Finally have the chance to post my follow-up. The coupling with no. 26 was Nickel Plate Road no. 759. 26 is pulling her over the turntable and past the locomotive shop. They posed like this during the opening ceremony.
For Saturday of Railfest, I was with the Railfest Flyer trip, which took us to the cradle of railroading in Honesdale, PA. A 1932 replica of the Stourbridge Lion (original builtin in England in 1829) is the keystone exhibit of the Wayne County Historical Society. This was our first stop.
We took a trip on the Stourbridge Line Rail excursion from Honesdale to Glen Eyre and back to Hawley, which is about halfway between those two spots. As we left the train, the railroad offered us a photo run-by at Hawley, crossing US Route 6.
I didn't have proper equipment for the night photo session, but in the late afternoon, I took a few of the staged pics, such as this one showing a worker polishing the headlight.
The rather informal set-up of the photographers as various smoke bombs were placed around the steam engine, Reading 4-8-4 no. 2124. The Reading FP7s, nos. 903-902 added to the scene. This was to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Reading Iron Horse Rambles.
Smokey the Bear turned 75 in August, 2019, so he added to the jobs that we should do, such as watching out for trains, and suspicious activity, along with preventing forest fires.
The Moscow excursions during Railfest offer the chance to take a photo run-by picture at the station, or at least to watch the train roll past.
Railfest is in its 13th year at Steamtown. Numbers were good for this year, reaching over 3100 people through the weekend. Most, if not all, were families. Many make this an annual visit. We are happy to put on a good show.
