awesome video joe, I think it's cool we get to see what yard goats like 113 did back in the days of steam of switching out cars. she sounded great with those loaded hoppers.
Hey Joe, nice video. I haven't been trackside in years.... so I didn't even know CNJ 113 was under steam again. You must have built quite an archive of steam footage by now. Cheers.
Very nice! I cannot believe the amount of waddle 113 has. I am glad I do not have to bail coal into that gaping maw while being thrown this way and that.
They ain't going to Philly lol... top speed for these 0-6-0s is MAYBE 30 MPH and at that speed you'd be scared out of your wits, being thrown around the cab feeling like you're gonna derail! And with no leading or trailing wheels, you just might!
It was a trip from Minersville to Schuylkhill Haven to be on display during the day. The engine switched some freight along the way. At the end of the day, the engine returned to Minersville.
3:03 wow I thought only nickel plate road 587 and Louisville and Nashville 152 were the only steam locomotives in America I knew with a mouth like opening fire box door well now I know a third one that being cnj 113
113 will likely pull a few passenger excursions in the near future, but nothing has been announced yet. Stay tuned on the Fans of the CNJ #113 facebook page and on Reading & Northern's website, www.readingnorthern.com.
jjsmith406, The best place to keep an eye out for whether CNJ 113 will be running is on Facebook. The "Fans of the CNJ #113" page is a pretty good resource.
There were 6 CNJ 3 chime replicas built one for 113 and the others to sell off to benefit 113. 113's current CNJ 3 has been heard on WW&F 10 in the past as well
113 spent the latter portion of it's revenue career working at the Locust Summit colliery, not far from its present home in Minersville, PA. The colliery bought 113 because it was able to burn the anthracite coal that they produced. While 113 was built for the Jersey Central, it isn't out of place in Pennsylvania's hard coal region!
