Reading and Northern 4-6-2 charges into the afternoon sun with the 3pm edition of the Schuykill Haven Boro Days excursion as it passed under the former PRR bridge near Auburn, PA

"Resume Speed": Engineman Shane Frederickson looks over his locomotive outside of the Outer Station in Reading, PA in preparation for one more departure to Port Clinton. Resuming speed f... (more)

"A Team of Two": Enginemen Ryan Bausher and Shane Frederickson are working hard as a team to keep Reading & Northern #425 rolling through the Dutch countryside of Berks county, Pennsylva... (more)

The 425 leads a fall foliage excursion to Jim Thorpe.

Reading & Northern No. 425 thunders through Tamaqua, PA on the former Reading Company right of way, passing the restored station while en route to Jim Thorpe.

Reading & Northern's 4-6-2 Pacific blasts out of the short tunnel at Nesquehoning just west of Jim Thorpe, PA while en route to Port Clinton. Though not readily apparent in this image, this tunne... (more)

One of the few places in the USA where you can see a steam locomotive pulling period coaches at realistic mainline speeds. The 425 is wide-open here, along Lowland Road, with the first of today's... (more)

The pacing videographer ought to have gotten himself some good footage here along Lowland Road, as the 425's engineer eases off the throttle on the last train of the day.

Steam outlines the supports of the turntable outside of the steam shops in Port Clinton, PA as R&N #425 returns to the high iron for another day hauling passengers through anthracite coal country.... (more)

A sprinkling of fall color on a nice afternoon can be seen in the former CNJ yard at Jim Thorpe, PA as R&N #425 heads back to the station to couple up to her train for the return trip back to Port... (more)

The switch lamps at the R&N headquarters in Port Clinton, PA help turn back the clock on this former Reading Railroad part of the R&N line. Here, former Gulf Mobile & Ohio pacific #425 has stopped... (more)

The headlight of R&N #425 emits the only illumination outside of the R&N's steam shops on a very, very early morning in Port Clinton, PA.

Reading and Northern 425 storms through Glen Onoko in the Lehigh Gorge with a photographers special in February 2016. A line of snow squalls kept photographers cold, and busy capturing rare shots ... (more)

With fall pretty much over, and colder temps settling in, I decided to throw back to February 2016 where we see Reading Northern 4-6-2 425 storming across the Hometown High Bridge on the ex CNJ Ne... (more)

All hands on deck! R&N #425's crew is busy getting the former GM&O pacific ready for the afternoon run back to Port Clinton and the Outer Station in Reading, PA.