Viewed from the Starrucca viaduct, a southbound Delaware & Hudson Penn Division train is paused at the signal in Lanesboro, Pennsylvania. This is one of the few images that I ever took of the Penn... (more)

Reading & Northern MVRG-22 (Minersville-Reading/NS) brings 90 loads of Quebec-bound Anthracite coal out of North Reading Yard and towards the connection with NS at CP-Belt at dusk. MVRG contains a... (more)

YJPI heads up the Scranton Branch to work some customers on a busy Sunday for them.

The Reading & Northern is arguably one of the most desirable railfan destinations east of the Mississippi and seems to be headed nowhere but up on the list of must-see railroads. From vintage EMD ... (more)

After picking up cars set off by 37T at Penobscot, YJPI heads downgrade into Pittston with an SD50 and SD40-2 for power.

While the New St. Nick Extra is loaded on the New Side pad at Reading Anthracite, five rusty hoppers sit on the Old Side next to the lab that tests samples from each car for various qualities.

The Reading & Northern mountain job passes the east end of the yard in St. Nicholas, Pennsylvania. It now has a low-speed, non-stop trip to Tamaqua ahead of it.

One Clean Window

By the time that the Reading & Northern took over Conrail’s former Reading main line and branches west of Reading, Pennsylvania, the yard office in St. Nicholas ... (more)

After a brief stop at the yard office, Reading & Northern’s mountain job departs St. Nicholas, Pennsylvania.

Reading & Northern’s mountain job rolls into St. Nicholas, Pennsylvania. After a brief stop at the yard office for some administrative work, it will continue east toward Tamaqua.

When Guilford jettisoned the Delaware & Hudson, the D&H was left woefully short of reliable power. The court-appointed operator, New York, Susquehanna & Western, barely had enough power to operate... (more)

Four-month-old New-York Susquehanna & Western B40-8 4006 still looks factory-fresh leading a northbound Delaware & Hudson train approaching the Belden Hill bore at Tunnel, New York. I normally avo... (more)

Having crested Belden Hill, a southbound Delaware & Hudson train emerges from the bore at Tunnel, New York. A Susquehanna B40-8 and a National Railway Leasing SDP45 can ease up for the descent int... (more)

The LNRX crew brings a coal train off the Greenwood Running Track in Tamaqua. LNRX is an "Indexing" job that loaded the train at Lehigh Natural Sources. Once they clear the interlocking,... (more)

Finished his work at Schnitzer Steel, the Columbus & Chattahoochee Brickyard Job heads back to the yard with MNA GP38-2 #509. The 509 is originally a Florida East Coast motor and still wears that ... (more)