After facing minor mechanical issues, Reading 2102 is guided out of the shops as a prelude to the days activities.
The July 2, Reading & Northern Ramble return trip from Jim Thorpe to North Reading, PA, rolls across the Hometown Trestle with the former Reading T-1 4-8-4 2102 in charge of the big passenger cons... (more)
T-1 number 2102 dashes south through the fields of rural Pennsylvania bound for Reading with a train full of joyous passengers.
WCNR (West Cressona – North Reading) races south through the intermediates at Mohrsville towards Reading yard where they will breakdown the consist before returning north back to Cressona.
Reading 2102 swings around the western leg of the wye at Nesquehoning Junction as she prepares for the return trip of the most recent Iron Horse Ramble.
A 3 unit Reading Turn heads through Molino.
JTQA brings 28 empties back to Tamaqua with a single SD40-2 for power.
Reading & Northern 425 powers up the grade north of Tamaqua with its exhaust booming off the surrounding mountains and its Reading 6 Chime screaming for the crossing.
The Port Clinton to Minersville job departs Port Clinton with an SW1500 and SW8 for power.
The "culm train" for Panther Creek makes its weekly trip down the NS Hazleton Running Track in the snow.
QARG cuts through the farmland north of Port Clinton with a cut of anthracite from Shenandoah on the headend.
The southbound "Reading Turn" heads through Molino with a train of outbound traffic for NS.
A single SD40-2 leads a train of inbound traffic off NS from Penobscot to Pittston as they pass through Duryea.
As a result of the rain and storms on the day prior, Reading & Northern 425's reflection shines as the sun rises on our country's 245th birthday.
Reading & Northern 425 races towards Tamaqua with the last train for the 2021 Tamaqua Summerfest.
