A shiny pair of Reading & Northern F units prepare to make their first publicized trip along the RBMN mainline.

It Lives

The Reading and Northern put former Reading 4-8-4 2102 through its paces on a break-in run between Port Clinton and Tuckerton, Pennsylvania yesterday. I had to work in the... (more)

On April 6, the former Reading turned Reading & Northern T-1 4-8-4 2102 was taken back out on the mainline for the first time in 31 years. After more than 3 decades of napping, owner Andy Muller ... (more)

Following a day of break-in runs, the Reading T-1 4-8-4 2102, now RBMN, gets some evening TLC at the Port Clinton, PA Steam Shops after a 31-year nap.

Shane Frederickson, a long time veteran of the Reading & Northern, climbs up to crank R&N #425's mechanical lubricator a couple of turns to ensure adequate lubrication to the crosshead guides and ... (more)

"Father and Son": Shane Frederickson washes down the ashpan of R&N #425 on the early morning of October 23, 2021 as son Ryan Frederickson looks on awaiting the signal to cut the injector... (more)

Night Trick on the Reading & Northern - Reading & Northern #425 - Port Clinton, PA

Reading T-1 No. 2102 leads a special train commemorating the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Little Schuylkill Navigation, Railroad and Coal Company (LSRR) past Pulpit Rock, where preacher... (more)

Reading And Northern. Reading and Northern Railroad 2102 (T-1, 4-8-4) is getting closer to its next life on the rails. After being built a Class I10sa 2-8-0 Consolidation by Baldwin in 1923... (more)

Under the cover of night, Reading & Northern 425 reaches full pressure. If it wasnt for the modern appearance of 425, one would believe this scene was one set many years ago.

Before challenging the steep mountain grades of the old anthracite roads, Reading & Northern 425 idles quietly outside the steam shops. Next to the famed 4-6-2 is SW8 #802.

Early in the morning, crews prepare Reading & Northern 425 for a run to Jim Thorpe. The safeties on the locomotive lift, as full operating pressure has been reached.

Reading T-1 No. 2124 performing a runby at Port Clinton 60 years ago, in a scene scanned from an Ektachrome slide from the collection of the late Mr. Hen Westenberger. Looks like the switch is li... (more)

Jersey Central No. 113 is easing onto the turntable at Port Clinton, to be turned for the run back to Minersville

The stack talk was deafening, as Reading T-1 No. 2102 accelerated a string of hoppers down the Schuylkill Valley. The headlight was off, prototypically, per the Reading experts on hand that day, ... (more)