Hometown Hero At Hometown Trestle. With its restoration essentially complete and a few smaller test runs under its belt, the Reading & Northern Railroad decided put RBMN T-1 2102 (4-8-4) to... (more)

What a way to start the day....

Reading T-1 No. 2102 is back in steam after 30+ years, with a test train of 50 empty hoppers, running between Reading and Jim Thorpe. The train is headed upgrade along the Reading's Little Schuyl... (more)

YJPI heads up the Scranton Branch to work some customers on a busy Sunday for them.

The Reading & Northern is arguably one of the most desirable railfan destinations east of the Mississippi and seems to be headed nowhere but up on the list of must-see railroads. From vintage EMD ... (more)

After picking up cars set off by 37T at Penobscot, YJPI heads downgrade into Pittston with an SD50 and SD40-2 for power.

Dream Big. On April 22, 2017, a Lehigh Valley NRHS RDC charter over rare mileage on the Reading and Northern Railroad - Passenger visited various locations on the railroad not normally seen... (more)

While the New St. Nick Extra is loaded on the New Side pad at Reading Anthracite, five rusty hoppers sit on the Old Side next to the lab that tests samples from each car for various qualities.

RBMN SD50 5014 and SD38 2000 power an "indexer" (mine run) at Reading Anthracite's New St. Nick facility in Minersville. A stockpile builds on the Old Side to the left of the engine whil... (more)

A shiny pair of Reading & Northern F units prepare to make their first publicized trip along the RBMN mainline.

After two days of overcast or rainy weather, the Reading and Northern’s former Reading 4-8-4 2102 had its day in the sun. Here it approaches Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania, where it will pause while... (more)

After a multi-year, multi-million dollar restoration, the fruit of the R&N steam crews hard work comes to bear as the big T-1 simmers at Outer Station.

It Lives

The Reading and Northern put former Reading 4-8-4 2102 through its paces on a break-in run between Port Clinton and Tuckerton, Pennsylvania yesterday. I had to work in the... (more)

On April 6, the former Reading turned Reading & Northern T-1 4-8-4 2102 was taken back out on the mainline for the first time in 31 years. After more than 3 decades of napping, owner Andy Muller ... (more)

Following a day of break-in runs, the Reading T-1 4-8-4 2102, now RBMN, gets some evening TLC at the Port Clinton, PA Steam Shops after a 31-year nap.