Reading & Northern 425 - Autumn 2010 

SUPERB production!!!

Outstanding footage of the excursion and that final parting shot was extremely portrait-esque! Outstanding work, everyone!

Love the beautiful sound of that Southern Pacific 5-Chime

That was a spectacular video...great audio too. One of the best of 425 I've seen.

I was searching exactly that video! I watched this back when i was 7 and it amazed me. But over the years I forgot about it, now I decided to search for it and here I go lol. Beautiful footage.

Just a fantastic video. Thank you for sharing with those of us unable to see this beautiful steamer at work. Keep up the fantastic work. Cant wait for the DVD!

Just from this video, it would absolutely be worth every penny.

@texaswestern70mac The cab ride footage is from the second trip and thats a ATST 6 chime. The trackside is from the first week and that whistle is a Southern Pacific 5 chime.

Awesome video James.....thanks again for riding with us. Looking forward to the DVD. Ryan

Excellent Video, rode this train at least a couple of times, thanks for sharing

What a wonderful in cab and track side video. Great job well done! Thanks for sharing this with all of us on youtube. Len.

I Like The Santa Fe 6 Chime Whistle On 425. I Wish I Could See 425 Because She Is A Beautiful Blue Locomotive

Sometimes I forget the 614 was stored at Port Clinton in the early 2010s

Great Job james....made my day!

That deep AT&SF whistle I remember on 2102 in the fall/winter of 1987. Sounds better on 2102 she runs a higher psi than 425. Love the cab footage, please post more?

absolutely fantastic video! one note of correction however, that atsf is a 5 chime passenger whistle. 6 chimes were the more low tone melancholy whistles on the santa fe. unless the atsf 6 chime was on the first day, but the pitch sounds too low.. my guess is day 2 was the atsf 5 chime

muito bom voltar ao passado pela imagens

@trainfann1 I believe it's shot from an observation deck in Flagstaff PA

It was stored in Port Clinton for a number of years.

Where is the 425. Haven't seen her at all in 2011!

Now available on DVD. See link above.

@bigjim4life It's the Tamaqua tunnel (North of Tamaqua). Both the White Haven tunnel and the Tamaqua tunnel are very close to the road. You can get to both portals rather easily.

@ExcaliburLink Quite often. There is usually a different whistle on each run.

Nice work man. You seen me a couple times on the way there. I was the one kid who got blasted by the cylinder cocks around 1:28 ahah

Lotta wheel slip

@shininghappyperson7 No, I was in the fireman's seat the whole time (off camera to the left).

awesome video - that long shot of it through the tunnel - is that White Haven? If so - how do you get down there for that footage?

Great video! I really hate that they stick a diesel behind the steamers, why?

@drfunk411 Ha ha, I'll bet they'll let you shovel as much coal as you want. The camera was mounted in the cab, I set it up and then just let it run. I was also holding another camera some of the time. Definitely do a cab ride, it's well worth it - one of the best rides I've ever taken.

How did u get that last shot it was amazing please respond?

@typebangin i sure wish i knew how/where...i've heard many people say that (with white haven at least) but nobody's really specific on how...

This video is awsome! I hate diesel trains but a super huge fan of steam Trains and #421 is one of my favs! What are they gonna do with that chessapeke and ohio train 614 thats covered up 2:00 into the video? It looks awsome! I wish there was a running steam train in alabama. Only ones left are at railroad mueseums and dont run:( I also gotta ask what kind of paint they use and what color? is that the original color they restored it to? Id like to see how they detail or wax it/wash it. GOOD JOB!

I don't see how he fires that thing with such a short scoop... haha Down South we know it's a lot easier on you (especially your back) if you fire with a scoop that's almost as long as the span of your arms...

How did you get the cab shots so steady? Did you have the cam mounted? Did you run multiple cams? Did They let you blow the whislte and shovel a little bit of coal? I've gotta get one of those cab rides next year.

One of the guys I talked ti said because if the sand and coal business booming. They are focusing business on that.

@rpmoverload It's one way - 2.5-3 hours

Ain't no ATSF 6 chime in this video. The whistle at the beginning only seems to be blowing 4 chimes based on a D root note. Definitely not a 6 chime. Could be a ATSF 5 chime but I don't' hear the 5th note. Awesome footage!!

@rpmoverload It has been 250 for the past two years.

@typebangin how long of a ride is it?

why is C&O 614 there?

Who was the guy standing behind the engineer?

How much is it to ride in the cab?

@indie1361 They did have the money they only had money for only a couple of trips so they decide not to run it this year.

absolutely fantastic video! one note of correction however, that atsf is a 5 chime passenger whistle. 6 chimes were the more low tone melancholy whistles on the santa fe. unless the atsf 6 chime was on the first day, but the pitch sounds too low.. my guess is day 2 was the atsf 5 chime

absolutely fantastic video! one note of correction however, that atsf is a 5 chime passenger whistle. 6 chimes were the more low tone melancholy whistles on the santa fe. unless the atsf 6 chime was on the first day, but the pitch sounds too low.. my guess is day 2 was the atsf 5 chime