Reading & Northern 425 backs up to its train with its cylinders open to clear debris that has accumulated overnight to prepare for the day's excursions.
A second opportunity of mine to create a "like father, like son" photo op. This time with a scale model of the Reading and Northern Pacific Class locomotive.
Just before the sun peeks through the trees above the surrounding mountains, Reading & Northern 425 does some switching moves, blasting steam out of her cylinders