PILE-10 heads south through a colorful Lehigh Gorge on NS trackage. Unfortunately, this train no longer runs through the Gorge in daylight.
Three SD40-2s lug a long Reading Turn south at Miller's Crossing. Today's QARG already had 56 cars and would pick up 38 more at Port Clinton.
The Reading and Northern's Penobscot-Pittston manifest heads through a cemetery between Dupont and Pittston on a beautiful winter morning. In a couple of hours this train would return south to Leh... (more)
R&N train QA-RG (Tamaqua to Reading) is on their way down to the interchange with NS at Reading Yard.
R&N train QA-RG (Tamaqua to Reading) has made a set off, and are ready to go the last mile into NS Reading Yard, while NS power pumps up the air on a unit coal train for Quebec Iron & Titanium.
The Mountain Job cresting the 2.6% grade in Locust Summit. View more of my photos at http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net
The returning Mountain Job sits in Tamaqua before resuming its trip to Port Clinton. The train had SD40-2's 3051 and 3055 and SD50 5049 pulling thirteen loads of coal. The extra power was needed b... (more)
3051 leads R&NRR manifest out of Spring Yard onto home rails
R&N engines 3051 and 2004 enter CP-Belt to make the jump across NS to get to the R&N/Blue Mountain & Reading Temple Station where 2004 will stay for the RCT&HS open house.
