way to destinations such as Coxton, Pittston and Wilkes-Barre. Most trips originated on the Lehigh Valley Railroad in Bethlehem. Other Roads used included the Reading, Lehigh & Hudson River and Penn-Central. |
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