"Rambling on the Reading" DVD from Sunday River Productions

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The most spectacular trips were into the coal country - the reason for the Reading's existence. To tame the mountain grades, the railroad featured doubleheaded T-ls, often joining two steam-powered sections from different ends of the Reading system to explore the lines north to Tamaqua, Shamokin and West Milton.

[@NS8099RF]

1:31 Awesome audio!

[@nicholasmedovich8691]

RIP to Charles Kachel. He was the engineer of 2102 during her years on the RDG and even on the BMR and RBMN days

[@Honeydwarf85]

Some of this track is operated by the Reading and Northern which is restoring 2102. Another group is restoring 2100. This means a recreation of a Reading Ramble can be done in just a few years!

[@SuperFoxyRailwayProduction6702]

Yes

[@usernotfound77666]

Well,its going,425 and 2102 going at it.

[@b3j8]

Late comment, but the vinyl album, Titans of the High Iron, features the 2124, my fav, teamed up w/2100 on sev sequences. The 1st track where the 2124 calls in the flag w/5 whistle blasts on her ex-passenger 6 chime followed by 2100 doing the same on her shrill freight whistle is absolutely fabulous!

[@WesternRailway1592]

1:31 0:46

[@jacksalvin364]

The Iron Horse Rambles on the Reading Railroad 1959-1964 powered by T-1 locomotives were saved from the scrapyard, 2100, 2102 and 2124.

[@bean_bttf3]

Don’t forget 2101!

[@jacksalvin364]

Oh.

[@bobellis2026]

2124,never went to the scraper. It went up to New England

[@SuperFoxyRailwayProduction6702]

Don't forget 2103

[@T128Productions]

@@SuperFoxyRailwayProduction6702 I never even heard of the 2103. I only knew about T1s 2100, 2101, 2102 & 2024.

[@brianfalzon6739]

That's epic

[@mikeggg5671]

Quite a few of those shots are the line that is now the Reading and Northern!!!!

[@SuperFoxyRailwayProduction6702]

Yeah

[@rem-so1ly]

​@@SuperFoxyRailwayProduction6702And still home to a Reading T1,which is great!

[@mikeggg5671]

Nope - definitely not the original sound.
That said - still an excellent job. Awesome vid, even silent.

[@CP2816]

0:41 Best Part

[@SuperFoxyRailwayProduction6702]

1:30

[@AdmiralColdhead]

2:11 I heard this EXACT audio from their New York Central Water Level Route video, where they had a J3a Hudson by a gate crossing, blowing the usual warning and stand by whistle formation. Now I don't know which one is real...

[@jltrain-zgamingrailfan202x3]

I've noticed that too!
Not only that, but someone told me that on a video playing audio with NKP No. 765 was seen in old films from the 1950s, was not the original.

[@AdmiralColdhead]

@@jltrain-zgamingrailfan202x3 what’s stranger is the fact that the J3a was blowing her whistle in the moving picture at the exact same time the whistle blew. As if it was actually authentic. In their water level route movie, they used a few sounds multiple times throughout the movie. So I assume that the audio isn’t authentic

[@jltrain-zgamingrailfan202x3]

@@AdmiralColdhead I've also noticed that too multiple times... Usually I can tell when one is real by looking at film and most importantly the type of whistle it is! In here and in the NYC film, this sound's like the high-pitched Reading 6-Chime.

[@AdmiralColdhead]

@@jltrain-zgamingrailfan202x3 Agreed, it does sound a lot like a 6 Chime.
I assume that Hudsons had what NKP 765 had in terms of whistles, Nathan 6 Chimes, but I’ve heard the similar sounds connected to the Reading 6 chime.
What’s worse, we don’t know for sure because all Hudsons are gone. If we had a Hudson in existence AND it was under restoration, same whistle it had and all, we would’ve had real evidence that was easily accessible. But there is rare if not any approved authentic evidence audio of Hudsons.

[@jltrain-zgamingrailfan202x3]

@@AdmiralColdhead You know, the NYC made their own 6-Chimes at their own shops. Somehow they make a short-bell version of the whistle too. But I guess it's possible that the railroad utilized the Nathan whistle.

[@steamgent4592]

Audio from the late John Briggs of North Jersey recordings great stuff!

[@davekorhammer8476]

Thanks for sharing this! :)

[@b3j8]

The 2124 had that lower Reading passenger class whistle. The 2100 used the regular high-pitched freight whistle. But at least some of these scenes depict the 2102?

[@MPT_Productions]

b3j8 when the T-1s were in the Iron Horse Rambles, all had the Deeper Passenger whistles. When they were in freight service, they had higher whistles

[@b3j8]

@@MPT_Productions The 2100 kept her original freight whistle during the first yrs of Reading Rambles. That's why you hear both types on this tape.

[@MPT_Productions]

b3j8 gotcha

[@nicholasmedovich8691]

1:31 😯

[@Mrfrenchy6883]

I still have a original vhs tape of this

[@bobellis2026]

So do I

[@Mrfrenchy6883]

Nice

[@isaiahwilliams2642]

I'm guessing that's Not the actual sound

[@robkrasinski6217]

Probably #2102 on the BM&R/RBMN. The whistles sound like the T's whistles.

[@K-Effect]

Even back in the 50s stupid oblivious people still walk in front of the camera. It cost good money back in the day if somebody messed up your film

[@Railhog2102]

Actually this was in the 60s but the Reading Rambles started in 1959 and ended in 1964

[@TG-cf6qb]

We all know Greta Thunberg screamed in the beginning