After arriving back in Port Clinton, SD40-2 3055 and SD50 5014 break down the passenger train and put the cars away while 425 headed back to the engine house. Here, 3055 slowly pulls forward to pu... (more)
It's not often you see... a steam engine used to move diesels around a yard. After returning from Pittston, SW-8M 803 and SD38 2000 were sitting on 425's usual center track at the engine ho... (more)
Scenes like this were common in small communities all along 425's Tunkhannock to Jim Thorpe run. Local residents either knew ahead of time, saw a crowd of railfans gathering, or simply heard 425's... (more)
RBMN 425 begins to open it up past the 15mph speed restriction and spooks a group of horses which had been grazing peacefully a minute before.
This is about the closest one can come to replicating what it once was like meeting an inbound train to Jim Thorpe from aboard an outbound train. The second bridge over the beautiful Lehigh River ... (more)
On one of the brighter moments of the day, 425 charges upgrade with her bell ringing and a perfectly clean stack on the return from Jim Thorpe to Tunkhannock.
Overhang! The RBMN steam crew looks on to make sure 425 successfully completes her spin on the turntable keeping "Safety First" as the tender flanks say. They managed to fit the 4-6-2 and both of ... (more)
425's helper diesels await her return at the unique Jim Thorpe station.
It's tight quarters in downtown White Haven as 425 races into sight drifting downgrade.
RBMN 425 leads the Tunkhannock to Jim Thorpe excursion across the Lehigh River at Glen Onoko at the south end of the Lehigh Gorge.
Look closely at the horses...they were terrified by the thunderous exhaust of 425 accelerating up to track speed and - in an effort to escape to the other end of the field - tripped all over each ... (more)
The "Reading Turn" passes through the town of New Ringgold on it's way to Norfolk Southern's Spring Street Yard in Reading.
The inbound "Mountain Job" passes the ex-Reading station in Tamaqua on a sunny afternoon.
On Blue Mountain and Reading, a private railroad, during a railfan weekend. They ran these units at over 50 MPH, so it made it quite exciting!
