It's 9:00 am and Reading & Northern #2102 heads north with 18 coaches in tow for Jim Thorpe, PA on 9/3/22 with its fourth Iron Horse Ramble.

Reading 2102 approaches Cross Keys Road, the first crossing on its 60-mile trip to Jim Thorpe.

Reading 2102 reverses into Jim Thorpe with its train now facing towards Reading for the return trip.

Reading 2102 coasts through the small town of Molino as it nears the end of its first leg on the return trip to Reading Outer Station.

Reading & Northern 2102 puts on quite the smoke show as it thunders uphill at Nesquehoning.

Having crested the grade heading North to Jim Thorpe, OSJT (Outer Station-Jim Thorpe) passes the photo line at CP Haucks on August 13, 2022.

The 2102 thunders upgrade through nesquehoning on the return trip to Reading.

The 2102 approaches the Church Road crossing in Hometown.

Reading and Northern Fast Freight SD50-2s 5018 and 5019 bring the third of the Rambles into Outer Station.

Reading 2102 and Reading & Northern 425 coast downgrade through the iconic field in Molino on a beautiful mid-summer afternoon.

Reading & Northerns third "Iron Horse Ramble" coasts into Jim Thorpe behind a pair of Pennsylvania's finest steam locomotives.

The Reading & Northern's two very different yet equally beloved steam locomotives team up on an excursion to Jim Thorpe bringing a traffic jam in their wake.

Reading & Northern 425 eases out of Jim Thorpe with its consist for the following day's excursion.

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