The first Reading & Northern steam-powered fall foliage special of 2021, on its way from Reading, PA to Jim Thorpe, PA. The sound of the exhaust was as deafening as a jet-plane at takeoff; actual... (more)

A 2-car RDC special heading to Jim Thorpe, PA, about 25 minutes ahead of a following steam special. No. 9166 was built by Budd for the Boston & Maine in February of 1958.

A-B Fs and an SD50-2 pulling a fall foliage special through Tamaqua in October of 2020. Note the unique profile of Trinity UCC above the lead unit's cab. For comparison, see photo 778855 on this... (more)

Veteran Alco RS1 GMRC 405 powers the late afternoon trip of the Fall Foliage Train past the Bartonsville covered bridge.

GMRC GP9R 804 pulls up next to a railroad mural on the side of a Lisai's Country Market in Chester, VT

Fall foliage excursion arrives in Lahaska with evidence of recent track work along the right-of-way.

With its characteristic emulation of the sound of a Boeing 737 at takeoff, the 425 nears the top of the grade out of Tamaqua, hammering the 140-pound jointed rails of the old Reading Railroad.

Afternoon run to Lahaska crawls over a section of recently laid rail just east of the Reeder Road crossing.

Not much color for the passengers to enjoy on this New Hope-Lahaska fall foliage train due to the warm and dry autumn in the Northeast.

Friends of the 261 put on two photo runbys at Hamburg on a picture perfect Sunday morning with the MILW 261 pulling 14 vintage cars on this Fall Foliage Special. Hamburg dates back to 1881 when t... (more)

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.

The shuttered Seneca canning plant in Arlington surrounds the MILW 261 Fall Foliage Special as it travels on this sunny fall day.

The MILW 261 Fall Foliage Special rolls thru rich farmland between Norwood and Bongards.

The 2016 Fall Foliage Special nears its destination of Winthrop. With no wye at Winthrop, a TC&W RR diesel will couple onto the rear end to pull it back east to the Twin Cities.

Milwaukee 261 on the 2016 Fall Foliage Special rolls thru the small hamlet of Gaylord on this ex-M&St.L line.