After swapping cuts of refrigerated boxcars at Packerton Junction, the Port Clinton Fast Freight works upgrade at Ametek, just west (railroad south) of Nesquehoning.

A Reading & Northern freight passes near Lake Hauto with a pair of SD50's

Reading and Northern's pride of the fleet coasts past Lake Hauto on its way to Jim Thorpe on a perfect fall morning.

Former Gulf Mobile & Northern 'Pacific' #425 starts working upgrade out of Nesquehoning with an excursion bound for Port Clinton.

Freshly rebuilt SD40-2 #3054 leads the WORK-11 southbound on the Main Line through Nesquehoning, PA. The heavy sanding (and some fresh ballast dust), evident on the underframe of the unit, shows t... (more)

Cloudy with a Chance of Thunder!

A tranquil scene complimented with the sound of water falling onto the ground from above precedes the entrance of Reading & Northern's blue Pacific stormi... (more)

Reading and Northern 425 roars into the tunnel in Nesquehoning. A pair of ear plugs was a good investment against 425's exhaust.

In 1983, Conrail spun off its ex-CNJ trackage from Packerton Junction through Jim Thorpe, and west to Haucks. The new owners of the trackage, Carbon and Schuylkill counties, awarded the operationa... (more)

Jersey Central's tower and main line sit abandoned at Nesquehoning Junction, located near Jim Thorpe, PA. Allentown- Scranton traffic had been rerouted to the Lehigh Valley line between Lehig... (more)

Reading & Northern's seasonal steam powered excursion from Port Clinton to Jim Thorpe has a meet at Nesquehoning Jct with the Hometown High Bridge excursion and freshly painted RN 3050 bringing up... (more)

Reading And Northern 425 looks good in black and white

Pan view of "George Hart's engine," lettered for the "Philadelphia & Reading," westbound on an excursion from Jim Thorpe to the high bridge at Hometown. Mr. Hart, the late fou... (more)

On the return trip from Jim Thorpe to Port Clinton, the fireman works the stoker (a.k.a. a coal scoop and foot pedal) to bring pressure up for the run up Hometown Hill, a long and hard climb which... (more)

Now drifting downgrade, R&N 425 has just met one of the day's Hometown High Bridge trains at Ametek, on the west side of Nesquehoning. The fall colors were ablaze in the Lehigh Valley on this day.

Reading and Northern 425 rounds a corner surrounded by the first of fall color