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PHOTOS: Port Clinton color |
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Posted by kp5308 on Wed Aug 12 19:42:16 2020 Red: Green:  CSX Blue:  All 3 posed at the sand tower. The GP30 rebuild is ex-Santa Fe & the switcher is ex-Lackawanna:  Silver:  NS Black plus Black/White/Red:  And the winner of the Employee Paint Scheme Contest getting the masking for the lettering done. Andy said he wanted something colorful:  John told me that all 4 ex-CSX SD50s will get these colors. An RBMN diamond will go on the nose:  The winner related that he got the idea for the colors from one of the Norfolk Southern GE rebuilds:  The work on ex-Reading T1 4-8-4 #2102 has picked up considerably. Due to the dip in traffic on the freight side some of the mechanical staff has been reassigned to the restoration. Steam up is a real possibility by the end of the year:  Karen & I will be riding behind the Blue Mountain Blue #425 this Saturday on one of the Lehigh Gorge Scenic trips. The railroad is celebrating the victory over the borough's efforts to tax the service by running trips this Friday, Saturday & Sunday with the 4-6-2:  The restoration shop is built on the site of the Reading's 19th century Port Clinton engine terminal. When RBMN got comfortable with the viability of the railroad Mr. Muller decided to dig out the 75 ft. turntable pit and build a welded table from scratch to fit. Well, Al Keller found a historic table that fit out in western PA & the shop forces had no trouble dropping it in. The pole barn roundhouse structure started with the three stalls in the middle & got the other 2 stalls added at separate times. The one on the left is for #2102 and the one on the right is for passenger car work:  |
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Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Wed Aug 12 19:49:39 2020, in response to PHOTOS: Port Clinton color, posted by kp5308 on Wed Aug 12 19:42:16 2020. VERY NICE PHOTOS |
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Posted by kp5308 on Wed Aug 12 21:10:31 2020, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Port Clinton color, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Wed Aug 12 19:49:39 2020. TY BRAH :o) |
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Posted by Jersey Mike on Wed Aug 12 22:13:16 2020, in response to PHOTOS: Port Clinton color, posted by kp5308 on Wed Aug 12 19:42:16 2020. What's with the CT Rail paint scheme? |
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Posted by NJCL2308 on Wed Aug 12 22:51:36 2020, in response to PHOTOS: Port Clinton color, posted by kp5308 on Wed Aug 12 19:42:16 2020. Nice!Is the 425 black this season, or blue? |
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Posted by kp5308 on Thu Aug 13 06:45:52 2020, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Port Clinton color, posted by NJCL2308 on Wed Aug 12 22:51:36 2020. Last time I saw it was December 2019. It was Blue and I do not believe it has been changed. I didn't think to really take a close look! |
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Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Thu Aug 13 14:55:54 2020, in response to PHOTOS: Port Clinton color, posted by kp5308 on Wed Aug 12 19:42:16 2020. Very nice! |
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Posted by kp5308 on Thu Aug 13 18:49:41 2020, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Port Clinton color, posted by Jersey Mike on Wed Aug 12 22:13:16 2020. ??? I thought I explained the paint scheme story in the post. Anyway I thought the CT Rail scheme was mostly black! |
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Posted by kp5308 on Thu Aug 13 18:54:56 2020, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Port Clinton color, posted by ChicagoMotorman on Thu Aug 13 14:55:54 2020. Thanks Motorman! Lookin' forward to getting some cinders on Saturday. Giddy up 425!!! |
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Posted by Jersey Mike on Thu Aug 13 22:57:11 2020, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Port Clinton color, posted by kp5308 on Thu Aug 13 18:49:41 2020. Just reminds me of CT Rail with the large patches of Red, Grey and Black xD |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Fri Aug 14 03:09:04 2020, in response to PHOTOS: Port Clinton color, posted by kp5308 on Wed Aug 12 19:42:16 2020. I'm gonna be on the 4:30 train on Saturday. Open air car. |
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Posted by kp5308 on Fri Aug 14 10:23:07 2020, in response to PHOTOS: Port Clinton color, posted by kp5308 on Wed Aug 12 19:42:16 2020. We are riding the 1PM trip. Open air car for us! |
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Posted by Q4 on Fri Aug 14 10:28:50 2020, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Port Clinton color, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Wed Aug 12 19:49:39 2020. Nice photos. |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Fri Aug 14 14:29:06 2020, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Port Clinton color, posted by kp5308 on Thu Aug 13 06:45:52 2020. I hope it's not blue anymore |
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Posted by kp5308 on Sat Aug 15 08:26:17 2020, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Port Clinton color, posted by BILLBKLYN on Fri Aug 14 14:29:06 2020. UPDATE: the F units are making the trip from Berks County today with a 3 car special:
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Sat Aug 15 22:20:30 2020, in response to PHOTOS: Port Clinton color, posted by kp5308 on Wed Aug 12 19:42:16 2020. I've said it in the past, and I'll say it again, NOTHING beats the experience of riding right behind a COAL-fired steam locomotive!! Me and my son got rained on with ash, it was great. An oil-fired steam locomotive is like a jeep with 2 wheel drive. |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Sat Aug 15 22:22:06 2020, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Port Clinton color, posted by kp5308 on Sat Aug 15 08:26:17 2020. I didn't see them. Got into town about 3ish. Saw the newly painted loco where the wooden car that you could take your picture used to be, and the tank car with water. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sun Aug 16 00:56:17 2020, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Port Clinton color, posted by BILLBKLYN on Sat Aug 15 22:20:30 2020. You're not going to win that argument with the ATSF or SP during steam days. Oil helped them cross expanses of desert without having to worry about fueling problems.And what about early steam days in the US when most locomotives were wood-burners? Back in the beginning of steam in Britain, steam locomotives were ordered by law to burn coke so they could "consume their own smoke". In Hawaii and other places with sugar plantations, locomotives burned sugar cane. |
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Posted by kp5308 on Sun Aug 16 13:05:19 2020, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Port Clinton color, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Aug 16 00:56:17 2020. I'm with Bill on that one...we got a good dose of cinders too!Additionally the F units were not scheduled for that Saturday run I posted about earlier. |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Sun Aug 16 14:41:02 2020, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Port Clinton color, posted by kp5308 on Sun Aug 16 13:05:19 2020. Me and my son were picking them out of our hair for the rest of the night! |
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