A most unusual sight in 2023. Vacationers traveling north on State Route 443 just outside South Tamaqua, PA are probably thinking they've just entered the Twilight Zone as they suddenly beh... (more)

Thundering through West Penn. Under blue skies and scattered clouds, the Reading & Northern's big T-1 Northern #2102 thunders north through the tiny Pennsylvania borough of West Penn, takin... (more)

The Nesquehoning turn. After backing upgrade out of Jim Thorpe, PA to the west switch on the wye at Nesquehoning, the Reading & Northern's empty Fall Colors Special consist rolls through th... (more)

Storming out of Port Clinton. After a short station stop to load local passengers, the Reading & Northern's big T-1 #2102 puts on an impressive show for the assembled spectators as she acce... (more)

Reading & Northern 2102 is backing past the old Central Railroad of New Jersey station to wye its train at Jim Thorpe Junction.

Reading and Northern 2102 steams through Tamaqua with 15 cars on the return trip from Jim Thorpe to Reading.

Reading and Northern T-1 4-8-4 2102 pulls out onto the new Bridge at Jim Thorpe to turn their train for the return trip to Reading. This is the first of the extremely popular Iron Horse Rambles fo... (more)

Reading and Northern T-1 4-8-4 2102 is crossing the trestle at Hometown, PA on the return trip from Jim Thorpe to Reading. This is the first of the extremely popular Iron Horse Rambles for 2024.

RBMN #2102 cruises across the famous Hometown trestle in peak Fall color bound for Jim Thorpe.

RBMN #2102 cruises through downtown Nesquehoning, PA on the return trip to North Reading.

Diesel Foliage Ramble. After an unexpected mechanical problem developed with Reading & Northern's beloved T-1 steam engine 2102 shortly after departure from Reading Outer Station in Reading... (more)

The 2102, starting to back down from its static display area for a photo runby past the ex-CNJ Jim Thorpe station

The 2102's stack blast during the climb up Hometown Hill was a veritable tornado, leaving a whirlwind of falling leaves in its wake.

Reading T-1 No. 2124 performing a runby at Port Clinton 60 years ago, in a scene scanned from an Ektachrome slide from the collection of the late Mr. Hen Westenberger. Looks like the switch is li... (more)

From 1959 to 1964, the Reading operated a series of excursions with their T1 steam locomotives called Iron Horse Rambles. This is one of my father's photos of one of these trains running along th... (more)