Reading and Northern's Annual Fall Foliage trip thunders toward Jim Thorpe just east of Haucks Interlocking. This was the final of four trips run over the last two weekends and this one was extra ... (more)

Classic Alco and EMD power, with the 5308 making like a steam engine during the 1991 Reading and Northern Railfan Weekend. No. 5308 was built by Alco in September of 1967 as Reading Class RSA-14;... (more)

Reading T-1 2102 pulls into town with the Little Schuylkill Navigation RR 160th Anniversary Excursion, as noted on the sign above the pilot; R&N U33B No. 3304 is waiting in the siding to assist wi... (more)

Blast from the Past

Reading & Northern's 4-6-2 Pacific charges out of the tunnel at Tamaqua crossing over the Little Schuylkill River while en route to Jim Thorpe, PA.

A Lerro Produ... (more)

Storming through Tamaqua. Reading & Northern Locomotive 425 charges past the historic station building in downtown Tamaqua, PA with an express passenger train destined for Jim Thorpe.

T... (more)

A Thoroughbred at a Full Gallop. The Reading & Northern 425 charges out of the rocky Tamaqua Tunnel on a frigid morning in February, leaving a plume of smoke and steam that will be pouring ... (more)

Reading and Northern 425 steams westbound through Tamaqua PA towards Jim Thorpe PA on a beautiful fall morning. This train was a part of their Autumn Leaf excursion trips.

425 storms upgrade through Tamaqua, PA

A solo GP39RN leads "The Main Liner" across the regionally famous Hometown High Bridge. The crew is traversing the Reading and Northern Main Line where they will be switching online cust... (more)

The Blue Mountain and Reading began its operations with an EMD switcher and three CF7's, all painted in a dark purple scheme. Less than a decade later, the purple is severely faded on two of the C... (more)

Celebrating passing the 5M page-view mark here at railpictures.net with these uploades, John is thankful to have made it into the digital era and to have his photos appreciated by those taking rai... (more)

John requests this series of photos be uploaded as he seeks to thank the entire railpictures.net crew and audience worldwide for eclipsing the 5M page view count on his photos shared thus far. It'... (more)

The "Autumn Leaf Excursion" led by 425 blasts through Tamaqua, which was also having their Heritage Festival.

After bringing the Reading Turn back north to Tamaqua R&N 2532 rests beside the railroad's pair of recently painted bay window cabooses. The caboose in the foreground is former Erie-Lackawanna and... (more)

Three Reading and Northern EMD's are backing an empty crude oil train into Tamaqua Yard as they parallel "Pleasant Row" in the North Ward section of Tamaqua. Tamaqua Yard ends directly i... (more)