Hi g-scalers,
This one is almost under the radar, but there is a double header steam excursion this coming Saturday up in Minersville, PA using the newly restored New Jersey Central 0-6-0 #113 and Reading and Northern's classy blue pacific 425. From the facebook page, they are planning an 8 car train with the two steam engines on the one end and a diesel on the other. The diesel will pull the train down a 1.7% grade to Cressona, and then the steam engines will pull the train back up. I'm planning to ride the train with my kids. The combination of a pacific and a switcher should be interesting. I am not sure I would want to be crewing that switcher when the pacific gets up to about 20-25 mph....