A deep freeze has settled into the Mahanoy Valley as a Tamaqua Extra crew has completed switching empty hopper cars at Mahanoy City Yard. The steam from the Gilberton Power Company co-generation f... (more)

Reading and Northern Pacific #425 skirts through the countryside of beautiful Schuylkill County with a Santa Clause Special out of Tamaqua.

With a beautiful blanket of snow covering the Anthracite Coal Region, the southbound "Mountain Job" descends the grade of the M&S Branch at Barnesville, PA. A short distance ahead lays t... (more)

Reading and Northern Pacific #425 lays over at Pottsville's Union Station on a brisk November evening. Ian McKeown, the #425's night watchman, peers down from the cab of the Pacific as many visito... (more)

Reading and Northern QARG-06 is seen completing their brake test, after serving Kore Mart Limited, at West Hamburg, PA. Within minutes the classic Geep will have the Reading Turn on the move south... (more)

A Reading and Northern "Tamaqua Extra" is seen working the Reading Anthracite loading pad in Girardville, PA. The three big EMD's have completed their task of placing empties for loading... (more)

Reading and Northern's "Reading Turn" services Packaging Corporation of America at Tuckerton, PA. The Reading Turn operates daily (except Saturday) between Tamaqua and Norfolk Southern's Reading Y... (more)

The southbound "Mountain Job" drops down the M&S Branch enroute back to Tamaqua. The MCQA-03 is crossing Hillside Drive in Barnesville, PA, after a heavy snowfall blanketed the area just... (more)

Blasting out of the Tamaqua Tunnel is the Reading and Northern PNJT-05 with SD40-2's #3057 and #3053. The two big EMD's are climbing their way up the grade of Locust Mountain, just north of Tamaqu... (more)

With a fresh blanket of snow covering the area, the Reading and Northern "Mountain Job" comes through downtown Tamaqua with two SD40-2's leading the way. The restored 1874 Philadelphia and Reading... (more)

R&N PNRB-30 (Port Clinton "Roustabout") spots loads of sand at the Conestoga Foundry Supply siding in Hamburg, PA.

Reading and Northern's "Jeddo Job" rolls over the saw-tooth profile of the C&H Running Track enroute to Tamaqua. The JEQA-13 has Reading and Northern SD40-2's #3051 and #3057 along with SD50M #504... (more)

Reading and Northern PNHB-14 (Port Clinton to the Hometown High Bridge) passes through Tamaqua with Norfolk Southern's annual Harrisburg Division Holiday Special in tow. Norfolk Southern employees... (more)

Reading and Northern's "Mountain Job" prepares to work at Universal Forest Products, in Gordon, while a light snowfall blankets the area. The #3057 and #5049 are holding on the main track, of the ... (more)

It's a beautiful Autumn afternoon, on the Reading and Northern, as the southbound "Mountain Job" rolls into Tamaqua Yard. The Reading and Northern's two ex-Union Pacific "Snoots" power the MCQA-14... (more)