"Pouring on the coal" and putting on a show climbing the grade in Carbon County on a bright fall day.
2102 steams into the Jim Thorpe Station during the final Autumn Leaf Excursion of 2022.
Reading and Northern 2102 arriving at the Port Clinton Station for Final Autumn Leaf Excursion of 2022.
Originally a Santa Fe Geep 30; it got "U"ed as ATSF 1245, and now works the Reading & Northern rails.
Reading & Northern 425 climbs the final portion of the grade between Reading and Jim Thorpe at Milepost 108.
Reading & Northern 425 wyes its train at Nesquehoning Junction to face railroad-south for the return trip to Reading.
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RBMN 2102 flys through Hamburg before making a station stop at Port Clinton.
During the early hours of the morning, the steam crew of RBMN 2102 fires it up for the days excursions.
RBMN 2102 heads around the wye at Jim Thorpe to prepare for its 15:00 trip back to Outer Station.
RBMN 2102 heads downgrade into Nesquehoning while heading alongside Lake Hauto with an excursion train.
It’s about 3:45 in the morning as RBMN 2102 fires up for the days excursion on stall 3 while 425 cools down on stall 2 from the days past excursion before being put back inside the shed.
Reading & Northern 425 charges out of Nesquehoning Tunnel while taking care of vegetation control, blasting any remaining leaves off the nearby trees.
425 cooling down after returning to Port Clinton from Jim Thorpe. 2102 warming up for it's big day tomorrow. Quite a sight to see.