Engineer Chad Frederickson prepares Reading & Northern 425 for its one and only Fall Foliage excursion for 2022.

Reading & Northern 425 races downgrade as it nears Tamaqua.

Reading & Northern 425 climbs the final portion of the grade between Reading and Jim Thorpe at Milepost 108.

Reading & Northern 425 wyes its train at Nesquehoning Junction to face railroad-south for the return trip to Reading.

Reading & Northern 425 charges out of Nesquehoning Tunnel while taking care of vegetation control, blasting any remaining leaves off the nearby trees.

Reading 2102 steams up for its last run in October as Reading & Northern 425 is prepared as a backup.

A lantern burns hot as Reading 2102 and Reading & Northern 425 simmer in Port Clinton in the early morning hours.

Reading 2102 and Reading & Northern 425 rest in the darkness of morning.

Reading 2102 starts its air compressors as it prepares for the Iron Horse Ramble Doubleheader with Reading & Northern 425.

Reading 2102 and Reading & Northern 425 prepare for the Iron Horse Ramble Doubleheader as Reading & Northern's NRFF passes through Port Clinton.

Reading 2102 and Reading & Northern 425 slowly come up to their operating boiler pressures the day before their first doubleheader since 1988. This is also the first time the two locomotives were ... (more)

Reading 2102 and Reading & Northern 425 coast downgrade through the iconic field in Molino on a beautiful mid-summer afternoon.

Reading 2102 and Reading & Northern 425 prepare to leave Port Clinton on a beautiful August morning.

Reading 2102 and Reading & Northern 425 simmer in the early morning hours of August 13th. This day marked the first time the two locomotives ran together since 1988.

Reading & Northern 425's drivers glisten in the early morning sun in Jim Thorpe.