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Pictures of RBMN 5049
 
Owner: Reading Blue Mountain & Northern
Model:EMD SD50Built As:MP 5049 (SD50)
Serial Number:847008-50Order No:847008
Frame Number:847008-50Built:12/1984
Notes:Ex UP 5049
Other locos with this serial:  RBMN 5049(SD50) MP 5049(SD50) UP 5049(SD50)
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C&E Extra
Title:  C&E Extra
Description:  C&E Extra stopped at East Mahanoy Junction.
Photo Date:  10/3/2010  Upload Date: 10/3/2010 2:07:53 PM
Location:  Barnesville, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  RBMN 5049(SD50) RBMN 425(4-6-2)
Views:  455   Comments: 0
RBMN's 2010 Autumn Leaf Excursions
Title:  RBMN's 2010 Autumn Leaf Excursions
Description:  Hometown High Bridge
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/10/2010 7:26:09 PM
Location:  Hometown, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  RBMN 425(4-6-2) RBMN 5049(SD50)
Views:  278   Comments: 0
RBMN's 2010 Autumn Leaf Excursions
Title:  RBMN's 2010 Autumn Leaf Excursions
Description:  Built in 1931 by the Phoenix Bridge Company for The Central Railroad of New Jersey to replace the previous wooden trestle. It spans the Little Schuylkill River, is 981 feet long, 161 feet high and it is currently used by Reading & Northern. Here, an annual Autumn Leaf Excursion Train with the 425 in the lead, crossing the trestle.
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 10/10/2010 7:19:19 PM
Location:  Hometown, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  RBMN 425(4-6-2) RBMN 5049(SD50)
Views:  1074   Comments: 4
RBMN's 2010 Autumn Leaf Excursions
Title:  RBMN's 2010 Autumn Leaf Excursions
Description:  Crossing the Hometown High Bridge during peak fall foliage.
Photo Date:  10/16/2010  Upload Date: 10/16/2010 2:12:02 PM
Location:  Hometown, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger
Locomotives:  RBMN 5049(SD50) RBMN 5022(SD50)
Views:  488   Comments: 0
RBMN's 2010 Autumn Leaf Excursions
Title:  RBMN's 2010 Autumn Leaf Excursions
Description:  Crossing the Hometown High Bridge during peak fall foliage.
Photo Date:  10/16/2010  Upload Date: 10/16/2010 2:13:11 PM
Location:  Hometown, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger
Locomotives:  RBMN 5049(SD50) RBMN 5022(SD50)
Views:  449   Comments: 1
Mountain Job
Title:  Mountain Job
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/24/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2010 5:14:19 PM
Location:  Barnesville, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RBMN 5049(SD50) RBMN 3052(SD40-2)
Views:  502   Comments: 0
Mountain Job
Title:  Mountain Job
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/24/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2010 5:05:57 PM
Location:  Gilberton, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RBMN 5049(SD50) RBMN 3052(SD40-2)
Views:  538   Comments: 0
Blaschak Coal
Title:  Blaschak Coal
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/24/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2010 5:09:46 PM
Location:  Mahanoy City, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  RBMN 3052(SD40-2) RBMN 5049(SD50)
Views:  2135   Comments: 0
Mountain Job
Title:  Mountain Job
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/24/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2010 5:05:05 PM
Location:  Mahanoy Plane, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RBMN 5049(SD50) RBMN 3052(SD40-2)
Views:  655   Comments: 0
Mahanoy Tunnel
Title:  Mahanoy Tunnel
Description:  The tunnel that opened the Anthracite-rich Mahanoy Valley to Philadelphia. The Little Schuylkill Railroad Company began construction in April 1859 and the tunnel was completed May of 1862. Two shifts worked from 6am-6pm & 6pm-6am for pay of seven dollars a week and not a single accident occurred during construction. Following the construction, the workers were owed three months back pay and refused to allow trains to pass until they were paid. They ripped up 11 miles of track to Girardville and eventually the Governor stepped in and forced the railroad to pay the workers. A few years later, the Philadelphia & Reading signed a 99 year lease to use the tunnel. Completion of the tunnel allowed Anthracite to be shipped more efficiently and later resulted in the closure of the more costly Mahanoy Plane. At 4000 feet in length, it was the longest of the 7 tunnels on the Reading System. Here, 148 years after it was completed, Reading & Northern's Mountain Job exits the east portal. The structures outside of the tunnel houses ventilation fans not used since the steam days.
Photo Date:  11/24/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2010 5:12:23 PM
Location:  Barnesville, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives:  RBMN 5049(SD50) RBMN 3052(SD40-2)
Views:  3060   Comments: 7
East Mahanoy Junction
Title:  East Mahanoy Junction
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/24/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2010 5:15:28 PM
Location:  Barnesville, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  RBMN 5049(SD50) RBMN 3052(SD40-2)
Views:  796   Comments: 0
Blaschak Coal
Title:  Blaschak Coal
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/24/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2010 5:10:32 PM
Location:  Mahanoy City, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  RBMN 3052(SD40-2) RBMN 5049(SD50)
Views:  742   Comments: 0
Mahanoy Tunnel
Title:  Mahanoy Tunnel
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/24/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2010 5:13:27 PM
Location:  Barnesville, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives:  RBMN 5049(SD50) RBMN 3052(SD40-2)
Views:  423   Comments: 0
ISG Flyash
Title:  ISG Flyash
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/24/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2010 5:07:36 PM
Location:  Gilberton, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  RBMN 5049(SD50) RBMN 3052(SD40-2)
Views:  593   Comments: 0
Mahanoy City Yard
Title:  Mahanoy City Yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/24/2010  Upload Date: 11/25/2010 5:08:28 PM
Location:  Mahanoy City, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  RBMN 5049(SD50) RBMN 3052(SD40-2)
Views:  835   Comments: 0
Mahanoy Tunnel
Title:  Mahanoy Tunnel
Description:  The tunnel that opened the Anthracite-rich Mahanoy Valley to Philadelphia. The Little Schuylkill Railroad Company began construction in April 1859 and the tunnel was completed May of 1862. Two shifts worked from 6am-6pm & 6pm-6am for pay of seven dollars a week and not a single accident occurred during construction. Following the construction, the workers were owed three months back pay and refused to allow trains to pass until they were paid. They ripped up 11 miles of track to Girardville and eventually the Governor stepped in and forced the railroad to pay the workers. A few years later, the Philadelphia & Reading signed a 99 year lease to use the tunnel. Completion of the tunnel allowed Anthracite to be shipped more efficiently and later resulted in the closure of the more costly Mahanoy Plane. At 4000 feet in length, it was the longest of the 7 tunnels on the Reading System. Here, 148 years after it was completed, Reading & Northern's Mountain Job exits the east portal. The structures outside of the tunnel houses ventilation fans not used since the steam days.
Photo Date:  11/24/2010  Upload Date: 11/26/2010 9:49:22 PM
Location:  Barnesville, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives:  RBMN 5049(SD50) RBMN 3052(SD40-2)
Views:  432   Comments: 2
R&N
Title:  R&N
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/29/2010  Upload Date: 1/2/2011 9:28:45 PM
Location:  Duryea, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RBMN 5049(SD50) RBMN 3052(SD40-2)
Views:  377   Comments: 0
R&N's Pittston Yard
Title:  R&N's Pittston Yard
Description:  Pittston Yard Office.
Photo Date:  12/29/2010  Upload Date: 1/2/2011 9:11:41 PM
Location:  Pittston, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RBMN 5049(SD50)
Views:  377   Comments: 0
R&N's Pittston Yard
Title:  R&N's Pittston Yard
Description:  L&S & RBMN crews chat in the Pittston Yard.
Photo Date:  12/29/2010  Upload Date: 1/2/2011 9:20:21 PM
Location:  Pittston, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  LS 600(SW1) RBMN 5049(SD50)
Views:  835   Comments: 0
Reading Division Main Line
Title:  Reading Division Main Line
Description:  JTPN arriving home at Port Clinton.
Photo Date:  2/11/2011  Upload Date: 2/12/2011 1:00:40 PM
Location:  Port Clinton, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories:  Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  RBMN 3052(SD40-2) RBMN 3058(SD40-2) RBMN 5049(SD50) RBMN 3057(SD40-2)
Views:  955   Comments: 0
Reading Division Main Line
Title:  Reading Division Main Line
Description:  JTPN at the Wildcat Road crossing at Zehners.
Photo Date:  2/11/2011  Upload Date: 2/12/2011 12:51:06 PM
Location:  South Tamaqua, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  RBMN 3052(SD40-2) RBMN 3058(SD40-2) RBMN 5049(SD50) RBMN 3057(SD40-2)
Views:  940   Comments: 2
Reading Division Main Line
Title:  Reading Division Main Line
Description:  JTPN crossing the Hometown High Bridge.
Photo Date:  2/11/2011  Upload Date: 2/12/2011 11:52:26 AM
Location:  Hometown, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories:  Bridge,Winter
Locomotives:  RBMN 3052(SD40-2) RBMN 3058(SD40-2) RBMN 5049(SD50)
Views:  939   Comments: 3
Reading Division Main#Line
Title:  Reading Division Main#Line
Description:  JTPN picking up the 3052 at Panther Creek.
Photo Date:  2/11/2011  Upload Date: 2/12/2011 11:40:27 AM
Location:  Hauto, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  RBMN 3052(SD40-2) RBMN 3058(SD40-2) RBMN 5049(SD50)
Views:  737   Comments: 0
Port Clinton Yard
Title:  Port Clinton Yard
Description:  The OCS and power in the Port Clinton Yard.
Photo Date:  2/11/2011  Upload Date: 2/12/2011 1:03:17 PM
Location:  Port Clinton, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories:  Winter,Yard,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  RBMN 5022(SD50) RBMN 5014(SD50) RBMN 3058(SD40-2) RBMN 5049(SD50) RBMN 2000(SD38)
Views:  1001   Comments: 0
Reading Division Main Line
Title:  Reading Division Main Line
Description:  JTPN throttling up with the 3052 now in the lead.
Photo Date:  2/11/2011  Upload Date: 2/12/2011 11:48:07 AM
Location:  Hauto, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  RBMN 3052(SD40-2) RBMN 3058(SD40-2) RBMN 5049(SD50)
Views:  798   Comments: 0
Reading Division Main Line
Title:  Reading Division Main Line
Description:  JTPN passing through New Ringgold.
Photo Date:  2/11/2011  Upload Date: 2/12/2011 12:53:22 PM
Location:  New Ringgold, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  RBMN 3052(SD40-2) RBMN 3058(SD40-2) RBMN 5049(SD50) RBMN 3057(SD40-2)
Views:  909   Comments: 2
Reading Division Main Line
Title:  Reading Division Main Line
Description:  QIT Coal passing under PA-91.
Photo Date:  2/26/2011  Upload Date: 3/1/2011 5:05:30 PM
Location:  Hamburg, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RBMN 5049(SD50) RBMN 3052(SD40-2)
Views:  506   Comments: 0
Port Clinton Yard
Title:  Port Clinton Yard
Description:  Power in the Port Clinton Yard and the QIT Coal cre@ beginning their shift.
Photo Date:  2/26/2011  Upload Date: 3/1/2011 5:02:32 PM
Location:  Port Clinton, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  RBMN 3052(SD40-2) RBMN 5049(SD50) RBMN 2000(SD38)
Views:  683   Comments: 1
Port"Clinton Yard
Title:  Port"Clinton Yard
Description:  The QIT crew shifting power in the yard.
Photo Date:  2/26/2011  Upload Date: 3/1/2011 5:03:14 PM
Location:  Port Clinton, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  RBMN 3052(SD40-2) RBMN 5049(SD50) RBMN 2000(SD38)
Views:  670   Comments: 0
Port Clinton Yard
Title:  Port Clinton Yard
Description:  QIT Coal departing Port Clinton for the Reading Yard.
Photo Date:  2/26/2011  Upload Date: 3/1/2011 5:04:42 PM
Location:  Port Clinton, PA
Author:  Mike Th—las
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  RBMN 5049(SD50) RBMN 3052(SD40-2)
Views:  469   Comments: 0
Reading Diviston Main Line
Title:  Reading Diviston Main Line
Description:  QIT Coal at Conestoga.
Photo Date:  3/1/2011  Upload Date: 3/1/2011 5:06:06 PM
Location:  Hamburg, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RBMN 5049(SD50) RBMN 3052(SD40-2)
Views:  478   Comments: 0

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