Port Clinton to Jim Thorpe Fall Foliage Excursion: Reading and Northern 425 working upgrade just west of Nesquehoning at Industrial Road on their return trip to Port Clinton.
Reading & Northern steam engine 425 leads a pair of SD50s as the engines power a Fall Foliage special making its way back to Port Clinton on ex-CNJ trackage.
The last time RBMN's 425 was running was a set of fall foliage excursions in October, 2010. With the assistance of an SD50, the 425 cruises through a curve outside Nesquehoning on its way to Jim T... (more)
Reading & Northern SD38 #2000 leads a short local from Jim Thorpe back to Tamaqua as it passes through the short tunnel just east of Nesquehoning on the former CNJ Nesquehoning Valley Branch. This... (more)
Reading & Northern SD38 #2000 sports its fresh paint job as it leads a Jim Thorpe to Hometown (High Bridge) fall foliage excursion through Nesquehoning, PA on the former Central of New Jersey Nesq... (more)
Freshly painted Reading & Northern SD38 #2003 leads a Jim Thorpe - High Bridge fall foliage excursion through downtown Nesquehoning, PA. The train is passing by the world headquarters of the KME K... (more)
In addition to its normal route, during the month of October the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway runs two round trips each Saturday and Sunday from Jim Thorpe to the Hometown High Bridge along the for... (more)
RN 5014 tourist traincomes through Nesquehoning on the return trip to Jim Thorpe photo taken by my son,Eric Goodrich,that is now 14 years old
The autumn season is great for railfanning, and one place that should be on everyone's bucket list is the R&N trips out of Port Clinton to Jim Thorpe and return. Great steam action is always provi... (more)
A call for blue on an otherwise overcast afternoon. RBMN #425 heads for home passing under the unique Route 93 overpass as a finale to the NRHS's Endless Mountain Rails convention in Scranton.
Reading & Northern #425 rustles up some fallen leaves in Eastern Pennsylvania in a colorful Autumn scene.
R&N #425 adds a splash of blue (and sand) to the Fall foliage of Eastern PA. Note the engineer leaning out the cab in a classic pose.
The famous "Blue Thunder" roars through Nesquehoning.
425 struggles with 3 cars up the grade leaving Jim Thorpe due to the sanders not working. They would stop shortly after this photo was taken and eventually got the left sander to work.