Steam helper service in 2010? No, but pretty close. Reading & Northern 425 shoves on the rear of a deadhead equipment move as it passes a stopped PNJT at Nesquehoning Jct. This train departed Port... (more)
A rare sight on the Mountain Job! Reading & Northern's 426, usually used for passenger excursions on the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway, is on freight duty today, shifting cars at the paper plant. ... (more)
Reading & Northern's "Good Springer" stopped in downtown Tremont as the crew has lunch. From here, it will continue to the Cressona Yard and finish the day in Port Clinton. View more of my photo... (more)
Before departure from Tunkhannock for Jim Thorpe, the RBMN crew poses with the queen of the fleet. Despite the dreary weather, these guys put smiles on the faces of hundreds of passengers, railfan... (more)
Reading & Northern's 800 passing the yard office designed to look like an interlocking tower in Penobscot. View more of my photos at http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net
The chase is on! 425 left Tunkhannock running on a speed restriction, and the one chase road through the Susquehanna River valley quickly became clogged with overly eager railfans. Fortunately, th... (more)
425 enters the Lehigh River Gorge just north of Jim Thorpe. Just a month to go until 425's next romp down the mainline from Tunkhannock to Jim Thorpe. Visit http://www.readingnorthern.com/passenge... (more)
The Jeddo Job, loaded with culm (waste anthracite coal), rounding the curve near Beaver Meadow Mt. Road east of Hazleton. The yellow locomotive, ex-UP 3066 now RBMN 3057, was recently purchased ... (more)
PNJT slowly trundles down the R&N Main with four hoppers in tow.
In a location that was originally developed by the CNJ, Reading colors and style now dominate. Here, Reading & Northern SD50 5049 waits for a excursion led by 4-6-2 425 to clear the tower before i... (more)
Shootin' grease. Two crew members work the grease gun to lubricate the engine's bearings during the lunch stop at Jim Thorpe.
The Mountain Job shifting the paper plant. View more of my photos at http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net
RBMN MCQA-16 heads south past the beautifully restored Reading station at Tamaqua with two SD38s.
Reading and Northern's blue pacific #425 pulls the first ever steam powered LGSR (Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway) train up to the station in beautiful downtown Jim Thorpe.
R&N #425 adds a splash of blue (and sand) to the Fall foliage of Eastern PA. Note the engineer leaning out the cab in a classic pose.
