Towerman Joe Coulter in his ever-present fedora hands train orders to the crew of a cab hop. The GP35, GP30 combo with matching caboose in Reading's attractive yellow and green image was most like... (more)

Reading Terminal

Built in 1893 by the Reading Company, this passenger terminal and company headquarters is located in the heart of downtown Philadelphia at the corner of 12th and Market S... (more)

AMTK No. 646 leads a southbound Regional Express into the station at Aberdeen, MD.

Built in 1943 by the Pennsylvania Railroad, this utilitarian station, barely one story tall with a large over... (more)

"The Cut"

The remnants of a portion of the former Reading Company's "City Branch" in downtown Philadelphia, PA. The branch was built between 1881 and 1893 by the Philadelphia & Reading ... (more)

This is the elevated portion of the former Reading Company's "City Branch", built between 1881 and 1893, located in the heart of Philadelphia, PA. The branch was built by the Philadelphia & Readi... (more)

An old, vandalized and abandoned diner train car sits at the intersection of Broad and Noble in downtown Philadelphia.

Built in 1922, this car is former Reading Company dining car No. 1186. It... (more)

The Reading Company's Gateway to Philadelphia

Abandoned, forelorn and out of service, this is the former four track main of the once mighty Reading Railroad. It leads south into the ... (more)

The next RDC is running a bit late... the last one departed Churchville, bound for Philadelphia, 38 years ago.

Reading Company's 1892 built survivor - located in Churchville, PA. This station, which once saw Reading Camelback steam locomotives, was last in service under the SEPTA commuter agency in 1983. ... (more)

The remains of an old 1892 built Reading Company freight house await one last box car which will never arrive, the station, one last RDC, which also will never show. Rails to trails advocates, ho... (more)

Reading Company's Southampton Station - built in 1872, captured here in 2021, the tracks and ballast only recently removed, in preparation for a rails-to-trails project opening as early as this Su... (more)

Southampton's 1892 built Reading Company station - in the snow, and even more impressive, still standing in 2021.

Hard to believe you could once watch Reading Camelback's pass by, and up and u... (more)

Waiting for a Reading Camelback...

Would you believe, perhaps instead, the next outbound RDC?

A couple brave the cold and walk along the former right of way of Reading Company's Newtown line, seen in this image captured at Southampton, PA. The station, to the left, was built in 1892, the ... (more)

A Blue Mountain & Reading Temple, Pennsylvania – Philadelphia excursion has turned at West Falls. and is now accelerating through the curve at Belmont. Reading 4-8-4 2102 looks right at home in ... (more)