Crew members Chuck Trusdell and Shane Frederickson watch as Reading 2102's air compressors warm up.

Reading 2102 rests in Reading on a cloudless September morning prior to its departure from Reading Outer Station.

Reading 2102 flies down the grade through Hamburg with the final Iron Horse Ramble of 2023.

The first day of a test runs is done for the 611 and she’s heading back into the siding at Goshen.

The 611 passes east just past Swoope, VA.

The 611 heads east through Swoope, VA on the Buckingham Branch.

The 611 makes her way out onto the Buckingham Branch main in Goshen with some fall colors beginning to show.

611 makes her first run out of Goshen, VA as it heads east toward Staunton on the Buckingham Branch.

Reading 2102 steams along the steam shop spur on a clear September morning.

Reading 2102 pulls off of the Port Clinton Turntable as it steams out of the Reading & Northern Steam Shop on a cool September morning.

AT&SF train number 3, the California Limited, is arriving Los Angeles California with smog present in the atmosphere, on August 1st 1940. Stare at that bell long enough and you can almost hear it ... (more)

A rainy day look back through time... Norfolk & Western J-Class No. 611 leads a Norfolk Southern 21st Century Steam excursion upgrade near Shawsville, Va., headed to Christiansburg in May 2... (more)

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway 4-8-4 3751, constructed by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Eddystone PA in May 1927 and was the Santa Fe's first 4-8-4 … and also the first 4-8-4 built by Bald... (more)

Reading 2102 briefly pauses on the Reading & Northern mainline to allow Reading & Northern 802 to return to the steam shop.

Reading 2102 storms up the steep grade of Hometown Hill on a sunny September afternoon.