Four and a quarter.

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? A ride on the caboose is the right way to e... (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 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)

The Lehigh Rambler nears its station stop at Jim Thorpe. 450 passengers will soon descend upon the shops and restaurants in town.

The bell clanging, ole #425 makes a very brief appearance chugging through town.

R&N #425 races through this small town on its way south towards Port Clinton via Jim Thorpe. This excursion was part of the NRHS 2010 Convention.

The 'blue pacific' has new meaning to me.

With a throaty bark and the hiss of the cylinder cocks, the Reading & Northern's Locomotive 425 begins to shove the NRHS Lehigh Rambler consist south from the boarding area in Duryea to the wye at... (more)

Just about 15 minutes after leaving the boarding area in nearby Pittston, the "Four and a Quarter" has reached relatively level track and is beginning to accelerate to track speed with her diesel ... (more)

Coming off the wye at Pittston Yard, the Reading & Northern's "Blue Pacific" #425 climbs the hill with the NRHS "Lehigh Rambler" consist in tow on a special excursion from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranto... (more)

The NRHS special hustles into the Lehigh Gorge passing the siding switch at Tannery, enroute to Jim Thorpe and ultimately Port Clinton.

The Rambler makes quite the racket leaving Pittston Yard trying to get a running start at the grade. The stack talk was reverberating off the neighboring houses and throughout the surrounding val... (more)

RBMN #425 adds a splash of color to the scene with it's first excursion of 2010 in NE Pennsylvania.

The 425 thunders past a family that came out to enjoy the sights and sounds of steam. I'm sure they were as pleased as I was with the runby.