Rick was a great guy and a true American success story. But he was tough to work for because he wanted the best from his people. Having said that my uncle worked for him from the 80s until around 2000 and he said there was days he'd want to punch him but he always knew he had his back. He really got people to perform at a higher level and even though they had disagreements at the end he really cared and that was why he got upset when he saw people underperforming......... It's a long story but my aunt was hit by a drunk driver and in the icu over 1100 miles away. As soon as Rick heard he had his plane in the air and flew my uncle from the jobsite to meet the plane in his helicopter and got my uncle to the hospital before my aunt passed away. If it wasn't for him he'd never had made it flying commercial. But Rick didn't stop there, he paid for her funeral although he denied it like a lot of the great things he did for people. Lastly before my uncle left Rick invested in our business when no one else would and while Rick and my uncle have both passed on I still think and thank them every month when I write the check for the loan.
I wanted to add my heartfelt thanks for this video. I live in this area and see the LVRR often but rarely have the time to take a good look. Thanks for taking that time! Quality video, keep up the good work!
Never knew they had a GP40-2 i always see the SD40-2 pair 5700 and 5721 switching in the yard behind the jeld wen plant and bringing in cars for me to unload at the plant. 2300 has been getting used a lot more in that yard lately. There's an engine in RJ Corman livery that comes around occasionally but I've never gotten to see it up close yet.
First time viewer. Liked how you followed 5721 picking up cars. Location references, cross streets and bridge crossings would be helpful for us map followers. Keep up the great vids.
that SD40-2 sounds is intoxicating. Man I love how they rev and whine. idk its sounds weird when I say it out loud but really. It's.... relaxing somehow
Back when we used to run 3 SD40's on the point of grain trains. You'd notch out to 5 and all 3 units would start "drumming" together and would set off car alarms in cities. They were tired units but pulled hard.
@@77thTrombone think of it as a the moisture that builds up inside a trombone.....only one way to empty it put right? That's what the spit valve is for on instruments and locomotives.
@@AbelG8781 First, I thought compressors had some kind of air dryers. (It's been a few years since I looked at these things, so I may be fantasizing again.) Second, it seemed like an awful lot of moisture needing to be freed. Gives new appreciation to why MR1 feeds the horn, and MR2 feeds the brakes. And, yes, I am well aware of the role of spit valves ("water keys," prefer the manufacturers.) They are one the main reasons you don't put chewing gum you find on the band room floor into your mouth. Thanks!
Glad you caught it now...there was an RJ SW1200 and one other loco at Conway Yard today (the 1200 was already sent east), and I bet they'll be there in a day or two.
Correct me if I'm wrong, looks to me the hoppers of sand were just brought on by NS on Route 68N a week ago from Elkhart IN to Sayre PA where it featured a Grand Trunk heritage unit. If Gorman took it over the black color were the lehigh colors upon acquisition. Yes?
Which line does CP Rail use from BING to Bethlehem ? I used to live in upstate New York and I monitored the lines from Saratoga to the Mohawk yard and to the mechanicville and Albany yards and I would see the intermodals heading south out of the mechanicville yard through mohawk down a long i-88 into Binghamton and they would head south from there and eventually wind up in Bethlehem or hellertown From what I can tell the Norfolk southern that comes out of Reading is not moving those intermodals they're not changing power from CP Rail so CP Rail must be continuing down from Scranton and not going through Reading but I can't figure out what tracks they're using to get to their intermodal yard in hellertown It doesn't look like they're coming down the Lehigh Gorge There must be tracks north to south west of the Lehigh gorge line and east of the line that heads North out of Redding I don't know what line that is or if CP Rail owns it or if they just have track rights I remember when d&h used to have passenger rail service from Albany through mechanicville through all the little towns down to Scotia and all the way down route 7 before 88 was built and through Scranton and all the way down to Allentown there used to be a railyard a couple blocks over from the Greyhound bus station and I would see d&h power and Lehigh valley power all the time in that yard. There was a pizza place right across from the yard and I would go there to get a couple slices and watch the trains I was a long time ago and I can't even remember where that was in the city or if it was Bethlehem or if it was Allentown but I think it was Allentown So long ago I miss those days they were simpler times
The CP train you're talking about ran from Saratoga to Binghamton on the old D&H mainline then down the former DLW to Dupont, PA where they got on former LV (now RBMN) to Allentown. Freight was dropped in the old CNJ hump yard while the pigs were brought across to the river yard on the south side of the river. NS ran a similar train, 36/37T, but that too is now gone. They abolished that pool not long after I stopped working for NS out of Binghamton.
Not a church. It's the Piollet Mansion at the intersection of US 6 and PA 187 in Wysox. Partially restored as the Wysox General Store years ago. Purchased by Williams Oil Co. Restoration completed by Randy Williams company and it's now a Dandy Mini Mart.
@@spgorilla3986 Thank you very much, sir! Thanks to your info, I learned another piece of history. This time it is about one brave man Joseph-Marie Piollet, who took part in great battles of Napoleonic european wars and was seriously wounded in the famous battle of Austerlitz in december 1805. He has also working for the banking house of French Foreign Minister Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord and moved to America to orginize the sale of Talleyrand's lands in Northern Pennsylvania. As for my mistake in identification of that building, from a distance it seemed to me that there are present some architectural motifs borroved from the old churches in Armenia (see here www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcaucasusholidays.am%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Farmenian-Church-3.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcaucasusholidays.am%2Farmenian-church-architecture&tbnid=WWSEZYbNdwQtyM&vet=12ahUKEwia9L7__4nuAhVZBs0KHWgaBn0QMygTegUIARD8AQ..i&docid=oIdmmL-nRe89VM&w=2300&h=1725&q=armenian%20church&hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwia9L7__4nuAhVZBs0KHWgaBn0QMygTegUIARD8AQ and here www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.freepik.com%2Ffree-photo%2Farmenian-church-nature-armenia-spring_220873-350.jpg%3Fsize%3D626%26ext%3Djpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.freepik.com%2Ffree-photos-vectors%2Farmenian-church&tbnid=IHKI4oXQ1H34PM&vet=10COMBEDMomgNqFwoTCIjl6KqAiu4CFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE..i&docid=S268D-TFra2_CM&w=626&h=417&q=armenian%20church&hl=en&ved=0COMBEDMomgNqFwoTCIjl6KqAiu4CFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE) and Republic of Georgia (www.alamy.com/mtskheta-georgia-svetitskhoveli-cathedral-of-the-living-pillar-georgian-orthodox-church-in-summer-green-mountains-blue-sky-background-unesco-image235806618.html).
when they buy these short lines do they tend to put the track back in tip top shape. given that’s one of the businesses that they do for the class 1 rails?
Great shot of the train rolling through the bridge at Athens. I could easily see LV Alco engines doing the same from say, the early 70s. Btw, prior to its takeover by RJ Corman, how long had the Lehigh Railway been in operation?
RJ CORMAN. is a railroad co. From Nicholasville KY. their bread and butter is fixing derailments. But they have been buying short line railroads. From what i know of them a decent company.
I'm watching because I find the sights and sounds interesting. The real question is, why are you watching and why did you waste the time to post a dumb ass question?
Jerry Kinnin: The last I heard they were anything but a decent company to work for. The last I heard they are non union and the wages are low. Things may have changed by now. Perhaps someone is more up to date.
I’m not big on the paint scheme, but RJ’s engines always look sharp and clean. I have a lot of respect for the company, they keep a lot of rail lines moving that would otherwise be abandoned.
RJC took over the Waccamaw RR in SE NC & NE SC, based in Chadbourn NC. The bright red & white locos SURE ARE EASIER TO SEE! I think they're a big safety improvement on small slow-moving lines.
I think the reason Corman keeps their engines cleaner, is because they don’t pay all that well, so they have more money to spend on paint, maintenance, etc.
More to the point, who owns them. In Europe, most rail lines (passenger or freight) are owned by the government - as is the case with the airlines. Further, their HGV (European HGV) does NOT use rail much - it mostly uses roads (even the rail videos here on TH-cam point that out). Passenger rail is primarily a loss-leader in Europe, and it's getting worse (not better) due to Covid-19 issues being worse in Europe than in North America (even Canada - which is worse off than the US). Throw in the flooding - what will passenger rail look like in Europe in a year?
Kudos to RJ Corman, anyone saving railroad track and equipment is all right by me!
Me too!
Ditto👍
Rick was a great guy and a true American success story. But he was tough to work for because he wanted the best from his people. Having said that my uncle worked for him from the 80s until around 2000 and he said there was days he'd want to punch him but he always knew he had his back. He really got people to perform at a higher level and even though they had disagreements at the end he really cared and that was why he got upset when he saw people underperforming......... It's a long story but my aunt was hit by a drunk driver and in the icu over 1100 miles away. As soon as Rick heard he had his plane in the air and flew my uncle from the jobsite to meet the plane in his helicopter and got my uncle to the hospital before my aunt passed away. If it wasn't for him he'd never had made it flying commercial. But Rick didn't stop there, he paid for her funeral although he denied it like a lot of the great things he did for people. Lastly before my uncle left Rick invested in our business when no one else would and while Rick and my uncle have both passed on I still think and thank them every month when I write the check for the loan.
RJ Corman is an amazing story and the organization continues to impress! Good for them.
I wanted to add my heartfelt thanks for this video. I live in this area and see the LVRR often but rarely have the time to take a good look. Thanks for taking that time! Quality video, keep up the good work!
Never knew they had a GP40-2 i always see the SD40-2 pair 5700 and 5721 switching in the yard behind the jeld wen plant and bringing in cars for me to unload at the plant. 2300 has been getting used a lot more in that yard lately. There's an engine in RJ Corman livery that comes around occasionally but I've never gotten to see it up close yet.
2021: *RJ Corman Takes Over CSX*
wow a awesome catch. thank you Norfolk ad i love the horn :-)
First time viewer. Liked how you followed 5721 picking up cars. Location references, cross streets and bridge crossings would be helpful for us map followers. Keep up the great vids.
Such a Beautiful Locomotive
I like train videos . I even rode a train once and worked on a railroad 35 yrs.
Love that 2 tone horn! I remember that as a kid back in the 70’s! 😀
K3L (3 chime)
Yes, it was very sweet.
Definitely something I miss from before horns became push-button activated. Engineers feathering the horn's handle was almost like their signature.
I occasionally hear that style horn on freight trains here in Vermont!
Very nice chase, the bridge at Athens was a good shot.
The old U-boat looking very well kept. I don't suppose that'll be kept much longer. Horn on 5721 plays a nice chord.
that SD40-2 sounds is intoxicating. Man I love how they rev and whine. idk its sounds weird when I say it out loud but really. It's.... relaxing somehow
Back when we used to run 3 SD40's on the point of grain trains. You'd notch out to 5 and all 3 units would start "drumming" together and would set off car alarms in cities. They were tired units but pulled hard.
@@jakemohr8753 what is that irregular pfft pfft pfft sound?
@@77thTrombone probably auto air drains. It spits out the moisture in the air tanks.
@@77thTrombone think of it as a the moisture that builds up inside a trombone.....only one way to empty it put right? That's what the spit valve is for on instruments and locomotives.
@@AbelG8781 First, I thought compressors had some kind of air dryers. (It's been a few years since I looked at these things, so I may be fantasizing again.)
Second, it seemed like an awful lot of moisture needing to be freed. Gives new appreciation to why MR1 feeds the horn, and MR2 feeds the brakes.
And, yes, I am well aware of the role of spit valves ("water keys," prefer the manufacturers.) They are one the main reasons you don't put chewing gum you find on the band room floor into your mouth.
Thanks!
Nice clips! That is an eerie horn on #5721.
30 years ago that line had two sets of tracks and trains ran through Bradford county 3-4 times a day.
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They also bring tankers with Raw linseed oil to the Jeld-Wen plant as well as empty Centerbeam flat cars to the plant to be loaded and sent back out
Glad you caught it now...there was an RJ SW1200 and one other loco at Conway Yard today (the 1200 was already sent east), and I bet they'll be there in a day or two.
RJ Corman saved the Myrtle Beach Line!! In my opinion, a great company!!!
I wondered if that was the guy. Do they have it operational yet?
Love the sound of that old girl. Sweet workhorse!
Interesting operations up there. Didn't know those guys were still using U23Bs!
Nice Vid, Thank You. Id like to get down there and catch some of that action.
Thanks for sharing!
Looks like a neat operation
Love that horn.
Sad to see the unused line poles along what was once a double track main line, but there's still plenty of action. That's good news.
Correct me if I'm wrong, looks to me the hoppers of sand were just brought on by NS on Route 68N a week ago from Elkhart IN to Sayre PA where it featured a Grand Trunk heritage unit. If Gorman took it over the black color were the lehigh colors upon acquisition. Yes?
Nice 👌. Keep them rolling 📹s
Who's old railroad tracks are they ..that bridge is kool..the curve one. What river is that..🗽🌅
lehigh valley and susquehanna river
@@Norfolk7130 Actually, it's the Chemung River. The Susquehanna is on the East side of Athens.
amazing video like always!
Which line does CP Rail use from BING to Bethlehem ?
I used to live in upstate New York and I monitored the lines from Saratoga to the Mohawk yard and to the mechanicville and Albany yards and I would see the intermodals heading south out of the mechanicville yard through mohawk down a long i-88 into Binghamton and they would head south from there and eventually wind up in Bethlehem or hellertown
From what I can tell the Norfolk southern that comes out of Reading is not moving those intermodals they're not changing power from CP Rail so CP Rail must be continuing down from Scranton and not going through Reading but I can't figure out what tracks they're using to get to their intermodal yard in hellertown
It doesn't look like they're coming down the Lehigh Gorge
There must be tracks north to south west of the Lehigh gorge line and east of the line that heads North out of Redding
I don't know what line that is or if CP Rail owns it or if they just have track rights
I remember when d&h used to have passenger rail service from Albany through mechanicville through all the little towns down to Scotia and all the way down route 7 before 88 was built and through Scranton and all the way down to Allentown there used to be a railyard a couple blocks over from the Greyhound bus station and I would see d&h power and Lehigh valley power all the time in that yard.
There was a pizza place right across from the yard and I would go there to get a couple slices and watch the trains
I was a long time ago and I can't even remember where that was in the city or if it was Bethlehem or if it was Allentown but I think it was Allentown
So long ago
I miss those days they were simpler times
CP Rail does not operate in Pennsylania anymore. The sold all former D and H and EL trackage to NS.
The CP train you're talking about ran from Saratoga to Binghamton on the old D&H mainline then down the former DLW to Dupont, PA where they got on former LV (now RBMN) to Allentown. Freight was dropped in the old CNJ hump yard while the pigs were brought across to the river yard on the south side of the river.
NS ran a similar train, 36/37T, but that too is now gone. They abolished that pool not long after I stopped working for NS out of Binghamton.
Nice job! Love this railroad
What i seen of it so far looks good.
Outstanding video 👍
A lot to like here, thanks!
look at the old telegraph lines poles covered by veins.
Very interesting
For all you not from the 'Far East' I looked it up: Wyalusing is SE of Sayre in Pennsylvania along the Susquehanna River.
What is the name of the place @4:47, especially the church?
Not a church. It's the Piollet Mansion at the intersection of US 6 and PA 187 in Wysox. Partially restored as the Wysox General Store years ago. Purchased by Williams Oil Co. Restoration completed by Randy Williams company and it's now a Dandy Mini Mart.
@@spgorilla3986 Thank you very much, sir! Thanks to your info, I learned another piece of history. This time it is about one brave man Joseph-Marie Piollet, who took part in great battles of Napoleonic european wars and was seriously wounded in the famous battle of Austerlitz in december 1805. He has also working for the banking house of French Foreign Minister Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord and moved to America to orginize the sale of Talleyrand's lands in Northern Pennsylvania. As for my mistake in identification of that building, from a distance it seemed to me that there are present some architectural motifs borroved from the old churches in Armenia (see here www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcaucasusholidays.am%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Farmenian-Church-3.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcaucasusholidays.am%2Farmenian-church-architecture&tbnid=WWSEZYbNdwQtyM&vet=12ahUKEwia9L7__4nuAhVZBs0KHWgaBn0QMygTegUIARD8AQ..i&docid=oIdmmL-nRe89VM&w=2300&h=1725&q=armenian%20church&hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwia9L7__4nuAhVZBs0KHWgaBn0QMygTegUIARD8AQ and here www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.freepik.com%2Ffree-photo%2Farmenian-church-nature-armenia-spring_220873-350.jpg%3Fsize%3D626%26ext%3Djpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.freepik.com%2Ffree-photos-vectors%2Farmenian-church&tbnid=IHKI4oXQ1H34PM&vet=10COMBEDMomgNqFwoTCIjl6KqAiu4CFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE..i&docid=S268D-TFra2_CM&w=626&h=417&q=armenian%20church&hl=en&ved=0COMBEDMomgNqFwoTCIjl6KqAiu4CFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE) and Republic of Georgia (www.alamy.com/mtskheta-georgia-svetitskhoveli-cathedral-of-the-living-pillar-georgian-orthodox-church-in-summer-green-mountains-blue-sky-background-unesco-image235806618.html).
when they buy these short lines do they tend to put the track back in tip top shape. given that’s one of the businesses that they do for the class 1 rails?
No, traditionally the company is known for neglected maintenance on their own lines.
Great shot of the train rolling through the bridge at Athens. I could easily see LV Alco engines doing the same from say, the early 70s.
Btw, prior to its takeover by RJ Corman, how long had the Lehigh Railway been in operation?
Wonder how much longer the u23b will stick around
re U23B ... Not too much longer I hope. Absolute GE junk.
Awesome video! Do you know how often these two trains run?
There *should* be at least one train that runs out of either Towanda or Wyalusing everyday
Thank you!
05:00 Norfolk and Western high Hood to the front style
When will they re-paint the locos in RJ Red?
Do they still service the Charmin plant???
Really love this video!
Do new locos have to use DEF?
the part listed as West of Towanda is incorrect, it was videoed in East Towanda and Wysox, which is EAST of Towanda.
How long has it been since the train ran on those tracks?
they run daily as of two weeks ago
pay cuts are a come'n
Was this originally a part of the D&H line from MOH to Allentown ?
No, although the D&H had rights on the old Lehigh Valley from DuPont junction to Allentown’s Consolidated yard.
Former LV mainline
So it is still running?
Who is RJ Cormand and why are we watching a 65+ year old retired train pick up cars lolz? If I can remember correctly Pa train group?
RJ CORMAN. is a railroad co. From Nicholasville KY. their bread and butter is fixing derailments.
But they have been buying short line railroads. From what i know of them a decent company.
Because this is a railfanning channel. One of many. If you don't want to watch trains, why are you watching?
I'm watching because I find the sights and sounds interesting. The real question is, why are you watching and why did you waste the time to post a dumb ass question?
Jerry Kinnin: The last I heard they were anything but a decent company to work for. The last I heard they are non union and the wages are low. Things may have changed by now. Perhaps someone is more up to date.
Central Bradford County. My home area. Watch them come through here daily hauling sand for Chief and Chesapeake.
I imagine the locos will get red and silver paint?
no one knows if new engines will replace all of them or if theyre going to get repainted
Pole line remnants still intact. :)
Did the electro code the track, or, is it dark territory?
What up with the consistent air leaks. More specifically that popping. I know one part is the compressor, But not the others.
Only ONE WWUX (Winchester & Western hopper in that whole mix at 5:15, disgraceful. :))
Wow almost all the hoppers graffiti free
Well, this ain't New York or Los Angeles, ya know!!!!
They don't go to Mexico on NAFTA trips.
That's because they are frac sand hoppers and don't really sit in yards.
Where is this line and what does it service ?
Northern PA and mostly sand with a few other customers
I been chasing lrwy for 5yrs. Now more ppl will once they are red engines
Not bad for a man that started unloading rail ties from gondola cars. May he rest in peace.
Now if someone would buy the New Haven back from Conrail.........
Hate cormans paint scheme and the hideous herald.hope they keep these units as is
I’m not big on the paint scheme, but RJ’s engines always look sharp and clean. I have a lot of respect for the company, they keep a lot of rail lines moving that would otherwise be abandoned.
RJC took over the Waccamaw RR in SE NC & NE SC, based in Chadbourn NC. The bright red & white locos SURE ARE EASIER TO SEE! I think they're a big safety improvement on small slow-moving lines.
I think the reason Corman keeps their engines cleaner, is because they don’t pay all that well, so they have more money to spend on paint, maintenance, etc.
Check out the European rail system on TH-cam, especially the Dutch Railways.
More to the point, who owns them. In Europe, most rail lines (passenger or freight) are owned by the government - as is the case with the airlines. Further, their HGV (European HGV) does NOT use rail much - it mostly uses roads (even the rail videos here on TH-cam point that out). Passenger rail is primarily a loss-leader in Europe, and it's getting worse (not better) due to Covid-19 issues being worse in Europe than in North America (even Canada - which is worse off than the US). Throw in the flooding - what will passenger rail look like in Europe in a year?
@@PGHammer21A You have to be kidding.
@@luigi5890 - Why? I do not have anything to gain from it; I do not live in Europe, or have anything to gain from bashing Europe.
When will they re-paint the locos in RJ Red?