The Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway's gorge train is running on a 45-minute schedule out of Jim Thorpe due to the town's popular fall festival weekends throughout October. After this train departs, th... (more)

A new look for the 425, with a gold and black number plate replacing the gold and red plate. Also new this year is the gondola for hauling bikes up to Old Penn Haven, where cyclists disembark for... (more)

Wilkes-Barre by Nightfall!

A late evening train from Allentown, PA arrives at Jim Thorpe, PA, taking pause before continuing on through to Wilkes-Barre, PA.

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All Aboard!

Having received clearance for departure, the engineer throttles No. 425 and pulls out of the station at Jim Thorpe early one cool February morning, bound for Port Clint... (more)

Highball in 3D!

Reading & Northern's blue Pacific charges north in a downpour through the Lehigh Gorge in a pan taken at 1/20th of a second

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Reading Blue Mountain & Northern. The crew of a Reading Blue Mountain & Northern passenger train discusses the challenges of their upcoming run north, as they wait for their passengers to b... (more)

Switching at Jim Thorpe Station. After dropping her passenger consist just south of Jim Thorpe Station, the Reading & Northern 425 begins a set of switching moves that will reverse her trai... (more)

Reading & Northern #425 leads a train west through the Lehigh Gorge passing the signals at Independence. The right of way here splits off from the parallel Lehigh Valley right of way to cross over... (more)

On the Table at Jim Thorpe. With the snow intensity starting to really pick up, the Reading & Northern 425 is turned on the Jim Thorpe Turntable. This structure is not motorized and is ess... (more)

Highball!

Though the transition from steam to diesel continues, the Port Clinton to Mauch Chunk commuter trains are still often found with one of the railroad's 3 remaining steam l... (more)

R&N #425 makes an extended stop at the station in Jim Thorpe giving time for the crew to catch up on the day's activities. Just earlier, the scene was full of activity until the change from snow ... (more)

A Reading & Northern passenger train thunders through the Lehigh Gorge, southbound over an s-curve on the former Lehigh Valley ROW. The track to the left is owned by NS, while the track #425 is o... (more)

While out for a snowy evening stroll, a local family comes across Reading & Northern #425 simmering at the Jim Thorpe station. The young boy is captivated by the immense size of the locomotive, as... (more)

The snow is falling and the peaceful sound of the Lehigh River is replaced by the deafening roar of the Reading & Norther 425 speeding along to Jim Thorpe. A Lerro Productions / Lerro Photography ... (more)

One of the scenic highlights of the eastern United States is the Lehigh River Gorge north of Jim Thorpe PA. Here, steep hills (for the east at least) were cleaved by the Lehigh River. In the 1800'... (more)