After two days of overcast or rainy weather, the Reading and Northern’s former Reading 4-8-4 2102 had its day in the sun. Here it approaches Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania, where it will pause while... (more)

It Lives

The Reading and Northern put former Reading 4-8-4 2102 through its paces on a break-in run between Port Clinton and Tuckerton, Pennsylvania yesterday. I had to work in the... (more)

Strasburg Rail Road 2-10-0 90 simmers outside the engine house before being put to bed. In the other stall is Pennsylvania 4-4-0 1223.

It seems that there was a full house of riders as Strasburg Rail Road’s 44-tonner 33 delivered PRR GG1 4935 to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.

On a cloudless February day, Strasburg Rail Road’s 44-tonner 33 delivers the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania’s latest acquisition. Amtrak’s PRR-painted GG1 4935 has just arrived from Wilming... (more)

The Fox Chase Special, a short-lived SEPTA service, crosses the bridge over the Schuylkill River in West Falls, Pennsylvania. This service between Suburban Station and the Fox Chase line operated ... (more)

Late morning today brought some rain showers with some hail sprinkled in through the Lancaster area. As the showers cleared out cleared out, the sun provided some mild storm light as Strasburg 90 ... (more)

In the early light of day, a Blue Mountain & Reading Temple – Harrisburg glides over the Schuylkill River on Conrail’s Lebanon Valley Line at Reading, Pennsylvania. The long girder bridge shar... (more)

A Blue Mountain & Reading Temple – Harrisburg excursion is just under way at Belt Line Junction, Pennsylvania. For reasons that I don’t recall, the train avoided the Reading Belt line and inst... (more)

After a successful round trip to Philadelphia, Reading 4-8-4 2102 backs the Blue Mountain & Reading excursion toward home rails at Belt Line Junction, Pennsylvania. The connection between Conrailâ... (more)

With the Neversink Mountain as a backdrop, Reading 4-8-4 2102 rolls a Temple – Philadelphia excursion west at Klapperthal Junction, Pennsylvania. This track is a connector between the former Rea... (more)

Looking right at home, Reading 4-8-4 2102 leads the return leg of a Reading – Philadelphia excursion west at Colebrookdale Junction, Pennsylvania. Seen above and left of the big Northern is the ... (more)

The Reading & Northern mountain job passes the east end of the yard in St. Nicholas, Pennsylvania. It now has a low-speed, non-stop trip to Tamaqua ahead of it.

One Clean Window

By the time that the Reading & Northern took over Conrail’s former Reading main line and branches west of Reading, Pennsylvania, the yard office in St. Nicholas ... (more)

After a brief stop at the yard office, Reading & Northern’s mountain job departs St. Nicholas, Pennsylvania.