Cool, damp weather brought out the best of steam for the first of only two days of operations scheduled for this year for No. 425 in the Lehigh Gorge. It returns in October for four trips from th... (more)

With a full 15 car train of tourists who flocked to the Reading and Northern to ride behind a vintage steam engine to see Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania and attend the autumn leaf festival, the 425 high... (more)

An unlikely doubleheader of a 4-6-2 leading an 0-6-0 is plying the snowy rails along the West Branch of the Schuylkill. I wonder if the late H. Stafford Bryant (author of "The Georgian Locom... (more)

Under a cloudy sky, Reading and Northern 425 charges through Nesquehoning with the stack roaring and ground thumping.

With a 15 car train full of tourists and railfans alike in tow, Reading and Northern 425 highballs towards Jim Thorpe with engineer Shane Frederickson keeping an eye on the line ahead.

As the sun begins to set on the Pennsylvania countryside, Reading and Northern 425 races towards Outer Station to finish its trip for the day.

Leaving Snowy Jim Thorpe. A band of overnight snow showers have pretty much abated as Reading & Northern's #425 takes a passenger train north out of Jim Thorpe Station. The restored CNJ S... (more)

MM 124.9 - Glen Onoko. A light snow begins to fall in the rock cut at Glen Onoko as the Reading & Northern's Locomotive 425 hustles her express passenger train out of the Lehigh Gorge, towa... (more)

Dashing through the snow. At track speed, a Reading & Northern express passenger train races south toward Glen Onoko, through a snow storm in the Lehigh River Gorge.

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A member of crew takes a break to wave to some fans, both in view and just outside the frame, as R&N No. 425 charges south past the restored 1874 depot in Tamaqua, PA, en route to Port Clinton.

Reading & Northern's 4-6-2 Pacific races towards Port Clinton captured in a pan at 1/30th against a background of Fall foliage.

Reading & Northern's sharp looking blue steam locomotive leads a Fall foliage special through New Ringgold, PA on a return trip from Jim Thorpe, PA to Port Clinton. Though originally a locomotive... (more)

A silhouette featuring Reading & Northern's 4-6-2 Pacific leading a Fall foliage excursion over the famed Hometown Trestle. Though I've been here before, I couldn't pass up the colors in 2016, th... (more)

Ruffling the leaves on a crisp Autumn day in October, Reading & Northern's 4-6-2 Pacific emerges from the portal of a short tunnel on the ex-CNJ Nesquehoning Valley Branch under Hunter Street. Ph... (more)

Reading & Northern engineer, Chris Bost, leans out for a view offering the classic pose at Nesquehoning along the former CNJ Valley Branch. R&N"s 4-6-2 Pacific is the sole power for this Fall fol... (more)