Reading & Northern 425 races downgrade as it nears Tamaqua.

Reading & Northern 425 climbs the final portion of the grade between Reading and Jim Thorpe at Milepost 108.

Reading & Northern 425 wyes its train at Nesquehoning Junction to face railroad-south for the return trip to Reading.

Reading & Northern 425 charges out of Nesquehoning Tunnel while taking care of vegetation control, blasting any remaining leaves off the nearby trees.

425 cooling down after returning to Port Clinton from Jim Thorpe. 2102 warming up for it's big day tomorrow. Quite a sight to see.

Poking out of the Nesquehoning tunnel, RBMN 425 puts on a show for a line of 30 photographers at the south/west portal of the tunnel while they fight upgrade back towards Outer Station.

RBMN 425 leads It’s first excursion of 2022 towards Jim Thorpe as the train head past the famous Molino barn.

RBMN 425 arrives into a station stop at Port Clinton with it’s first excursion train this fall, making their way towards Jim Thorpe.

425 at Millers Crossing in Orwigsburg with Chad Frederickson on the throttle. First and only time 425 is running this fall.

Late afternoon brings us to the former Lehigh Valley mainline as Reading & Northern Pacific #425 races towards Penobscot Yard near Mountain Top, PA on July 9, 2022 outside of CP Bergers. In full s... (more)

Reading & Northern 425's drivers glisten in the early morning sun in Jim Thorpe.

Reading & Northern 425 eases out of Jim Thorpe with its consist for the following day's excursion.

Coming, Going and Gone! While Reading #2102 may have ruled the summer of 2022 thus far on the Reading Blue Mountain & Northern, her sister #425, a 4-6-2 Pacific, is not interested in going quiet... (more)

Coming, Going and Gone! While Reading #2102 may have ruled the summer of 2022 thus far on the Reading Blue Mountain & Northern, her sister #425, a 4-6-2 Pacific, is not interested in going quiet... (more)

The thunderous roar of Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Pacific #425 fills the air outside of Tannery Road on July 9, 2022 as the former GM&O locomotive heads north with the annual Rotary Club tri... (more)