Looking great in fresh paint, Reading Blue Mountain & Northern "SD50-2" 5021 looks great in the morning light. Built as Seaboard System SD50 8606 by EMD in January 1985, this locomotive... (more)

CSX Grain Train G548-25 rolls southbound through downtown Birmingham, AL.

A solo CSX SD50-2 brings a MOW train north through Junta

CSX N303-26 (Evansville,IN/EVWR-Stilesboro,GA) is leaning into the curve as the loaded coal bucket is about to knock the NE Boyce Signal on the CSX Western & Atlantic Sub.

Sunset Oakley Switching. LTEX leaser switches at the Oakley/Norwood town line. Lots of recent real estate development has shrouded the yard over the past few years.

When It Was Red. On the early morning of August 15, 2020, very recently repainted Reading and Northern Railroad 5018 (ex-CSX 8507, née-SBD 8507 SD50, 1/1983)) was on display at the railroa... (more)

The fast freight pair shove the excursion consist through the signals at Jim Thorpe Jct.

Diesel Foliage Ramble. After an unexpected mechanical problem developed with Reading & Northern's beloved T-1 steam engine 2102 shortly after departure from Reading Outer Station in Reading... (more)

Two CSX motors and their crew get a train ready to go in Cayce, SC. The lead unit was built as Conrail SD50 6711 in 1983, to CSXT 8648. CSX derated the locomotive to 3000 horsepower, gave it a SD5... (more)

Reading and Northern Fast Freight SD50-2s 5018 and 5019 bring the third of the Rambles into Outer Station.

Downgraded to 3000 HP, a rebuilt unit is handling ballast train duties today. Interesting signal on the main seems to indicate a permanent speed restriction here.

The matched set of "Fast Freight" SD50-2s turn the excursion consist on the wye at Jim Thorpe Jct.

The Blue Leader. As Reading & Northern continues to paint its fleet in its new schemes, it makes for a snapshot in time on the railroad during this phase of transition. On Thursday, Novembe... (more)

The New Face Of NRFF. On Wednesday, May 19, 2021, the "Fast Freight" schemed SD50-2 5019 lead the Reading & Northern's North Reading Fast Freight, seen here in Dupont, Pennsylvani... (more)

The NB NRFF at East Mahanoy Jct with the special painted Fast Freight 5019 leading the way