As he has later done on the Reading and Northern, Blue Mountain and Reading owner Andy Muller spent money on erecting structures to recreate a classic railroad feel. Here 4-6-2 425 leads a southbo... (more)

One of Blue Mountain & Reading’s first locomotives was NW2 413. Built as Erie 413, the EMD switcher is seen here with a southbound work train just north of Leesport, Pennsylvania.

On July 9, 1988, the Blue Mountain and Reading ran an excursion from Reading to Philadelphia on Conrail’s Philadelphia main. Reading T-1 2102 was featured, and Reading Technical & Historical Soc... (more)

Andy Muller's pair of E8s, Nos. 5898 & 5706 restored in PRR livery, put on a great show in excursion service.

The 2102 is northbound in the Schuylkill River Valley, passing through the gap in Blue Mountain along the old Reading Railroad mainline.

The great Reading T-1 No. 2102 is rounding the big curve on the last lap into Tamaqua.

Reading T-1 No. 2102 is heading up the valley of the Little Schuylkill River toward Tamaqua, recreating a view typical of the old "Reading Rambles" of the 1960s. (Except for the giant-sized power... (more)

Reading T-1 No. 2102 is pulling a "shopper's special" from South Hamburg to Philadelphia, passing through the city of its birth. Hopefully, we will soon see this locomotive back in stea... (more)

Regular SEPTA R6 commuters are awed by the 425 bringing in a load of shoppers from South Hamburg on a Friday-after-Thanksgiving excursion. Note the Blue Mountain & Reading's RDC cars being used a... (more)

It’s not exactly a Reading class G2sa, but it is a 4-6-2 wheeling a passenger consist past the Reading water tank at Rockhill, on the North Penn Branch. The occasion is the Souderton Railroad Da... (more)

The Blue Mountain & Reading’s former Gulf, Mobile & Northern 4-6-2-425 drifts across the Maiden Creek with a scheduled excursion train. The Pacific, best known by contemporary fans as the blue-p... (more)

On Memorial Day, 1986, Blue Mountain and Reading’s ex-GM&N Pacific rolls a short train into Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania.

Two faded CF7s, a few years removed from tourist line service, are pulling a freight with the CNJ 113 dead-in-tow. The 113 was headed to its new home in Minersville, where it was eventually resto... (more)

Reading T-1 2102 is pulling a special 12-car train to Tamaqua, in celebration of the 160th anniversary of the opening of the Little Schuylkill Navigation Railroad in 1831, per the sign above the p... (more)

The Reading T-1 2102 is about to take on coal at the Blue Mountain & Reading's tourist line along the Pennsy's old Schuylkill Division. Note the close clearance to the concrete wall.