The 425 bursts out of the dark valley of the Little Schuylkill, catching the last rays of the October sun as it enters downtown New Ringgold, on its way to Port Clinton.
Former Gulf Mobile & Northern 'Pacific' #425 leads an excursion towards Jim Thorpe on a beautiful October morning. The weather is chilly at this time, as shown by the locomotive's stack.
Now drifting downgrade on the former Reading, RBMN 425 is on the final leg of her journey back to Port Clinton to close out the first weekend of Autumn Leaf Excursion trains.
Members of Reading & Northern 425's crew look on as the Blue Pacific conquers Hometown Hill, putting on a show that can't be rivaled by many locomotives running today.