Now we can see it coming this spring…
The track is in great shape, but would never support that monster even if it was re-gauged!!! In reality, you would need to enlarge 4014 by at least 100% to be close to full scale.
You are putting the cart before the horse. YOU HAVE TO GET IT THERE 1st.
There is still extant track from the PRR interchange through the Mt Union yard. From there it needs regauging and new sleepers to connect with Colgate Grove, where the EBT ends. Of course, you need permission from EBTPA, who own the yard.
The dual gauge extends to the Mt Union Business Park. This piece is the main line thru the yard. It is now used to store CSX/NS cars.
The EBTPA has sold their interest in Mt. Union to a new entity that once again has their sights set on opening the standard gauge track to the industrial park in Allenport. All of the crossing signage has been changed to reflect the new entity name Juniata & Aughwick RR.
Interesting. Google never heard of it, so I guess they are very new. Have the stored freight cars moved?
I think so. I’m in Mt. Union often especially West of the freight yards where track is more visible and I haven’t seen any. The yard area is still thick with trees so you can’t see much from the road.
One negative development within the last two years is the sale of some land next to the old A&P to the hardware store who cleared it removing part of the old coal delivery trestle 
Very new. Just organized in 2026. The principal is someone who has been around the RR and trolley museum all his life. When I asked Brad how this might impact the EBTF and he didn’t want to discuss it.
I thought they tore up a good bit of the track along 522 just south of Mt Union?
Maybe for rehab? As far as I know it’s all still there. In some spots for a half mile or more south of the 522 crossing there are ties! A little further south just rails laid over in grass of fully overgrown with trees.
Quite the discussion on FB, resulting from the last line of this sign.
That was my friend Dave Camisa’s post. I hadn’t looked at it since the day he posted it. What a crazy bunch of ill informed and opinionated people in the comments!
The only true statements in that thread are the name of the company, the company president’s name and the photo of work being started.
That section is now in much better hands than previously under the EBTPA. A recent pic to bring this back on topic!
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EBT Porter #19 has a new horn thanks to EBTF staff member Nevin Beyers. Enjoy this short clip!
https://youtube.com/shorts/qqmVly2ErOg
I guess that because it’s a “short” at Youtube.Com not Youtu.Be LSC doesn’t recognize it as a video and doesn’t preview it. You will just need to click the link.
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How’d you do that, Rooster??
John - Looking at the page source I see a difference in the link that uses the word embed. He must have grabbed it from Youtube differently than I did.
"https://www.youtube.com/embed/qqmVly2ErOg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""
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Go to Jon’s link and when the short plays right click on the video then select embed.
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Experimenting with capturing the real train beyond the model. Lighting is tricky and focus a challenge. This was with my phone. I’ll try the DSLR later and experiment with exposure and depth of field…
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Over the last three days I volunteered at an FEBT Work Weekend. Friday and Saturday I worked on Combine 14 working with epoxy wood filler and caulk. Work that needs to be done before final paint, but not much to photograph.
On Sunday, I switched to the Storehouse Two Crew. First a little background, and a historic photo. There are two storehouses attached together and to the old stone house by lean-to structures. While the stone house was on a solid foundation, the store houses were not. Over the years they sunk into the ground creating a look that I loved, but was just a few years away from disaster…
Store house 1, on the right, had sunk nearly three feet into the dirt under the weight of the thousands of metal parts and hardware it held. After FEBT crews painstakingly cataloged and emptied the entire contents, professionals were called in to raise it back to it’s original height. FEBT crews then repaired and replaced damaged siding, windows and doors before putting all the parts back over the course of several years. They also re-built the lean-to connecting it to the stone house. The result of that work is shown in the next picture.
Work then shifted to Store House 2 with it’s first floor consisting of storage racks for long metal parts. Before I got involved, the FEBT crew removed the rotten doors and siding, then emptied the racks…
This allowed the professionals to come in, jack the building back up and support the second floor on cribbing…
The FEBT crew then carefully removed all the metal rods and studs that made up the racks…
New foundations for the walls and racks were poured, then the FEBT crew began re-building the racks and walls…
Once the racks were built and new posts to support the second floor were installed, the cribbing was removed. By the time I joined the crew, all of the racks and framing were complete…
I joined the fun just as the locally milled tongue & groove siding was being installed…
By day’s end, we had 11 courses of siding up. After lunch, I wandered the yard and spotted the new std. gauge power assist rail bike that was recently delivered. Bike rides will be offered over the Shade Gap branch this season…
The highlight of the day was being invited to see the first run of the just restored belt driven power hammer in the blacksmith shop…
The overhead belt system was restored to operation and is powered by an electric motor for demonstration. Originally, belt power from the main shops entered the building underground. I can post a video of the demo operation if anyone is interested.
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You bet, please do, thanks Jon.
OK, Here ya go. Two vids…
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