"A Monochrome Morning": Reading & Northern #425 and her crew busily prepare for another day of hauling passengers along the former Reading Railroad and Central of New Jersey right-of-way... (more)

RN 425 simmers outside the Reading and Northern steam shops before another day of excursions the following day.

Steam outlines the supports of the turntable outside of the steam shops in Port Clinton, PA as R&N #425 returns to the high iron for another day hauling passengers through anthracite coal country.... (more)

The switch lamps at the R&N headquarters in Port Clinton, PA help turn back the clock on this former Reading Railroad part of the R&N line. Here, former Gulf Mobile & Ohio pacific #425 has stopped... (more)

The headlight of R&N #425 emits the only illumination outside of the R&N's steam shops on a very, very early morning in Port Clinton, PA.

R&N #425 does its best 2-10-2 impression as she storms out of the Reading & Northern's Port Clinton Headquarter's and yards southbound for the Outer Station in Reading, Pennsylvania.

R&N #425's cylinder cocks emit steam as she eases her way onto the turntable in the early morning hours of October 13th, 2018.

R&N #425's headlight glints off the top of the rails outside of the steam shops of the Reading & Northern on a cold, rainy Fall morning.

The 2102 is northbound in the Schuylkill River Valley, passing through the gap in Blue Mountain along the old Reading Railroad mainline.

R&N #425 in all her glory is ready for another day on the RBM&N.

"Magic": In some ways more than one there's something truly magical about a steam locomotive breaking the silence of a still and quiet morning. This case was no exception as R&N #425 eas... (more)

A cold and dreary morning greets Reading & Northern 425 as she storms out of Port Clinton, working hard to get the train full of excited tourists up to speed on their way to Jim Thorpe for the day... (more)

An early morning wake up call finds me outside of the Reading & Northern steam shops in Port Clinton, PA on October 13th, 2018. R&N #425 has just woken up from her slumber and with most of her 210... (more)

One of the RBMN's diesels eases the passenger train to a stop for the real star of the day, 4-6-2 #425, to couple up while a crowd of passengers boards to take a ride to Jim Thorpe.

The Pottsville-Jim Thorpe PX has come down the old Reading main line and has reversed to pick up passengers at Port Clinton on a rainy Saturday morning. No. 9166 was built by Budd for the Boston ... (more)