The first of the rambles for 2024 is led back to Reading by the 2102. It is seen crossing the high bridge in Hometown PA.

Three trains meet at Nesquehoning Junction amid peak fall color. From left to right, a Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway excursion shoves south on the Jim Thorpe Branch while NRFF holds the main at Riv... (more)

As I followed the Mountain Job (QAMC-04) up from Girardville towards Mount Carmel, I had known beforehand he would of have work in Locus Summit Yard just South of Locus Gap, PA, so while I waited,... (more)

Reading and Northern NRFF brings its train through the yard in Jim Thorpe alongside its pickup to head back to North Reading with.

The great Reading T-1 No. 2102 is rounding the big curve on the last lap into Tamaqua.

R&N #425 just about tears the railroad town of Tamaqua apart by her loud, crisp exhaust as she continues her way north on the first leg of a Fall Foliage special.

The 425 leads a fall foliage excursion to Jim Thorpe.

Former Reading 4-8-4 2102 eases through Temple, Pennsylvania with former Gulf, Mobile & Northern 4-6-2 425. The Pacific has remained a staple of the Blue Mountain & Reading/Reading & Northern excu... (more)

Engineer Hartman and Conductor Knadler bring the "North Reading Fast Freight" northbound on the former Reading main as they approach "CP Equilateral" in Tamaqua. RP's own Chris... (more)

The engineer is looking in the mirror of his 1984-built ex-Missouri Pacific SD50 as he shoves a cut of hoppers into a siding in the PA Coal Region town of Cressona. The yard is ex-Reading/Conrail,... (more)

A set of Reading & Northern RDC's, led by RDC-3 No. 9166, (built in 1958 for the B&M) and trailed by RDC-1 No 9168, (built in 1951 for the NYC) are captured here rounding the bend in Nesquehoning,... (more)

Speed Limit 15? Hardly! R&N No. 425 charges through Nesquehoning at speed during a Fall Foliage exursion. A zoom-pan captured at shutter speed of 1/6th of a second.

Reading & Northern's 4-6-2 No. 425 leads a Fall foliage special through East Mahanoy Junction, single handedly, bound for Jim Thorpe, PA. This is steam railroading as it was meant to be!