Reading & Northern 425 slowly departs Mountain Top with its 10 car train bound for Jim Thorpe.

Reading & Northern 425 opens its cylinders in the Jim Thorpe yard.

Reading & Northern 425 storms up the grade at Glen Onoko in the golden afternoon light.

The Reading & Northern F Units head into the Lehigh Gorge at Glen Onoko.

Reading & Northern 425 waits for its train to be prepared in Jim Thorpe.

Reading 2102 nears the top of Hometown Hill as it blasts out of the woods at Marian Avenue.

Reading 2102's night crew prepares the locomotive for its second public excursion since 1991.

Reading 2102 simmers in the early morning darkness before its second Iron Horse Ramble excursion.

Reading 2102 coasts downgrade through Millers Field as it nears Port Clinton with the second Iron Horse Ramble excursion in 2022.

Reading 2102 stomps through the Pennsylvania countryside at Molino. This shot would not have been possible as recent as 6 or so months ago as a pine tree forest once inhabited this area.

Reading & Northern 425 powers up the grade north of Tamaqua with its exhaust booming off the surrounding mountains and its Reading 6 Chime screaming for the crossing.

Reading 2102 steams up as the sun begins to rise over the mountains in Port Clinton.

Reading 2102 blasts up Hometown Hill with a sold out Iron Horse Ramble excursion.

Reading 2102 prepares for its return to public service after 30 years of silence.

As a result of the rain and storms on the day prior, Reading & Northern 425's reflection shines as the sun rises on our country's 245th birthday.