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Santa Trains with Central Railroad of New Jersey Steam at Minersville .

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Restored Central Railroad of New Jersey 0-6-0 number 113 worked Reading & Northern Santa Trains between Minersville and Schuylkill Haven on December 20th, 2015.

Approaching Minersville, Pennsylvania. Exposed with my FujiFilm X-T1 digital camera.
Approaching Minersville, Pennsylvania. Exposed with my FujiFilm X-T1 digital camera.

Pat Yough and I made the most of this photographic opportunity, including exposing images of R&N GP30 2532 that worked the Schuylkill Haven-end of the train.

At Minersville, I focused on the locomotive’s details.

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Last year, (see: Happy Christmas from Tracking the Light: Doubleheaded Steam) we’d photographed double-headed trains with CNJ’s 113 trailing behind Reading & Northern’s Pacific number 425. Where last year we had overcast weather, this year we had a mix of bright sun and high cloud.

Another change was that 113 recently had had its boiler jacketing restored. While a subtle improvement for the casual observer, it really made for more authentic looking photographs.

Central Railroad of New Jersey 0-6-0 113 charges through Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania on December 20, 2015.
Central Railroad of New Jersey 0-6-0 113 charges through Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania on December 20, 2015.
Trailing view at Cressona Yard on December 20, 2015.
Trailing view at Cressona Yard on December 20, 2015.

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Tracking the Light posts looks close!

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On the roll at Schuylkill Haven. Panned using my FujiFilm X-T1 with 27mm pancake lens.
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Reading & Northern 425 on the old Central Railroad of New Jersey.

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Call it: Blue Pacific—Part 2.

Every so often you get a day where everything seems to come together.

Saturday, October 17, 2015 was one of those days.

Thanks to the Reading & Northern and their crews for running an impressive train; thanks to Pat Yough for getting us where we all needed to be to photograph the action; thanks to FujiFilm for producing a great little camera; and thanks to Autumn 2015 for great weather and fine foliage.

All I did was release the shutter.

Hooray!

Reading & Northern 4-6-2 425 makes an impressive scene near Haucks, Pennsylvania on October 17, 2015. This was part of the old Central Railroad of New Jersey route on the line toward Jim Thorpe, PA.
Rods down: Reading & Northern 4-6-2 425 makes an impressive scene near Haucks, Pennsylvania on October 17, 2015. This was part of the old Central Railroad of New Jersey route on the line toward Jim Thorpe, PA.

Historically, a key to successful steam locomotive photos was leaving ample space above the locomotive for the exhaust plume. Imagine this same composition with a diesel.

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