Santa Claus Special with the CNJ 113 putting on a show for the railfans with a huge plume of smoke charging through West Main Street passing by the Schuylkill Haven Station in Schuylkill Haven, PA

The 100-year old CNJ 113 is being pulled backwards through Cressona by a diesel on the 1:00 p.m. Santa Claus Special. South of Schuylkill Haven, the 113 will take over and pull the train back to ... (more)

The CNJ 113 is heading upgrade to Minersville on the Reading and Northern's new 136-lb. continuous welded rail on the old Mine Hill & Schuylkill Haven Branch. The engine was built by Alco in 1923... (more)

In 40 years of chasing steam trains, this had to be one of the most impressive smoke plumes that I had ever witnessed- the CNJ 0-6-0 No. 113 in a steady drizzle, working upgrade along the West Bra... (more)

Steam meets steam during the start of a heavy snow squall in the late fall of 2017. Decapod No. 90 is holding the main as Mogul No. 89 negotiates the siding with its icicle-covered train.

The Strasburg's 0-6-0 No. 31 is climbing the grade at the Cherry Hill "station," passing the famous sign- "Pop. 17 (More or Less.)" No. 31 (CN 7312) was built by Baldwin in 19... (more)

Ex-Gulf, Mobile, and Northern No. 425 in 1986, backing down onto a Santa Claus Special on the Blue Mountain & Reading Railroad at South Hamburg. No. 425, built by Baldwin in 1928, has 69" dr... (more)

Winter wonderland on the Strasburg Rail Road

An ex-ATSF GP30 brings up the rear of a steam-powered Santa Claus Special in the Coal Regions of Pennsylvania

The 113 is pounding up the grade on the Reading and Northern's new continuous welded rail, returning to Minersville with the 10:30 train.

The CNJ 113 storming through Schuylkill Haven, making its way back to Minersville.

Pan view of the CNJ 113 backing toward Cressona on the Reading and Northern's new continuous welded rail.

Odd doubleheader of a 4-6-2 and an 0-6-0 (CNJ 113) on old Reading Lines trackage in the coal regions of Pennsylvania

This ex-Lehigh Valley C420 is teamed up with an ex-Pennsy C425 on the Erie-Lackawanna Dining Car Preservation Society's Santa Claus Special, ready to return to Scranton. No. 405 was built in Nove... (more)

The pacing videographer ought to have gotten himself some good footage here along Lowland Road, as the 425's engineer eases off the throttle on the last train of the day.