Reading & Northern 425 blasts out of Tamaqua Tunnel with the final trip of the 2021 Tamaqua Summerfest Trains.

Reading & Northern 425 crosses over the Hometown High Bridge near Hometown, Pennsylvania. The bridge stands 168 feet tall and is 1,186 feet long. The bridge makes for some great views of the valle... (more)

Reading & Northern 425 slowly crosses the Hometown High Bridge, giving passengers beautiful views of the valley below. This impressive structure spans 1,168 feet and rises 168 feet above the Littl... (more)

Reading & Northern 425 gallantly charges upgrade, completing the last leg of the Southbound climb towards Haucks. Tamaqua Summerfest 2021 offered photo opportunities unseen since 2019.

Reading & Northern 425 turns day into night, creating an extremely dramatic scene. The engineer works the throttle as the locomotive fails to hold its grip on the rails, causing the wheels to slip... (more)

On a beautiful late Spring day Reading and Northern 425 crosses the Lehigh River as it pulls the 3pm excursion train into the Lehigh Gorge.

During some of her first public outings of the year, Reading & Northern 425 crosses the Lehigh River, by means of this high-standing structure.

Summer of 2020, Side by Side. Before the first trip on August 15, 2020, Reading and Northern Railroad fans were treated to a nice impromptu photo shoot. RBMN 425 (Baldwin, 4-6-2) was gettin... (more)

Reading & Northern 4-6-2 425 has its 14 car train and SD50 helper moving right along as it storms upgrade out of picturesque Nesquehoning, PA and past the KME Fire Truck Plant on its return trip ... (more)

Reading & Northern 425 reverses towards its consist in a cloud of steam on a beautiful September morning.

Reading & Northern 425 releases steam before reversing to prepare for the second day of Labor Day Weekend excursions for the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway.

Jim Thorpe is a bustling tourist town nestled within the scenic mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania. A railroad, the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway, with an accompanying steam locomotive completes... (more)

Reading & Northern 425 'wakes up' for the morning, as the locomotive hostler finishes his overnight shift, starting to stoke the fire for the day's excursions.

"Before the Storm" One of the loudest, if not, the loudest, steam locomotive in the United States, R&N 425, simmers quietly in Jim Thorpe. She builds pressure shortly before coupling up ... (more)

Reading & Northern's 4-6-2 No. 425 and its consist arrive in the historic town of Jim Thorpe, PA as part of round trip Fall foliage excursion from Port Clinton, PA and return. This overview of th... (more)