Here she is at the Jersey Central station in Jim Thorpe. The Strasburg rebuilt her trailing truck with roller bearings and her original spoked wheels.
The spoked wheels on her pilot truck could not be saved. Now she has a pair of matching solid wheels.
The 3:00 PM train departs Jim Thorpe for Lehigh Gorge. Her exhausts were "dead square" and her Reading G-class passenger whistle echoed in magnificent harmony through the mountains. The crew that rebuilt her did a GREAT job! CONGRATULATIONS!
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Interesting to see the lead truck painted black...perhaps a sign of things to come?
Thanks so much for those photos. I believe 425 is my favorite steam engine.
I chased her all day today (after riding the first train), and got a few nice photos. I will share them here when I get a chance to get them ready for sharing.
Also, someone pointed out to me two men in blue shirts, as they took something off the front of the engine. He said they were from MTH, and they had been recording the engine all day. Hopefully that means an O gauge 425 (with the maroon passenger cars please!). I am not usually an MTH person, but that is one of two engines I would buy from ANY O gauge company.
She's a great engine to record for future model sounds. Her exhaust has always been loud. She has other idisyncratic sounds that anyone familiar with her would recognize, but her exhaust would be a great "general" sound for MTH.
She looks great, would be interesting to see her returned to black.
She came through Old Forge on way to Scranton ( Steam Town ) Friday night at about 9pm, Her whistle was haunting. The sound of her could be heard about 1/2 mile away from the tracks at my house. She came past my parents house and my mother was going crazy as all the coach lights were lit and the cab was all lit up. I just missed her by the time I got to my truck and chased .
Glenn
Still one of my favorite engines and am hoping one of the big manufacturers comes up with one in O gauge.
Honestly, I would be surprised to see her painted black, considering the blue LGSR diesel (numbered 426) is blue, as are the coaches. Besides, if they want to work on a black locomotive, I think they know where one is.
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