One of the most unlikely steam restorations in memory, one that took years and years of knuckle-busting work, all of it done outside, has resulted in a very successful resurrection.

And why di... (more)

"Night Moves"

It's actually just before 6 AM and patrons begin to set up for a runby at the Port Clinton yard. Meanwhile - over by the roundhouse, the crew throttles #425 for a positioni... (more)

T'was the Night before Charter

While many patrons of an upcoming Lerro Productions charter were relaxing late at night in their rooms, things were a stir at the roundhouse in Port Clinton... (more)

Wilkes-Barre by Nightfall!

A late evening train from Allentown, PA arrives at Jim Thorpe, PA, taking pause before continuing on through to Wilkes-Barre, PA.

A Lerro Producti... (more)

Reading & Northern 425 performs a run-by across the Hometown High Bridge as part of the Lerro Productions Photo Charter.

Ex-GM&N 4-6-2 No. 425 rests at the Port Clinton shops of the Reading & Northern, between a freshly shopped GP30, and an SD40-2. 425 is waiting on some shop time for some minor repairs, and a brill... (more)

Former Reading T-1 #2102 at Port Clinton. The big Northern seen here undergoing disassembly in the Port Clinton Engine House is none other than former Reading Company T-1 #2102. Originally... (more)

Former Reading T-1 #2102 at Port Clinton. The big Northern seen here on the Port Clinton Turntable is none other than former Reading Company T-1 #2102. Originally built in 1923 by the Bald... (more)

CP 1098 at Port Clinton. Here's a rear-quarter view of CP 1098, a Canadian Pacific 10-wheeler, which now sits in the RBMN Yard at Port Clinton, PA. Built by the Canadian Locomotive Company... (more)

CP 1098 at Port Clinton. CP 1098, a Canadian Pacific 10-wheeler, now sits in the RBMN Yard at Port Clinton, PA. Built by the Canadian Locomotive Company in 1913 for the Canadian Pacific Ra... (more)

Church Road - MM 106.0. The Reading & Northern's famous "Four-and-a-Quarter" hustles toward the rural crossing at Church Road in the tiny hamlet of Quakake, PA, under a threatenin... (more)

All Aboard!

Having received clearance for departure, the engineer throttles No. 425 and pulls out of the station at Jim Thorpe early one cool February morning, bound for Port Clint... (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)

Hometown Trestle - MM 107.5. With a few flakes in the air from an impending snowstorm, the Reading & Northern's Locomotive 425 stretches her legs on the massive steel trestle just west of t... (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)