The North Reading Fast Freight emerges from the North end of the 926 foot long Tamaqua Tunnel. Built in 1854 by the Philadelphia and Reading RR for the primary purpose of moving Anthracite Coal.

Reading 2102 thunders up the grade through the gold and orange trees at Barnesville.

Reading 2102 roars through East Mahanoy Junction as it works its train up the steep grade to Haucks.

On the return leg of a Tamaqua to Hometown High Bridge excursion, run in conjunction with the 30th Annual Tamaqua Summerfest, RBMN 2011, one of eight GP38-2s rostered by Reading & No... (more)

Rain pours outside of Barnesville, PA on December 3, 2022 as Reading & Northern #425 makes haste for the Hometown High Bridge hauling the R&N's Santa Claus Special out of Tamaqua.

Reading & Northern 4-6-2 #425 thunders up the grade to the Hometown High Bridge on December 3, 2022 as she approaches Barnesville, PA on the former Reading Railroad mainline hauling the R&N's annu... (more)

2102's steam trail on a crisp Autumn blue backdrop scene.

Reading 2102 storms up the grade at Milepost 102 with the first Fall Foliage Excursion for 2022.

With a cacophony of stack talk, Reading T1 4-8-4 #2102 crests the grade and splits the signals at CP Haucks heading north to Jim Thorpe, PA on 9/3/22.

Local landowners look on with great intent since word has reached their ears that a steam locomotive has returned to the former Reading mainline. Working hard on the last two tenths of a mile to c... (more)

RBMN 3051 leading a long NRFF on the steepest portion of the grade on former RDG trackage in Barnesville. I took a different approach to photographing this location by having the locomotive as an ... (more)

Having crested the grade heading North to Jim Thorpe, OSJT (Outer Station-Jim Thorpe) passes the photo line at CP Haucks on August 13, 2022.

A Gilberton to North Reading coal drag approaches East Mahanoy Jct. on the M&S Branch, passing some MOW equipment.

A GP38-2 leans into the curve on the approach to Carbon on the point of the RBMN's OCS.

Reading & Northern's 2102 passes the signals at Haucks on their southbound trip back to Reading. The installation here is fairly new, but the RBMN has done a nice job keeping the infrastructure si... (more)