Following a multi-year restoration by the talented folks at the Reading and Northern Railroad, former Reading Company T-1 #2102 drifts downgrade at the Lake Drive crossing East of Hometown enroute... (more)

"Rambling into Tamaqua"

The LNRX crew brings a coal train off the Greenwood Running Track in Tamaqua. LNRX is an "Indexing" job that loaded the train at Lehigh Natural Sources. Once they clear the interlocking,... (more)

The Reading Company Technical & Historical Society's Alco Century 630, in a static pose during the Blue Mountain and Reading's 1991 Railfan Weekend. Several runbys were also performed here, in ad... (more)

Couldn't have asked for more wintery scenes than this charter offered.

Reading & Northern #425 blasts out of Tamaqua Tunnel on the morning of October 23, 2021 while hauling the R&N's annual fall foliage excursion between Reading and Jim Thorpe, PA. This is former Rea... (more)

Reading and Northern #425 loudly whistles for the Church Road grade crossing in northern Tamaqua, PA on a dreary October 23rd, 2021. Despite the weather, #425 put on an amazing show in what could ... (more)

Reading & Northern 425 rolls downhill through Tamaqua, passing by the Reading & Philadelphia Railroad Station built in 1874. In 2020, the Reading & Northern Installed a new passenger platform and ... (more)

The Reading & Northern fall foliage train is passing Zehners, just South of Tamaqua. The passenger train is on its return trip to Reading from Jim Thorpe and is being led by the railroad's 1928 Ba... (more)

A Pair of Reading & Northern Budd RDCs are seen passing by River Road just South of Tamaqua. The train is traveling from Pottsville to Jim Thorpe with a fall foliage special. The lead unit, 9166 s... (more)

A-B Fs and an SD50-2 pulling a fall foliage special through Tamaqua in October of 2020. Note the unique profile of Trinity UCC above the lead unit's cab. For comparison, see photo 778855 on this... (more)

The Blue Mountain and Reading's CF7s have coupled up to a steam special, after the train had been hauled into town by 4-8-4 No. 2102. The original purple scheme has faded to a kind of periwinkle ... (more)

Reading & Northern 425 passes a string of hoppers as it charges up the grade at Carbon Lane. PLEASE NOTE: This is private property and was shot with the permission of the property owners.

WORK-30 breaks the early morning silence in Tamaqua with an SD40-2 leading 8 loaded ballast hoppers.

A work extra prepares to begin a day of dumping ballast out of Tamaqua.