The CNJ 113 is dressed up to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the first recorded use of anthracite coal in 1768; note the red "250" diamond-shaped number plate and sign above the pil... (more)
A Strange Turn of EventsNormally, there's no freight traffic on the Minersville branch on a Saturday, but due to some extraneous circumstances (a minor derailment, I heard) near Tre... (more)
The CNJ 113 in her natural element, trundling through Cressona Yard.
Don't Let Her Size Fool You...Central of New Jersey #113's proportions and smoke show belie her wheel arrangement. Despite being an 0-6-0, she looks and sounds like much larger road... (more)
The R&N 425 and CNJ 113 are catching the last rays of a late November sun as they storm out of Cressona Yard, returning to Minersville.
The Minersville Santa Claus Special is blasting out of Cressona's yard, catching the last rays of the sun at 3:30 p.m. on a cold November afternoon.
CNJ 113 makes its way past an original Reading railroad gondola in Cressona. R&N 2532 was brining up the rear of the train.
The CNJ 113 rumbles along Railroad Street with the 1:00 p.m. Santa Claus Special from Minersville. The ground is literally shaking under the 168-ton weight (engine and tender) of this massive 0-6... (more)
The CNJ 113 has things well in hand on the return trip of the 1:00 p.m. Santa Claus Special to Minersville. The only operating anthracite burner extant was built by Alco in 1923 and worked for th... (more)
A cold December day brought great smoke and steam effects to 425.
With the safety lifted and throttle open 425 takes her 8 car long train back to Minersville.
CNJ #113, one of only two surviving CNJ steam engines, bids it's big sister CNJ Camelback #592 all t... (more)
Reading & Northern's Port Clinton-West Cressona job works at West Cressona yard building its train for the southbound trip back to Port Clinton after a morning of switching the various industries ... (more)
