I took the photo's of this locomotive, coming into Jim Thorpe, PA on October 9th, 2010. It was a beautiful day there and was perfect for taking pictures. This train runs once every weekend during the fall foliage festivals from Port Clinton To Jim Thorpe.
This is a beautiful 4-6-2 blue painted Loco with white trim. I photographed it backing to the turntable, which was around the edge of a mountain a half mile away. When I got to the turn table they already had it turned around so I only got to see them back it off. Because of parking issues, I couldn't drive back and forth from the station to the turn table and had to walk. They didn't move it slowly and once it passed the station, they pored the coal to it and it was gone around the mountain in seconds.
After turning it around, they serviced it, then backed it back down to the station where they filled the tender with water. That's where they let spectator's climb into the cab for a look. This train had about a 3-4 hour stopover and during that time, they ran a couple of fall foliage viewing trains, pulled by diesels, in and out of the station. At about 3 PM they pulled this train back up to the station, with a diesel loco. They then backed the 425 up to and hooked to the diesel, loaded up the train and took off, returning to Port Clinton.
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