The RBMN 270 charges through the Tamaqua countryside on its return leg of the Fall Color Special from Jim Thorpe to Reading. A beautiful evening for a train ride.
The 10:30 Lehigh Gorge excursion shoves back in to the Jim Thorpe depot (at 11:57am) while the excursion from Pittston rests on the closest track during its 5-hour layover in town.
RBMN Port Clinton shops
Reading & Northern's F-units leads the 10:30 Santa Train into the Lehigh Gorge, crossing the Lehigh River at Glen Ononko. This used to be a very busy place, as the train is running on former Lehig... (more)
The OSJT is seen crossing the Lehigh River during peak fall colors. It is making its reverse move back to Jim Thorpe.
The OSJT is seen crossing the Lehigh River during peak fall colors.
The 270 leads a fall foliage excursion towards Jim Thorpe.
The 3pm Lehigh Gorge Scenic trip enters the Gorge with 15 cars full of passengers on Labor Day Weekend. The ex-NS F units provide power.
As the morning sun rises, Reading & Northern's A-B set of F-units and one of the Fast Freight SD50s ease out of the company headquarters at Port Clinton and head for Jim Thorpe with one of the com... (more)
The F units are on their way out of the station with the 11 AM Lehigh Gorge train. To the right is a tank car filled with water for #2102, which at this point was still en route to Jim Thorpe.
Fall foliage special heads back to Reading.
Reading & Northern Fall Foliage train rolls past the Hauto Dam in Nesquehoning, PA.
Reading & Northern Fall Foliage train blasts through downtown Tamaqua on its way to Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania.
On a chilly November morning, the Reading & Northern Fall Foliage train pulls out of the Port Clinton station on its way to Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania.
When is a tunnel not a tunnel? While not a "traditional" tunnel, this is the railroad's way of getting under PA 93. Looks like a tunnel to me. And a great photo spot.
