Nearing the end of her first revenue excursion since being restored to service, 425 rolls through one of the many fields along the former Reading line.

After departing Jim Thorpe, 425 puts on a sow as she roars past local industries around Nesquehoning.

RBMN 425 rounds a curve just outside of Nesquehoning, PA. In a few minutes, 425 will arrive at her destination of Jim Thorpe.

Just outside of Port Clinton, RBMN 425 accelerates up the straightaway to the Rt. 61 bridge and a crowd of about 15 railfans.

NS 2659 leads a Southbound train across the Tennessee River as a local fishes below. This train would stop just a few hundred feet south and get a re-crew before heading South.

CSXT 7912 leads a Southbound intermodal over the Etowah River through a classic Georgia summer scene. Lots of green and lots of Kudzu.

As Old Glory waves in the warm evening breeze, NS 9100 leads a southbound train out of Norris Yard in Irondale, AL as a young local boy looks up at the engineer.

Passing a former Reading mile marker, 425 nears the town of Nesquehoning, PA on her first full test run after her restoration.

Engineer Shane Frederickson puts on a show for the town of Tamaqua as he leads 425 and the OCS into town. Shane has way too much fun at his job.

Just outside of Tamaqua, PA, 425 passes the old farm house at the crossing at Zehners, PA.

Just North of Port Clinton, R&N 425 breaks the silence of this small street as she begins her two day trip across the R&N system with the OCS in tow.

R&N 425 takes a breather as she sits outside of the local Jim Thorpe Market so that supplies could be bought for the overnight stay at Hickory Run.

Long after the final class has been dismissed, a one-room school house silently watches another train roll by. One can imagine a child at this school in the 1930s and 40s watching endless strings ... (more)

A Northbound Amtrak train easily overtakes a Septa local to Trenton on the Northeast Corridor. The next stop for the Amtrak train will be Trenton, NJ then Penn Station in New York.

As a local girl hurries home in the steady rain, NS 058 creeps through the small town of Lilly, PA. The rain can be seen in the beam of the headlight.