Here's a video that goes into detail about the railroad workings of Allentown, Pennsylvania.. Keeping in mind that this video was made before the TOP21 PSR of 2019: T-22] [Speedway to the Atlantic] Allentown & Bethlehem, PA www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8wrF... --- Website ► trains21.org --- C O N T A C T: menudomail2014@gmail.com
I thought my internet froze at 0:18 lol. I like that shot of 24Q going over the bridge with the steel stacks and H44 crossing over at BURN. Rumors are going around that they will rip up the hump outright.
Haha, I tend to have a penchant for those freeze-frames.. Sorry if I spooked ya.. I hope the rumors are false but the way NS is going, I fear for the worse.. Thanks for watching CP.
As a local to the Allentown area, I hope they don't close the yard! The yards around Bethlehem aren't easy to railfan so the Allentown yard is basically all there is.
Very nice footage! 3381and her sister unit 3380 (which I have seen) both have RS3Ls that are mounted backwards giving them a unique sound. Love the sound of the EMD prime mover as well. Love the video.
back in summer 1979, we stopped in at allentown/bethlehem/reading. reading was dead except for a few former rdg cabooses, and a single freshly FP7 painted in SEPTA paint. bethlehem was active with red ex lv SW8s crawling around. the round house was up and inside was a former lv RS11 that the employees were literally hiding, trying to keep it as long as possible. I have seen satellite images of bethlehem and it is RR non-existent . I do not remember much about allentown, maybe we ran out of sunlight?
Another fine video AC!! For your viewers there is an article in the 1st Quarter 2020 T.R.P. Magazine by Mike Bednar who is reporting the Allentown Hump was closed in July 2019. Sad new for us railfans. Big Mike's story laments the whole P.S.R. phenomenon, the closing of the yard and has some really nice historical background and photos. I'm hoping this P.S.R. craze will not hamper your efforts in bringing us some of the absolute best RR videos available anywhere. That alone would be reason not to like it!
I mistakenly typed "closing of the yard' in line 3 instead of closing of the "hump". Allentown will be a flat switching yard according to the article and looks to getting downgraded. Ugh...
Thanks John.. It just so happens that I have that copy and YES, I did read the article and I, for one, know just how he feels.. I thank you for your kind words and for watching.
Sure is lots to know about Allentown AC. You could probably dedicate a whole channel to it I would imagine! Pushed the like button as always! Cheers, Danny
Thanks Danny.. Yeah, the Allentown/Bethlehem area is quite the town for trains.. Hard to navigate but heavy in history.. Thanks for watching Danny.. Cheers!
Hi from England, I have just started watching these videos. I first got interested after seeing a video of the Big boy, this train is awesome. I come from a railway family, my father and grandfather worked on the railways in England as they were born in the town where the first passenger railway ran from . There was a locomotive shop that built trains for British railways until 1963. As I was brought up in a railway environment, I became a boilermaker, hence my interest in Big boy. A question I would like to ask is, how come in America you have a train husked by locomotive s from a different company ? BTW, I love the videos of the trains I. America old and new, in fact I am hooked on them.
@@Trains21 Hi again, A bit more specific with my question. I realise they are private companies, what I cannot understand is there a mix of locomotives at the head of t
@@Trains21 What I meant was there could be a Norfolk Southern and BNSF coupled together to haul the train, if they are separate companies, how do the go about charging the customer for delivery ?
@@tonyhull4978 It's called "re-paying horsepower hours." It happens when one railroad owes another railroad locomotive usage time.. It's calculated many different ways depending on the railroads involved.. Too much to explain in a single comment.
I see them in the morning in their yard getting ready for the day and then on occasion I’ll see them crossing 3rd st. Some cool areas around Allentown that was once used by the Lehigh valley, CNJ, Reading, Conrail.
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Here's a video that goes into detail about the railroad workings of Allentown, Pennsylvania.. Keeping in mind that this video was made before the TOP21 PSR of 2019:
T-22] [Speedway to the Atlantic] Allentown & Bethlehem, PA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8wrF...
---
Website ► trains21.org
---
C O N T A C T: menudomail2014@gmail.com
Love those old Ex-SOU #3321 and Ex-N&W #6175 in the same video!
I thought my internet froze at 0:18 lol. I like that shot of 24Q going over the bridge with the steel stacks and H44 crossing over at BURN. Rumors are going around that they will rip up the hump outright.
Haha, I tend to have a penchant for those freeze-frames.. Sorry if I spooked ya.. I hope the rumors are false but the way NS is going, I fear for the worse.. Thanks for watching CP.
As a local to the Allentown area, I hope they don't close the yard! The yards around Bethlehem aren't easy to railfan so the Allentown yard is basically all there is.
Me too.
Very nice footage! 3381and her sister unit 3380 (which I have seen) both have RS3Ls that are mounted backwards giving them a unique sound. Love the sound of the EMD prime mover as well. Love the video.
Thanks Man.. And yes, they are unique!
That was beautiful
Nice way to start the day! With Mr. AC and Trains21
You're too kind Tony.
You are one of a kind AC. Great job.
Thanks Don.. I appreciate you keeping up with us way out there on the west coast.
The railroads seem to do things that make me a bit nervous and not in my favour. Excellent video AC.
Understood.. And agreed.
Woah I love the quilling RS3L horn
Thank you AC enjoyed it. Look forward to the next video. Edward
Thanks Edward.
CP Burn is were i rail-fan all the time!
I like that you stop to take the time to observe nature around you, and us. You keep it from becoming a lost art. Great job!
Thanks Matthew, I'm glad people are noticing the little extra details!
Thanks for another awesome video AC
Thanks for watching Ed.
Lived in Allentown for 10 years, this almost looks like you’re at the rail yard next to the Lehigh, or right across on constitution drive.
Exactly right.
back in summer 1979, we stopped in at allentown/bethlehem/reading.
reading was dead except for a few former rdg cabooses, and a single freshly FP7 painted in SEPTA paint.
bethlehem was active with red ex lv SW8s crawling around. the round house was up and inside was a former lv RS11 that the employees were literally hiding, trying to keep it as long as possible.
I have seen satellite images of bethlehem and it is RR non-existent . I do not remember much about allentown, maybe we ran out of sunlight?
Another fine video AC!! For your viewers there is an article in the 1st Quarter 2020 T.R.P. Magazine by Mike Bednar who is reporting the Allentown Hump was closed in July 2019. Sad new for us railfans. Big Mike's story laments the whole P.S.R. phenomenon, the closing of the yard and has some really nice historical background and photos. I'm hoping this P.S.R. craze will not hamper your efforts in bringing us some of the absolute best RR videos available anywhere. That alone would be reason not to like it!
I mistakenly typed "closing of the yard' in line 3 instead of closing of the "hump". Allentown will be a flat switching yard according to the article and looks to getting downgraded. Ugh...
Thanks John.. It just so happens that I have that copy and YES, I did read the article and I, for one, know just how he feels.. I thank you for your kind words and for watching.
👍👀🚂 AC spot on. Catching thos with wonderful backdrops. 👀👍🚂
5:11 Auburn and Bason street, a very popular spotting area in our region
Indeed.
It's crazy how much freight just stops in Allentown. Bethlehem gets much less action than the trackage west of the yard.
Sure is lots to know about Allentown AC. You could probably dedicate a whole channel to it I would imagine! Pushed the like button as always! Cheers, Danny
Thanks Danny.. Yeah, the Allentown/Bethlehem area is quite the town for trains.. Hard to navigate but heavy in history.. Thanks for watching Danny.. Cheers!
Excellent video my friend !! 😍👌
a train broke down today at CP Burn i think HunterRailfanner published a video on it
Thanks, I'll check it out.
Nice video! Did you ever see the Star of Bethlehem at night?
Nice video you should go flim by the spinal surgery office in hersey because they go by there every couple minutes
Hershey's on my bucket list, just haven't been able to make it happen yet.. Thanks for the info.
Awesome!
Hi from England, I have just started watching these videos. I first got interested after seeing a video of the Big boy, this train is awesome. I come from a railway family, my father and grandfather worked on the railways in England as they were born in the town where the first passenger railway ran from . There was a locomotive shop that built trains for British railways until 1963. As I was brought up in a railway environment, I became a boilermaker, hence my interest in Big boy. A question I would like to ask is, how come in America you have a train husked by locomotive s from a different company ? BTW, I love the videos of the trains I. America old and new, in fact I am hooked on them.
Thanks Tony, the best answer I can give you is that railroads are private companies in America.
@@Trains21 Hi again, A bit more specific with my question. I realise they are private companies, what I cannot understand is there a mix of locomotives at the head of t
@@tonyhull4978 The amount of locos on a train in America is usually determined by how much power is needed to move the train.
@@Trains21 What I meant was there could be a Norfolk Southern and BNSF coupled together to haul the train, if they are separate companies, how do the go about charging the customer for delivery ?
@@tonyhull4978 It's called "re-paying horsepower hours." It happens when one railroad owes another railroad locomotive usage time.. It's calculated many different ways depending on the railroads involved.. Too much to explain in a single comment.
Did you film any of rj corman?
I've only caught it once out in the Keating area.. I've not caught it in Allentown yet but when I do I'll certainly be filming it!
I see them in the morning in their yard getting ready for the day and then on occasion I’ll see them crossing 3rd st. Some cool areas around Allentown that was once used by the Lehigh valley, CNJ, Reading, Conrail.
a lot of these shots are in Bethlehem not even Allentown lol
How do you figure that?? The only Bethlehem Shot is labeled "CP Bethlehem." And I was standing in Allentown.. Or on the line at least.
@@Trains21 what about the begining shot? Was that labled Bethlehem