Part of the SEPTA R8 line, this former Reading line served Newtown commuters with a link to Philadelphia, PA from 1878 (w/steam) through 1983 (w/RDC's). Walking the line from Fox Chase to Newtown... (more)

This former Reading Railroad station in the rural suburbs of Bryn Athyn, PA, was built in 1902 and survived into the SEPTA years on the Newtown line, also known as the R8, and now serves as the lo... (more)

The Reading's Newtown branch, once a proposed main to NYC from Philadelphia, was built in 1878 as part of the Philadelphia and Newtown Railroad (later renamed the Philadelphia, Newtown and New Yor... (more)

Following on from my Erie 0-8-8-0 Camelback here is a Pennsylvania & Reading Railroad camelback 4-4-0. The reason for the position of the cab was that the wide Wotton firebox designed to burn anth... (more)

Reading Railroad #1251. One of 9 remaining Reading Company engines. This engine was the last standard-gauge steam locomotive in daily operation on a class one railroad in the US. It was ... (more)

Southampton Station - located on the SEPTA R8 Fox Chase Line. From Wikipedia: In September 2009, the Southampton-based Pennsylvania Transit Expansion Coalition (PA-TEC) began discussio... (more)

Southampton Station. This station was built by the Reading Company in 1892 and once saw Camelback's and RDC's up and until the time SEPTA stopped serving the line North of Fox Chas... (more)

The Conestoga: The Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road was chartered April 4, 1833 to build a line between Philadelphia and Reading along the Schuylkill River. This, the second oldest survi... (more)

The Rocket:  Built in London, Enland by Braithwaite & Co., and delivered to the Port of Philadelphia in 1838, this historic engine was in use through 1879 and logged 310,164 miles. From ... (more)

Word had gotten around that the Reading was going to doublehead the previously advertised October 15th Ramble to West Milton, Pa. and the fans really turned out. The big 4-8-4s have the 22 car tra... (more)

A clean wood-sheated caboose brings up the rear of a Reading westbound freight pulled by F7 274.

A Reading F7 leads an A-B-B-A set with a westbound train of hopper cars and ore jennies just before T-1 2124 showed up with the Iron Horse Ramble. This was during a trainmens' strike on the Pennsy... (more)

Reading T-1 2124 crosses a bridge just south of Palm, Pa. with an Iron Horse Ramble.

Reading T-1 2124 sits at Reading before proceeding on the East Penn and Perkiomen branches with the advertised destination of Zionsville, Pa..

Two Reading EMD FP7 units have hauled the Iron Horse Ramble, steam locomotive and all, to Belle Meade for an early departure. T-1 2124 is up front and only a few fans walked back to photograph the... (more)