After enjoying the festivities at Railfest, the prepping for the Night Shoot begins. Kudos to the actors who were fantastic props.

The Reading Co. Technical & Historical Society's C630 and GP30 are posed for the cameras of the attendees of the Blue Mountain & Reading's 1991 railfan weekend. It's interesting to note the heigh... (more)

Having had a recent cosmetic restoration, Reading U30C #6300 glows in the afternoon sunshine at the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum in Hamburg, PA.

Reading 284 brings up the rear of a locomotive move, passing the Swatara, PA, Reading RR depot. The units were returning to their homes after the "Streamliners" event at the North Caroli... (more)

Reading Lines Alco C-630 no.5306(3000hp). Date Built 6/66-10/67 Numbered 5300-5311.

Reading Lines EMD GP35 no.6502, and Alco C424 No.5210

Reading Lines RR EMD SW1500's numbered 2750-2770. (2761-2770 with Flexicoil trucks). The first batch 2750-2760 with AAR switcher trucks.

Three big Alco C630s are crossing the Schuylkill River at West Falls with what appears to be a Port Reading coal train on a typical late winter day. The 5303 East is beginning the 0.8% climb to Ni... (more)

A Reading Lines family portrait at Hamburg, PA - fro L to R we find EMD GP7 #621, ALCO C630 #5308 and GE U30C #6300 waiting on an incoming thunderstorm on a warm August evening in Northeast Pennsy... (more)

Mother Nature provides her own lighting in the forms of some lightning over Berks County, Pennsylvania as Reading Lines ALCO C630 #5308 belches out some classic ALCO carbon during the Reading Rail... (more)

In late 1963 Reading Lines purchased ten new Alco 2400hp C424 locomotives numbered 5201-5210.

The EMD SD45 the most powerful single unit diesel owned by the Reading, developed 3,600 horsepower from its twenty cylinders. The Reading acquired its five SD45's in 1967. Reading's SD45's were g... (more)

Classic Alco and EMD power, with the 5308 making like a steam engine during the 1991 Reading and Northern Railfan Weekend. No. 5308 was built by Alco in September of 1967 as Reading Class RSA-14;... (more)

The Philadelphia to Jersey City, N.J. train 600 the "Crusader" at West Trenton, New Jersey July 1961. In the lead EMD FP7 No. 905 with No.902. Photo taken from my slide collection, photographer... (more)

A big Reading Alco Century 630 smokes it up while leaving Port Clinton for Cressona Yard during the 1991 Reading and Northern Railfan Weekend. No. 5308 was built by Alco in September of 1967 as R... (more)