Reading & Northern's blue "225".

Canadian Pacific 4-6-0 No. 1098 (built in 1913) was acquired from the estate of George Hart by the Reading & Northern and later cosmetically restored, renumb... (more)

Reading T-1 No. 2102 is pulling a "shopper's special" from South Hamburg to Philadelphia, passing through the city of its birth. Hopefully, we will soon see this locomotive back in stea... (more)

Wearing the gray "Ballast Express" paint scheme, a pair of Conrail C32-8 units are approaching Reading PA with ballast train from the nearby Dyers Stone Quarry. The majority of the trai... (more)

The Reading & Northern logo as featured on its RDC's (Rail Diesel Cars) - No. 9166, here, in acknowledgment of its origins in 1983 primarily as an Anthracite Coal Hauling Short Line Railroad. Tod... (more)

Reading & Northern's blue "225".

Acquired from the estate of George Hart, former Canadian Pacific 4-6-0 No. 1098 (built in 1913) was painted blue to match her older sister, 4-6-2 No.... (more)

The "new" Reading Outer Station complex is coming to fruition!

The Reading & Northern is investing $2 million at the corner of Bellevue Avenue and Route 61, in Reading, PA. The project, locat... (more)

Visiting Home

Assisting two C36-7’s making a pickup in Reading, Pennsylvania, Conrail GP40-2 3276 is visiting its original home base. Originally a Reading unit of the same number... (more)

Former Lehigh Valley U23B 512 leads a pair of switchers on local train WHRE-99 in Reading, Pennsylvania. The 12 LV U23B’s were arguably the first new Conrail power, having been financed by USRA ... (more)

An eastbound Conrail mixed freight train crosses the Schuylkill River at Reading, Pennsylvania on the Lebanon Valley line The train has work in the yard at Reading, or the dispatcher would have se... (more)

A westbound Conrail mixed freight train heads out of Reading, Pennsylvania on the Lebanon Valley line. The Reading Lines lettering on the bridge over the Schuylkill River may still exist, but tre... (more)

A brightly painted Canadian Locomotive Works Ten-Wheeler awaits its next assignment.

A pair of SD50s gets fueled for their run up to Port Clinton on the day's North Reading Fast Freight. Behind them a Canadian Locomotive Works Ten-Wheeler awaits its next assignment.

One of Conrail’s observation cars from the office car fleet needed to be wyed in Reading. A lowly GP15-1 was elected to be an “Executive E Unit” for a few short minutes.

Having completed its journey over the Hill track through Laureldale, a westbound Conrail manifest joins the former Reading main line alongside the Reading yard. It appears that the train has no wo... (more)

An eastbound coal train leans into the 1.1% grade of the Hill Track from Reading to Blandon via Laureldale. The locomotives diverged from the former Reading main line about a half-mile back, and a... (more)