The photographer Lewis Hine is known today as a man who worked toward reform for the working person. His photography highlighted the extreme conditions they worked in. What is less known is he did... (more)

Reading 2102 rolls downgrade toward Jim Thorpe with its passenger train just before entering Nesquehoning Tunnel.

R&N steam engineer Shane Frederickson makes some final adjustments to R&N #2102 on the early morning of October 19, 2024 prior to hauling passengers on the R&N's Fall Foliage Special.

Reading 2102 rounds Black Oak Curve with its passenger train on a cool fall morning.

Reading 2102's crew of Shane Frederickson, Keith Strobel, Brian Messinger, Ian McKeown, Chuck Trusdell, and Ryan Bausher gives a friendly wave to the passengers onboard the train as 2102 departs P... (more)

"Off to the Races!": Clear blue skies set the scene on October 19, 2024 as the faint whistle of a Reading Hooter fills the air and T-1 4-8-4 #2102 hustles north with her Fall Foliage Spe... (more)

The 2102 works north in some brilliant fall color.

The 2102 storms past the station at Molino as it makes its way north to Jim Thorpe.

Reading 2102 storms upgrade through East Mahanoy Junction on a sunny October morning.

Reading & Northern 2102 carefully struts across the Lehigh River, crossing high above its rushing rapids.

The blue hour falls on 2926, which will take to the BNSF-maintained/state-owned mainline after the BNSF local heads north.

Days before the photo shoot, RailRunner contacted Lerro Productions about doing publicity photos at the depot in downtown Albuquerque, leading to this mainline image of 2926 in all its glory. The... (more)

Reading 2102 accelerates its passenger train through the woods at Milepost 108 on a cool fall morning.

Reading & Northern engineer Shane Frederickson gives a couple cranks on the mechanical lubricator of R&N #2102's Worthington SA feedwater heater on the early morning of October 19, 2024.

"Night Trick with #2102": Shane Frederickson tends to the mechanical lubricator on Reading T-1 #2102 on the early morning of October 19, 2024 at the Reading & Northern's steam shops in P... (more)