Reading & Northern 425 releases steam before reversing to prepare for the second day of Labor Day Weekend excursions for the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway.

LNER 60009 'Union of South Africa' + Support Coach 35486 (MK 1 BSK) + 37248 'Loch Arkaig' at the rear. 5Z29 Locomotive positioning move - 0921 Crewe - Old Oak Common.

We're Dutch-dooring it on the "Broadway" as it descends the grade around Horseshoe Curve on a rainy Sunday morning in October of 1977. Pennsy K4s No. 1361 (Juniata, 1918) is in view, in... (more)

Jim Thorpe is a bustling tourist town nestled within the scenic mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania. A railroad, the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway, with an accompanying steam locomotive completes... (more)

Reading & Northern 425 'wakes up' for the morning, as the locomotive hostler finishes his overnight shift, starting to stoke the fire for the day's excursions.

"Before the Storm" One of the loudest, if not, the loudest, steam locomotive in the United States, R&N 425, simmers quietly in Jim Thorpe. She builds pressure shortly before coupling up ... (more)

A below-the-rails look at PRR K4s No. 1361 (Juniata, 1918,) which has just made an unscheduled maintenance stop. "A simple engine with marine cylinders- with equally abundant steaming capaci... (more)

PRR K4s No. 1361 (Juniata, 1918) in a back-up move, giving us a good view of its 130P75 tender. (13,000 gallons, Passenger service, 75" high firing deck; 22 tons of coal.) The track curving... (more)

Reading & Northern's 4-6-2 No. 425 and its consist arrive in the historic town of Jim Thorpe, PA as part of round trip Fall foliage excursion from Port Clinton, PA and return. This overview of th... (more)

231K 82 on the way to Limoges

It's a long reach to the air pump when you're dealing with a locomotive with 80-inch drivers; PRR K4s No. 1361 (Juniata, 1918) is stopped for some minor adjustments on its first excursion after re... (more)

Here's another overlooked negative. Pennsylvania K4sa 612 sits in Asbury Park on the Farewell to Steam trip. There was a 90 minute lunch stop here and the locomotive and train had been moved south... (more)