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Reading & Lehigh Railroad (N scale)
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 21 ก.ย. 2023
This channel is devoted to the Reading & Lehigh Railroad. The Reading & Lehigh (R&L) is a free-lance what-if N-scale model railroad that imagines a war-time merger of the Reading Company and Lehigh Valley railroads. The merged line also doubled down on steam-power, since they now had two sprawling workshops to maintain the engines. Management struck on a place to buy the cast-off steam from other roads at bargain basement prices, and thus could save money from converting to diesels - and also allow other roads to work the bugs out of first- and second-generation units.
The layout is set in the halcyon days of 1950, with traffic flowing and business booming. The layout models Reading, PA to Allentown, PA, and includes a 12-feet long East Penn Grade, from one level to the other, enabling pusher units!
The layout itself is located in Fort Washington, Md.
The layout is set in the halcyon days of 1950, with traffic flowing and business booming. The layout models Reading, PA to Allentown, PA, and includes a 12-feet long East Penn Grade, from one level to the other, enabling pusher units!
The layout itself is located in Fort Washington, Md.
Reading 2102 Excursion - Passenger Video | Steam Locomotive Excursion
Here is a collection of videos from my last trip on the amazing Reading & Northern Railroad. Reading 2102 never fails to put on a show, just the same as I remember her in the days of the old BM&R. My best friend Andre and I jockeyed for the window seat the whole trip back from Nesquehoning, and these are my videos. No trip is complete without cinders on your arm, ash in your eyes, and wonderful memories to see you through until the next one!
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Local Freight Action on the Reading & Lehigh | N-scale Model Railroad
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Railfans got a treat today, as they were able to watch one of the R&L's newly arrived RS-3s bring a short freight transfer into Reading from Allentown Yard. All the while, in the background, big N-1a Mallet No. 1829 completed its turn on the reversing loop at the east end of the yard complex. This is from about August, 2024, as the reconstruction of the layout commences! #nscale #modelrail #mod...
Steam Freight from Reading | Model Railroad | N-scale
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Intrepid railfans were trackside to capture big Reading & Lehigh Mallet No. 1829 lead a manifest freight out of Reading, southeast-bound for Philadelphia! FB: ReadingandLehigh/ The Reading and Lehigh is a freelanced, what-if? model railroad that captured my vision of what it would have looked like had the Reading merged with the Lehigh Valley RR after WW2. This video is the old ali...
Switching the Nickel City Line | Model Railroad Operations | HO-scale
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FB: NickelCityLineModelRailroad/ Operations on the Nickel City Line Railroad! This overview video shows some switching the in Pennsylvania town of Sheppardsfield. An NCL local engine works some industries, keeping an eye out for main line traffic at this busy passing siding. The HO-scale Nickel City Line is owned by Bob Rodriguez, an MMR! #modelrailroad #modeltrainlayout #railroad ...
Beginning to Rebuild the Reading & Lehigh | N scale Model Railroad
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Flyover video of the Reading and Lehigh as I rip up track, remove scenery, and prepare to rebuild a huge section of my layout to make it better than before (which, admittedly, wasnt as awesome as I'd hoped, because I just wasnt that good the first time around!) But, with help from fellow railfans, I am able to breathe new life into my line. #modeltrain #modelrail #train #modelrailroad #modeltra...
Steam Freight on the Reading & Lehigh | Model Railroad | N-scale
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A short collection of videos shows Reading and Lehigh No. 1829, a 2-8-8-2 Mallet, hauling a string of empty coal hoppers as its descends from Allentown to Reading. 1829 was one of two Reading N1s to receive a longer tender after the merger, for experimental long-haul service, on the merged railroad between the Reading RR and Lehigh Valley RR. These videos are from the previous version of my lay...
A PRR Steam-powered Coal Drag on the Reading & Lehigh | N-scale Model Railroad
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Intrepid railfans were able to get some interesting video of a long coal-drag on a run-through towards Allentown Yard. But this was no ordinary drag on R&L trackage - it was Pennsy powered! An M1 Mountain lead the consist, with a K4 in freight service, pushing from behind. The video captures the train as it pushes past the abandoned mine-spur, and again as it ascends the East Penn Grade! - - - ...
Wegman's Has a Model Railroad | Model Trains | Model Railroad
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At the Wegmans in Crofton, Maryland is this charming little Boston and Maine F6 hauling some cars, high above the deli! #modelrailroad #modeltrains
Moving Coal on the Reading & Lehigh | N-scale Model Railroad
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This video is from the OLD configuration of the layout, before drastic improvements were made! Here we see a coal train being made up behind a pair of Alco FA-1s, by a yard switcher (which HAS been relettered for the merged railroad). In the old-version of the layout, trains had to back out on the mainline before proceeding east to Allentown. The alignment was....not good! The RS-3 was repainte...
C&O Steam Engine hauls passenger train up-grade | HO-scale Model Railroad
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Passengers will arrive, but not necessarily on time - or so goes the motto of the passenger division of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. Here we see one of their locals hauling a short passenger consist up-grade towards Alleghany, passing a work train on the siding (where an old tender is being used to haul water!). From an amazing operating session on Bryan Kidd's HO-scale Alleghany Division ...
C&O 2-6-6-6 leads a long freight | HO-scale Model Railroad
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A large Chesapeake and Ohio 2-6-6-6 leads a long string of cars out of the yard and onto the mainline, on Bryan Kidd's magnificent layout. This video was taken during one of the ops sessions I have been privileged to attend. #hoscale #modelrail #modelrailroad
Double-headed Steam on the C&O Railroad | HO-scale Model Railroad |
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A double-header leaves the yard with a long-string of coal cars behind. A boxcar is sitting in the middle of the consist, spaced very precisely, because it is loaded with dynamite for the mine! This way, if something happens, the engine crews and the caboose crew are - somewhat - protected! While the consist passes, a big Mallet chuffs impatiently for the green to go. This video is from Bryan K...
Steam on the C&O | Bryan Kidd's Alleghany Division | HO Scale
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In this video, we see my priority passenger train pulling into the station to drop off visitors to the great Greenbriar resort. This is track is downgrade, and often while making a station stop, a freight train and its pusher will pass on the ascent! Bryan's layout is stunning in scope and size, and is still a work in progress! This station stop often (tho not on my train!) entails some switchi...
Fixing Gaps in your Sleepers or Ties | Model Railroad
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I have lots of gaps in the ties or sleepers of the track on my layout. As a relatively new model railroader, I was afraid to ask how to fix this to my more learned friends, for fear of looking stupid. But I figured it out, and share the knowledge with you! Fixing the gaps in ties/sleepers, on the Reading & Lehigh! ReadingandLehigh/ #modelrailroad #modeltrains #howtos #modelrailway ...
Reading & Lehigh Steam Engines | Allentown Yard | N scale Model Railroad
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Reading & Lehigh Steam Engines | Allentown Yard | N scale Model Railroad
Reading & Lehigh Railroad N-1a Articulated Locomotive | N-scale | Model Railroad
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Reading & Lehigh Railroad N-1a Articulated Locomotive | N-scale | Model Railroad
Former B&O Pacific pulls freight on the Reading & Lehigh | N-scale Model Railroad
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Former B&O Pacific pulls freight on the Reading & Lehigh | N-scale Model Railroad
Sharks on the Reading & Lehigh | Model Railroad | N-scale
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Sharks on the Reading & Lehigh | Model Railroad | N-scale
The Nickel City Line - Following a Train | HO-scale
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The Nickel City Line - Following a Train | HO-scale
Reading Railfan Weekend, 1987 | Accordion Solo, I've Been Working on the Railroad
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Reading Railfan Weekend, 1987 | Accordion Solo, I've Been Working on the Railroad
Longest Train yet on the Reading & Lehigh | N-scale
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Longest Train yet on the Reading & Lehigh | N-scale
Reading 2102 leaving Outer Station, 2023
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Reading 2102 leaving Outer Station, 2023
More C&O Steam on Bryan Kidd's Layout!
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More C&O Steam on Bryan Kidd's Layout!
N Scale Reading & Lehigh Railroad Train out of Allentown Yard
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N Scale Reading & Lehigh Railroad Train out of Allentown Yard
A train ascends the grade, working hard!
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A train ascends the grade, working hard!
5 EMD F-units work the East Penn Grade | N-scale
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5 EMD F-units work the East Penn Grade | N-scale
Bachman F-7 - Testing Out New N-scale Locomotives
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Bachman F-7 - Testing Out New N-scale Locomotives
Looks like you can have a lot of fun with it best regards from Germany
Danke, Landsman!
Hello! if you are using my video, could I kindly ask for credit in the description or as a pinned comment? Thanks.
I didnt know whos it was - actually, I believe it is Mitch Miller in audio. What is the link?.
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@@ReadingandLehighMitch miller is the one in the audio. This specific video (with images and text) was made by me and can be found on my TH-cam channel.
@@HawaiianBall Please input a link so I can add it
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May I use some of the music for my own videos?
Sure
@@ReadingandLehigh Thank-you so much mate!
Is that supposed to be the hill to Hill bridge in between Allentown and bethlehem?
It is, but in my universe, it has tracks instead of a roadway for PA 309!
Your layout is looking better, and better!
Thank you so very much - this is from before we started the rebuild of Reading Yard!
Cool 😊
Good better best
dumb dumb dumb... you never followed up on how you glued the ground cover down, nor did you ever show the final product in a subsequent video.
Perhaps instead of calling it dumb, you could have let me know I made this omission, so I could have posted it
At 00:45 and 01:55, sits my grandmother: Helen N. von Klemmer, nee Grookett - at this time, Head Nurse of the Community General Hospital in Reading, Pa. This woman was the Head of our Family, and taught my most of what I know. She helped me to appreciate history, and to love trains (helped, of course, by my grandfather, mother, and father, railfans all!). I remember when she would take me into Reading, to the hospital to get her paycheck, and we would sit at the cut that went right past the ER (behind the old Ambulance building) and watch then-Conrail trains come and go. She would lament that in her time, she saw Reading steam move more tonnage, far faster! I have a few memory flashes of this fabulous weekend: we were all there, and we had such fun. We went to the Shops and saw the night photography of the 2102 coming out from the place of its birth, backlit by the Shops' lights - you could easily believe it was 1948. The 425 sat there as well, with a sleek Tuscan red PRR E-8 nearby. Sadly, my father would be dead in 2 years, and my grandfather in 3. I lost Nan a few years ago. Why do I like trains? Because they are more than steam and steel, moving from place to place. They are living connections that transcend time, and allow to remember the friends and family we watch them with. In their smoky innards live those memories, which call forth with the sounding of the whistle. These fire breathing beats carry our memories with the freight and passengers they haul. Bless the Reading, and the Reading and Northern for allowing 2102 to live again. - A Reading Railfan
The sound was deafening, but it was awesome!!!
Its a nice looking consist, but those lifelike FA’s a great pullers, they do have pretty large weights in them though