History Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad 425
locomotive 425 in blue paint scheme of 1990s
on june 12, 1992 425 painted recognizable appearance dark blue paint scheme. inspired reading company s own blue painted pacific (not, contrary popular belief, central railroad of new jersey s blue comet), locomotive s blue made distinct stand out. idea came mr. muller paint 425 in dark blue former reading company engineer charles w. kachel. locomotive featured guest @ steamtown national historic site grand opening in july 1995, , made number of excursions out of scranton. locomotive returned port clinton in late 1996. 425 s last excursion tamaqua fall fest on october 13, 1996. 1997 - 2008 when steam operations took extended break.
after decade of storage, rebuild work began bring 425 service. following 2 years of restoration, pacific made first operation under steam in december 2007 in partially repainted appearance. test run done on may 11, 2008 engine debuted in new lighter blue color , above-centered headlight. made return excursion service in june 2008 on round trip port clinton jim thorpe, run make often. rbmn s new star made many trips jim thorpe , other locations on next 3 years, employee runs, tourist trains on lehigh gorge scenic railway, , featured attraction of 2010 nrhs convention.
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