Rambling 'Round the Bend. Just before the sun fully dips behind the mountains, Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern 4-8-4 no. 2102 is seen rounding the curve at Nesquehoning Junction as i... (more)

Fast Freight Face-Off. Two icons of the Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern, 4-8-4 no. 2102 and Fast Freight SD50 no. 5018, briefly face off as the former negotiates the wye at Pi... (more)

Uphill Charge. Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern 4-8-4 no. 2102 is seen charging under Laurel Run Road as it climbs the steep grade up to Mountain Top. Though the downhill run required... (more)

Over the River and Through the Woods. A pair of kayakers begin their float down the Lehigh River as Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern 4-8-4 no. 2102 thunders across the bridge above, o... (more)

The big former Reading T-1 pulls the 15 car train hard up the grade on the return from Pittston to Nesquehoning. It will stop at the Penobscot (Mountain Top) summit for water. A GP38/SD50 pair ass... (more)

Reading and Northern T-1 2102 has retrieved its train and pulls forward for the return trip to Nesquehoning at 3:47 pm. There had been a long layover to turn the train and service 2102 while shutt... (more)

Morning sunlight illuminates the big T-1 locomotive and a 1950 Mack fire truck from Mahanoy City before the departure of the steam excursion to Pittston, PA and return.

Reading and Northern T-1 2102 and train sit next to the railroad's Nesquehoning campus with the excursion to Pittston, PA. The big Northern and a 1950 Mack fire truck from Mahanoy City gleam in th... (more)

"Going, Going, Gone!": Reading & Northern T1 4-8-4 #2102 heads south on the final leg of a round trip between Nesquehoning and Tunkhannock, PA on June 21, 2025. This picture was taken on... (more)

"Going, Going, Gone!": Reading & Northern T1 4-8-4 #2102 heads south on the final leg of a round trip between Nesquehoning and Tunkhannock, PA on June 21, 2025. This picture was taken on... (more)

Reading & Northern #2102 heads south near Glen Onoko Falls on the evening of June 21, 2025 with a roundtrip excursion from Nesquehoning to Tunkhannock, PA. #2102 is about to cross over the Lehigh ... (more)

"Railroad Street": Reading & Northern #2102 stomps upgrade along Railroad Street in Duryea, PA on June 21, 2025. Behind #2102 are a bunch of die hard railfans riding in the open air car ... (more)

The morning sun illuminates the walls of the Lehigh Gorge as Reading & Northern #2102 hustles north on June 21, 2025 with a roundtrip excursion from Nesquehoning to Tunkhannock, PA. This location ... (more)

A most unusual sight in 2023. Vacationers traveling north on State Route 443 just outside South Tamaqua, PA are probably thinking they've just entered the Twilight Zone as they suddenly beh... (more)

Thundering through West Penn. Under blue skies and scattered clouds, the Reading & Northern's big T-1 Northern #2102 thunders north through the tiny Pennsylvania borough of West Penn, takin... (more)