Reading & Northern 2102 leads the first 21st century “Iron Horse Rambles” trip through Hamburg on the approach to Port Clinton.

30-plus years ago, Reading T-1 No. 2102 is getting some attention from the crew, who seem to be adjusting an air compressor. Ahead is a day of pulling excursion trains between South Hamburg and T... (more)

Reading Lines GP30 No. 5513 and T-1 No. 2102 posing at the old South Hamburg station area on the Blue Mountain and Reading's ex-PRR Schuylkill Division

R&N's new F9A and F9B unit made a rare appearance in freight service on July 22nd, 2021. After going down to Reading in the morning for weekend excursions, it was decided they were needed back in... (more)

NRFF passes the Reading bracket signal mast at Muller interlocking in Hamburg with Fast Freight SD50 5019 on the point in the Springtime rainfall.

Reading & Northern’s Santa Claus Special rolls south through Hamburg, Pennsylvania. In the background is a bridge that once carried the PRR Schuylkill Division.

Ex-Gulf, Mobile, and Northern No. 425 in 1986, backing down onto a Santa Claus Special on the Blue Mountain & Reading Railroad at South Hamburg. No. 425, built by Baldwin in 1928, has 69" dr... (more)

Water time for 2102 at Hamburg.

One of the few places in the USA where you can see a steam locomotive pulling period coaches at realistic mainline speeds. The 425 is wide-open here, along Lowland Road, with the first of today's... (more)

The pacing videographer ought to have gotten himself some good footage here along Lowland Road, as the 425's engineer eases off the throttle on the last train of the day.

The Reading station in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, now long gone, was still intact during the Reading sesquicentennial celebration in 1983. Here a Reading – Pottsville excursion to celebrate the even... (more)

Having had a recent cosmetic restoration, Reading U30C #6300 glows in the afternoon sunshine at the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum in Hamburg, PA.

Practice photo for upcoming night photo shoot on August 19, 2017 as part of the museums 50th Anniversary of Bee Line Service on the Reading Railroad. Orders being handed up.

Practice photo for upcoming night photo shoot on August 19, 2017 as part of the museums 50th Anniversary of Bee Line Service on the Reading Railroad.

A Reading Lines family portrait at Hamburg, PA - fro L to R we find EMD GP7 #621, ALCO C630 #5308 and GE U30C #6300 waiting on an incoming thunderstorm on a warm August evening in Northeast Pennsy... (more)