Some very good news for the steam-starved Northeast.
Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern's Ex-GM&N (Gulf Mobile & Northern) 4-6-2 #425, also known as the "Four and a Quarter" has just come out of a 9 month overhaul and is currently being tested on the RBM&N system. This is the first time that 425 has operated in 11 years.
A video of a test run done on Saturday December 29, 2007 is available here.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3nz-kTs3qw8
Now that 425 has returned, you can bet some excursions will be in order for 2008.
R&N 425 Returns to Steam!
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Cool. Didn't this engine double head with Steamtown's CP 4-6-2 awhile back?
"Remember, 4 mph is a couple, 5's a collision!"
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during the grand opening, they ran several different variations of trips...I remember sitting at a crossing a few miles out of town, and every hour there would be a different engine blasting past; most times we didnt know what it would be! towards the end of the day, I remember them doing a shuttle around the yard with the 2317-3254-425...everyone was calling it a "pacific sandwich"