"Now arriving on Track 1": CNJ #113 pulled into Minersville station in Minersville, PA on November 30, 2019 hauling passengers for the R&N's Santa Claus specials...
"Steam Dreams": CNJ #113 backed out of her home in Minersville, Pennsylvania on November 30, 2019 as she prepped for another year of hauling the Reading & Northern's Santa Claus Specials... (more)
An anthracite Christmas in Minersville, Pennsylvania...
"Figures in the Fog": CNJ #113 warmed up her cylinders on the morning of November 30, 2019 outside of Minersville station in Minersville, Pennsylvania.
"Every last drop counts...": CNJ #113 Volunteer Christopher Hohman oiled various lubrication points on the running gear of the anthracite burning 0-6-0 outside of Minersville, Pennsylvan... (more)
Jake Pothering walked the tight rope to check a few odds and ends on CNJ #113 prior to a day of Santa Claus Specials on November 30, 2019.
The 113 is pounding up the grade on the Reading and Northern's new continuous welded rail, returning to Minersville with the 10:30 train.
CNJ #113 posing for photos before pulling its first "Santa Train" excursion of the day.
CNJ #113 nearing Minersville during its annual "Santa Train" excursions.
The CNJ 113 storming through Schuylkill Haven, making its way back to Minersville.
Pan view of the CNJ 113 backing toward Cressona on the Reading and Northern's new continuous welded rail.
Coal railroad, coal country, coal locomotive. CNJ No. 113 on Santa Train duty. She is chunky and all guts.
Central Railroad of New Jersey 113 leads the first Santa train of the year into the well-decorated Minersville station on a dreary December day.
Laboring here in a relentless drizzle is about the biggest 0-6-0 that anyone could ever build, dwarfing the pacing pickup truck along Railroad Street.
The impressive CNJ 0-6-0 No. 113, panned crossing Beckville Road. The "6S46" on the side of the cab signifies its railroad classification- "6-wheeled Switcher, 46,000 pounds tracti... (more)