Well rested, bell clanging, and ready to begin a new series of excursions into the Gorge on July 4th, 2010.

RBMN #425 spends the night under steam at the depot. bw

Reading & Northern #425 simmers under a starry Summer sky. bw

R&N #425 makes its way past the rock cut as it enters the Lehigh Gorge.

Pusher service! Reading and Northern brings out it's blue Pacific to help push a heavy freight train through the Gorge and onto White Haven, PA. Yeah, that's it. That's the ticket!

Deeper and deeper into the Gorge, R&N #425 finds her way to the wall that once carried trains of the Lehigh Valley Railroad.

R&N #425 along with her matching blue consist traverse the Lehigh River on an evening excursion into the highly scenic Gorge.

R&N #425 makes it's way into the Lehigh Gorge State Park going at it solo on this July 4th goreous day.

First train out of Dodge. Make that Jim Thorpe - July 3rd, 2010, 11 AM - exactly.

R&N #425, in a CNJ-like Blue Comet livery now complete with matching blue consist, travels over former Lehigh line trackage. To the left, is the old 1912 CNJ alignment which was built to bypass t... (more)

The smokey burnout. R&N does her best hot rod impression to the delight of this young railfan. Mssion accomplished - another railfan joins the ranks!

R&N #425 sits poised like a parked Comet ready to make the trek on the former CNJ mainline through the Lehigh Valley Gorge State Park, seen here on July 4th, 2010 with an all new blue consist.

Pride. A last minute touch up for R&N #425 with special attention to her new number board designed by Ryan Bausher and created by Wayne James. The polishing pose - brought to you in real l... (more)

A Fourth of July weekend spent in Jim Thorpe is highly recommended to any railfan. Great steam action and a beautiful little town; how can one go wrong? Thanks to Mitch Goldman for providing the l... (more)

A call for blue on an otherwise overcast afternoon. RBMN #425 heads for home passing under the unique Route 93 overpass as a finale to the NRHS's Endless Mountain Rails convention in Scranton.