Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: National Railway Historical Society

2015 NRHS Convention, Ludlow Excerpt

20 Jun 2016 557
This is an excerpt of the video I took on the last day of the NRHS Convention, during the Father's Day excursion on the Green Mountain Railroad. This is a brutal cut from the original, as I needed it to be under 10 minutes, and under 30MB, so it's less than a fifth of the original cut, with the original MOD files being much longer.

Green Mountain #405 on Ludlow Bridge, Edited and C…

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Here's Green Mountain #405. This actually wasn't my first time riding behind this unit, as I had also ridden the entire length of the Green Mountain Railroad behind it in 1990.

Wye, Edited Version, Ludlow, Vermont, USA, 2015

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This was on the final day of the 2015 NRHS Convention, which happened to fall on Father's Day. As a result, a special Father's Day excursion was run on the Green Mountain Railroad to Ludlow, Vermont from Rutland. The only motive power was Green Mountain #405, an Alco RS-1, which was behind me when I shot this. The coaching stock was the same that had been used for the previous excursions that I had been on.

Ex-Reading #902, Picture 2, West Leesport, PA, USA…

21 Nov 2007 453
As our excursion pulled in, I got this lucky shot of 902 and 2398 lined up just right for this shot, which I quite like.

Ex-Reading #s902 and 903, West Leesport, PA, USA,…

21 Nov 2007 496
Here, back in order, this was where we picked up our Reading & Northern excursion train at the NRHS National Convention, led by a matching set of Reading EMD FP7s that had just been restored. Here's a shot of our train pulling in, headed by the FP7s, with a Reading and Northern freight on the adjacent track.

Ex-Reading #902, West Leesport, PA, USA, 1995

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Slight out of order here....:-(, this was where we picked up our Reading & Northern excursion train at the NRHS National Convention, led by a matching set of Reading EMD FP7s that had just been restored. Here's the older of the two, number 902.

Reading & Northern #s2398 and 3300, West Leesport,…

21 Nov 2007 427
Unfortunately this shot failed to capture 2398's cab, but it does give one of the better views that I got of 3300 during the NRHS Convention, as it wasn't there for show and had to hurry on its way without being uncoupled for us to get a better look.

Reading & Northern #2398, Picture 2, West Leesport…

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Here's a closer and more detailed shot of R&N 2398.

Reading & Northern #2398, West Leesport, PA, USA,…

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While we were waiting for our Reading & Northern excursion at West Leesport during the 1995 NRHS Convention, we also got to see this Reading & Northern freight, which at least had second generation diesel power on it, number 2398, a U23B and 3300, a U33C.