Pulling her first trips after rebuilding, Reading & Northern 425 storms up the Lehigh Gorge, as seen from far below in the river.

A deep freeze has settled into the Mahanoy Valley as a Tamaqua Extra crew has completed switching empty hopper cars at Mahanoy City Yard. The steam from the Gilberton Power Company co-generation f... (more)

The R&N turn to Conrail's Reading yard has just returned to home rails with a long string of empty hoppers. After some more hoppers on the siding are added, 8850 HP of 4-axle U-boats will take th... (more)

Engineer Jeff Knadler bringing PNEX-31 into Zehners.

Reading and Northern Pacific #425 skirts through the countryside of beautiful Schuylkill County with a Santa Clause Special out of Tamaqua.

With a beautiful blanket of snow covering the Anthracite Coal Region, the southbound "Mountain Job" descends the grade of the M&S Branch at Barnesville, PA. A short distance ahead lays t... (more)

After picking up Santa Claus, R&N 425 heads to Minersville for a rendezvous with CNJ 113.

The 3pm excursion out of Tamaqua heads out of town as the MCPN-20 "Mountain Job" crew waits for their passage so that they can head to the Greenwood Running Track to spot some coal empti... (more)

R&N 425 storms through Tamaqua PA on its way to Jim Thrope

Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway train 35, the Lehigh Limited, returns to the Jim Thorpe station. The Reading & Northern gave this engine a unique paint job for dedicated service on their Lehigh Gorge... (more)

Conductor Kohl chatting with Mr. Deeble about his plans for tonight's run on the Reading Turn

425 slows to 15 mph

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