Reading & Northern's wye over the Lehigh River near Jim Thorpe, PA can be a busy place, especially on weekends that steam locomotive #2102 is leading an Iron Horse Ramble.
In the span of about 2 hours and 10 minutes, four separate trains needed to traverse the wye, some passing through multiple times. This video showcases these carefully coordinated moves as I explain the action on February 8, 2025.
I had intended to film the entire video at the wye. However, as I was driving in on 209 having broken off from chasing the OSJT, I heard on the scanner that the PIJT was already at Coal Junction. Since there was now no chance of catching it at the wye, I decided to head to the Jim Thorpe rail yard to catch it and the first LGSR departure of the day there instead of omitting them from the video.
The four trains in this video are:
LGSR = Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway
OSJT = Reading Outer Station to Jim Thorpe (the Iron Horse Ramble)
PIJT = Pittston to Jim Thorpe
NQEX = Nesquehoning extra (delivering the water tanker to Jim Thorpe)
0:00 PIJT southbound Jim Thorpe Rail Yard
1:04 intro
3:27 11 am LGSR northbound Jim Thorpe Rail Yard
5:18 pacing the 11 am LGSR through the Glen Onoko parking lot
9:23 PIJT turns on the wye
14:18 OSJT with 2102 Nesquehoning Junction
16:16 Bump's bench
18:06 PIJT Nesquehoning Junction
18:40 intermission
20:45 11 am LGSR southbound Nesquehoning Bridge
24:30 catching up with @PANortheasternRailfan
25:46 OSJT with 2102 turns on the wye
34:57 NQEX appears via Jim Thorpe Junction
35:45 info on NQEX at Nesquehoning Junction
37:38 1 pm LGSR northbound Nesquehoning Junction
39:49 NQEX heads to Jim Thorpe
41:10 end screen
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