Early in the morning, crews prepare Reading & Northern 425 for a run to Jim Thorpe. The safeties on the locomotive lift, as full operating pressure has been reached.

Reading T-1 No. 2124 performing a runby at Port Clinton 60 years ago, in a scene scanned from an Ektachrome slide from the collection of the late Mr. Hen Westenberger. Looks like the switch is li... (more)

Jersey Central No. 113 is easing onto the turntable at Port Clinton, to be turned for the run back to Minersville

The stack talk was deafening, as Reading T-1 No. 2102 accelerated a string of hoppers down the Schuylkill Valley. The headlight was off, prototypically, per the Reading experts on hand that day, ... (more)

We're standing on the old PRR grade above Port Clinton for a view of the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society's GP30/C630-powered railfan weekend special returning from Tamaqua. The loc... (more)

The New Face Of NRFF. For the first time, on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, the "Fast Freight" schemed SD50-2 5019 lead the North Reading Fast Freight. Seen here at Port Clinton, PA, it is passin... (more)

After completing their work at Port Clinton, QARG awaits a Form D to head south.

With three private cars in tow, two of RBMN's finest have this OCS well in hand as they pass Pulpit Rock along the Schuylkill River just south of Port Clinton. Once the site where sermons were giv... (more)

Fast Freight Redux. The very recently completed Reading & Northern 5019 (EMD SD50-2) sits outside the Steam Shop in Port Clinton, Pennsylvania on November 14, 2020. A variation on the desig... (more)

SD38 2000 out of the shop.

Taken with permission and proper PPE. Thanks to R&N for their hospitality.

Taken with permission and proper PPE. Thanks to R&N for their hospitality.

Reading & Northern 3051 leads the hot NRFF, (North Reading Fast Freight) by the office car train at the company headquarters in Port Clinton, enroute to Pittston.

The new look. Reading and Northern Railroad 5018 (SD50, ex-CSXT 8507, neé-Seaboard 8507, EMD 1983) has received new paint, and a new paint scheme for the R&N. Announced as the idea of ownership, ... (more)

The new look. Reading and Northern Railroad 5018 (SD50, ex-CSXT 8507, neé-Seaboard 8507, EMD 1983) has received new paint, and a new paint scheme for the R&N. Announced as the idea of ownership, ... (more)