425 drifts downgrade at Lake Drive, just east of Hometown

An Autumn Leaf Excursion is led by R&N #425 over the elusive Hometown Trestle. The trestle was built in 1931 for the CNJ replacing a wooden trestle. Photo taken from the earthen dam on State Ga... (more)

Engineer Chris Bost and fireman Ryan Bausher are at the helm of Reading & Northern's 4-6-2 #425 as it leads a Port Clinton to Jim Thorpe fall foliage passenger special along the former CNJ Nesqueh... (more)

Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern's high-stepping Pacific #425 leads an autumn leaf excursion across High Bridge, near Hometown, PA.

Fresh out of the R&N's Port Clinton shop and sporting a new coat of paint, SD38 2003 is seen here working the Tamaqua - Jim Thorpe local as it goes about spotting tank cars at Air Products near Ho... (more)

Reading & Northern SD38 #2003, fresh from shop work and sporting a new coat of paint, leads a Jim Thorpe to Hometown High Bridge fall foliage excursion seen here about to pass under the Lincoln Dr... (more)

A pair of clean R&N SD40-2s lead a Port Clinton to Jim Thorpe fall foliage excursion across the "Hometown High Bridge" with better than 700 sightseers on board.

Reading & Northern's Fall Foliage special is eastbound behind SD40-2s 3057 and 3058 near Hometown, PA crossing Lake Drive on its journey from Port Clinton to Jim Thorpe with 700 plus passengers en... (more)

Engineer Mike Kohl and conductor Kyle Sanders bring the Reading & Northern's Jim Thorpe-Tamaqua local westbound across Church Road near Hometown with SD38 2000. Once back in Tamaqua this train wil... (more)

The autumn season is great for railfanning, and one place that should be on everyone's bucket list is the R&N trips out of Port Clinton to Jim Thorpe and return. Great steam action is always provi... (more)

Hometown High Bridge Built in 1931 by the Phoenix Bridge Company for The Central Railroad of New Jersey to replace the previous wooden trestle. It spans the Little Schuylkill River, is 9... (more)

The autumn season is great for railfanning, and one place that should be on everyone's bucket list is the R&N trips out of Port Clinton to Jim Thorpe and return. Great steam action is always provi... (more)

Hometown High Bridge Built in 1931 by the Phoenix Bridge Company for The Central Railroad of New Jersey to replace the previous wooden trestle. It crosses the Little Schuylkill River, is 98... (more)

Hometown High Bridge Built in 1931 by CNJ, 981 feet long and 161 feet high. It is currently used by Reading & Northern. Here a High Bridge Excursion Train is crossing the trestle. Phot... (more)