Heck yea jamie! You look like you belong in that cab!! 113 is such a nice engine and the group of volunteers are doing a great job keeping her up! Awesome video jamie!
Nice job at helping out on 113 Jamie nice POV to see how operations are like in the cab during a operating day maybe you’ll eventually do that on 425 keep it up
Thanks, John! I hope you enjoyed your vacation. Shoveling was a lot of hard work, but very rewarding. I have a lot more appreciation for what these steam crews do now.
Howdy Jamie. It's Joe from Binghamton. Hope all goes well. I absolutely love this video! I never actually knew how coal was fed from the tender down to the cab on steam locomotives - until now. Your video was so informative and the perspective of 113 from the tender was amazing! Great job and thank you for bringing us along! :)
Hi Joe, it's great to hear from you. Glad you enjoyed the video! In steam locomotives without a stoker it really is a LOT of manual labor to keep them going. I learned a lot that day, and definitely got a greater appreciation for what the steam crews do.
Well done Jaime! It maybe lots of work shoveling all that coal around CNJ 113s tender. But looks like it’s worth the experience. Keep it up and maybe you’ll be doing that in 425s tender.
That was a cool video. Gives you the perspective of how hard the fireman worked back in the day. My grandfather worked for the Reading and told me that one of the 2100 series locomotive conveyor or worm gear or whatever broke down and 2 guys shoveling couldn't keep it running and it had to be towed in.
Thanks so much! I was amazed at how much coal it took to run 113 even on this short trip at lower speeds. I can't imagine trying to manually shovel a T-1 if the stoker broke down, definitely seems too much for anyone to keep up with.
@@JamieMakin Thanks for the reply. I hope to capture the 2102 this year. I haven't been able to yet. I heard there are 3 fall Excursions coming up in October. Yes my grandfather told me about them trying to get the 2100 back to Rutherford from Palmyra but she had to be pulled back 2 guys shoveling as fast as they could could not budge it to move.
@@JamieMakin Thank you I will definitely get out to capture her this year. Thanks for letting me know Same hours as last year? 2102 left Reading outer station at 9 am
Sucks that my dad helped restore this locomotive, snapped his neck from a power tool that flung him off a scaffolding working on it (luckily lived), and its barely ran. I still have his Project 113 shirt. Hopefully we get to see it in the LGSRW atleast once since it was former CNJ trackage.
Oh gosh, I'm so sorry to hear about what happened to your dad. I hadn't heard about that before. That would be really cool if they could run it on the former CNJ track. In this case Hometown to Jim Thorpe would make more sense since the LGSR is former Lehigh Valley track north of Coalport Junction.
I just discovered this locomotive last weekend on my way to Railfest. I only wanted to see Minersville station. I don’t know why they don’t publicize this. I guess they don’t want hordes of railfans storming the place because there’s not much room there.
Good morning Jamie. Looks like you had a fun day friend. Beautiful perspectives! 35:45
Good evening Dennis! That was an awesome day in Minersville. Hope you're resting and continuing to recover well. Love and prayers for you buddy!
Heck yea jamie! You look like you belong in that cab!! 113 is such a nice engine and the group of volunteers are doing a great job keeping her up! Awesome video jamie!
Thanks so much! I'm hoping next time to know how to run the injector, and then to keep learning beyond that.
Great work Jamie. Interesting video.
Thanks!
Awesome video Jamie!! The POV turned out great! Definitely a unique look at the operations to keep 113 going
Thanks Collin! I wasn't sure how the hands-free mount would work, but needless to say I was very happy with the result.
Nice work thumbs up
Thanks!
Nice job at helping out on 113 Jamie nice POV to see how operations are like in the cab during a operating day maybe you’ll eventually do that on 425 keep it up
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! And I very much hope to get a cab ride in 425 someday and possibly even be part of the crew.
Oh my that was great video while from my vacation. Lots of shoveling. One of my friends name Richie volunteers the 113. Good guy he is.
Thanks, John! I hope you enjoyed your vacation. Shoveling was a lot of hard work, but very rewarding. I have a lot more appreciation for what these steam crews do now.
Awesome Jamie! Glad you had an opportunity to work on the last operating CNJ Switcher!
Thanks so much! It was a true pleasure to be fortunate enough to get to do this.
@@JamieMakin You are welcome! That sure seemed like a true experience!
That's Awesome Jamie Thanks for bringing us along
Thanks and you're welcome!
Howdy Jamie. It's Joe from Binghamton. Hope all goes well. I absolutely love this video! I never actually knew how coal was fed from the tender down to the cab on steam locomotives - until now. Your video was so informative and the perspective of 113 from the tender was amazing! Great job and thank you for bringing us along! :)
Hi Joe, it's great to hear from you. Glad you enjoyed the video! In steam locomotives without a stoker it really is a LOT of manual labor to keep them going. I learned a lot that day, and definitely got a greater appreciation for what the steam crews do.
That looked like fun. I wouldn't mind trying that myself.
Hard work, but definitely fun and super rewarding to have done my part to make that breaker run possible.
Well done Jaime! It maybe lots of work shoveling all that coal around CNJ 113s tender. But looks like it’s worth the experience. Keep it up and maybe you’ll be doing that in 425s tender.
Thanks so much! And I'd love to do this in 425's tender someday too!
Awesome video Jamie
Thanks Marilyn!
That’s pretty cool Jaime, looks like hard work though.
Definitely hard work, but super satisfying to have contributed to keeping the loco going on that trip!
That was a cool video. Gives you the perspective of how hard the fireman worked back in the day. My grandfather worked for the Reading and told me that one of the 2100 series locomotive conveyor or worm gear or whatever broke down and 2 guys shoveling couldn't keep it running and it had to be towed in.
Thanks so much! I was amazed at how much coal it took to run 113 even on this short trip at lower speeds. I can't imagine trying to manually shovel a T-1 if the stoker broke down, definitely seems too much for anyone to keep up with.
@@JamieMakin Thanks for the reply. I hope to capture the 2102 this year. I haven't been able to yet. I heard there are 3 fall Excursions coming up in October. Yes my grandfather told me about them trying to get the 2100 back to Rutherford from Palmyra but she had to be pulled back 2 guys shoveling as fast as they could could not budge it to move.
@@BeeLineEast 2102 will be running Reading to Jim Thorpe and back on 10/5, 10/19, and 10/26. I hope you'll be able to catch at least one of them!
@@JamieMakin Thank you I will definitely get out to capture her this year. Thanks for letting me know Same hours as last year? 2102 left Reading outer station at 9 am
It still leaves Reading at 9:00, and the full schedule is on their website. Hope you get to chase!
Awesome, you'll have to do another video if you get the opportunity to run or shovel in 2102.
That would be amazing if someday I had that chance! Or even in 425!
If I had a way out there from Lebanon, I'd be there too. Really wanna join this crew.
Hopefully someday you'll be able to join us!
Nice video Jamie
Thanks!
@@JamieMakinyou’re welcome good videos of 113
I like the video
TH\hanks!
Gee that fireman looks familiar. Thanks for coal pushing for me.
My pleasure, Shaine! It was an awesome experience!
Nice Jamie I hope they let you run a steam engine sometime.
Thanks radar! You never know where this will all lead me!
Really enjoyed this non-fan trip!
Thanks so much!
Looks like stove coal...maybe. Enjoyed the video, thanks.
We ran it on 1/3 anthracite and 2/3 bituminous coal. Glad you enjoyed the video!
Sucks that my dad helped restore this locomotive, snapped his neck from a power tool that flung him off a scaffolding working on it (luckily lived), and its barely ran. I still have his Project 113 shirt. Hopefully we get to see it in the LGSRW atleast once since it was former CNJ trackage.
Oh gosh, I'm so sorry to hear about what happened to your dad. I hadn't heard about that before. That would be really cool if they could run it on the former CNJ track. In this case Hometown to Jim Thorpe would make more sense since the LGSR is former Lehigh Valley track north of Coalport Junction.
Fun fun fun, shovel the coal to make the engine run.
It sure was, Guss! Hard work, but very fun and rewarding!
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I can see Hyce doing this
He has been quite an inspiration for me!
Is that anthracite coal?
bituminous since its easier to light and maintain
We usually run 113 on a mix of 1/3 anthracite and 2/3 bituminous.
I just discovered this locomotive last weekend on my way to Railfest. I only wanted to see Minersville station. I don’t know why they don’t publicize this. I guess they don’t want hordes of railfans storming the place because there’s not much room there.
Very cool that you got to see 113 in person! It's a great locomotive, and I love the Minersville Station too. It's got a very unique design.