Pan view of "George Hart's engine," lettered for the "Philadelphia & Reading," westbound on an excursion from Jim Thorpe to the high bridge at Hometown. Mr. Hart, the late fou... (more)
On the return trip from Jim Thorpe to Port Clinton, the fireman works the stoker (a.k.a. a coal scoop and foot pedal) to bring pressure up for the run up Hometown Hill, a long and hard climb which... (more)
Now drifting downgrade, R&N 425 has just met one of the day's Hometown High Bridge trains at Ametek, on the west side of Nesquehoning. The fall colors were ablaze in the Lehigh Valley on this day.