Reading & Northern #425 blew down her boiler on the mainline outside of her home in Port Clinton, PA on the cold but clear morning of December 24, 2019 sending last year's fallen leaves for a stea... (more)

"Station Scenes": Back lit against the morning sun, ex-Gulf Mobile & Ohio pacific #425 met her train at the Reading Outer Station in Reading, PA on December 24, 2019. For the entire mont... (more)

Frigid and sub-zero centigrade temperatures have frozen water runoff on the rock formations outside of the Reading & Northern’s steam shops in Port Clinton, Pennsylvania as the former Gulf Mobil... (more)

"Majestic": Reading & Northern #425's headlight beam provides some illumination on the early morning of December 24, 2019. Engineer Shane Frederickson chats with his son Ryan Frederickso... (more)

Engineer Shane Frederickson warms up ex-GM&O #425's cross compound air pump on the cold morning of December 24, 2019.

CNJ #113 races towards Minersville, PA on the evening of November 30, 2019 on the welded track outside of Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania.

"A Minersville Traffic Jam": CNJ #113 volunteer Brian Wowak monitors the railroad activities at Sunbury St. as the anthracite burning 0-6-0 is hooked up to her train prior to departing s... (more)

"Lines": CNJ #113 surrounded by heavy jointed rail stomped through Cressona Yard on November 30, 2019 hauling a Reading & Northern Santa Claus Special.

"A Need for Speed": Central Railroad of New Jersey 0-6-0 #113 put all 185 psi in her boiler to the test on November 30, 2019 as she raced north to Minersville, Pennsylvania hauling passe... (more)

"Rock Cut": CNJ #113's exhaust echoed off the rock walls just south of Minersville, Pennsylvania on November 30, 2019 as she headed home hauling Reading & Northern's Santa Special.

CNJ #113 volunteer Tyler Fenderson worked on refilling the oil cups for the air compressor on November 30, 2019.

"Bodyguards": CNJ #113 volunteers and a Reading & Northern employee escorted the 0-6-0 towards the railroad crossing on Sunbury Street in Minersville, PA as she arrived with Santa on Nov... (more)

"Now arriving on Track 1": CNJ #113 pulled into Minersville station in Minersville, PA on November 30, 2019 hauling passengers for the R&N's Santa Claus specials...

"Steam Dreams": CNJ #113 backed out of her home in Minersville, Pennsylvania on November 30, 2019 as she prepped for another year of hauling the Reading & Northern's Santa Claus Specials... (more)

An anthracite Christmas in Minersville, Pennsylvania...