With the massive trusses of the Coalport Bridge looming overhead, the 1:00 Lehigh Gorge train races a pair of cyclists above the NS Lehigh Line and RBMN Lehighton Branch. In just a couple of short... (more)

Running around the train, 7236 passes the new ticket booth in the former Boyertown yard, now the railroad's loading area. I'm cautious not to use the term "station" as a larger building ... (more)

Colebrookdale's most recent addition to its locomotive roster is Norfolk Southern 5128, a GP38-2 high hood purchased at the annual locomotive auction last summer. Built in 1974 for the Southern Ra... (more)

Colebrookdale Railroad's "Snowflake Special" coasts into the platform (out of frame to left) in Pottstown's Memorial Park, the southern terminus of the line and future location of new st... (more)

Approaching the crossing of Manatawny Drive, Colebrookdale Railroad's snowflake special passes by the foundations of a stone crusher once served by the Reading, off to the right and mostly obscure... (more)

Heading east out of Stewartstown, "Mighty-Mo" crosses the busy route 852. It often takes a little while, even with flaggers, for a long enough break to be caught so that the train can cr... (more)

WK&S 7258 takes command of the only crossing in the small village of Trexler, PA, as it charges North past the dilapidated shanty located there. The classic Reading cast iron crossbuck has likely ... (more)

As he pulls the cut lever on 7236, the conductor of the Snowflake Special gives the hand signal to the engineer telling him to proceed.

Coming back into New Freedom, York 17 passes by the Pennsy N8 and N5 on the right, and the small interchange yard with the Stewartstown Railroad on the left.

A sort of Family portrait on the WK&S as 734 pulls the hourly train back in, 602 and 65 occupy the far siding, and 7258 idles just outside the shop.

7236 runs what is perhaps the longest straight section on the windy Colebrookdale Branch. The unincorporated village of Glasgow, which was once the home of a prosperous iron forge, had a station a... (more)

Heading East out of Kutztown, 206 pulls its colorful train through a snowy field just outside of town. 206 is quite the rare bird, built in 1939 by EMC as an SW, it is one of only two surviving of... (more)

Taking full advantage of the newly upgraded 40 M.P.H track speed, one of Reading and Northern's RDC trips sails Southbound for the new Outer Station from Jim Thorpe. These rails are likely no stra... (more)

As the final passengers board the train towards the end of the platform, the fireman gives 425 a full head of steam for departure, as proven by the popping safety valve. In a few minutes, the 3:00... (more)

Departing Jim Thorpe with cylinder cocks wide open, 425 surrounds itself with exhaust while giving the nearby cars a pressurized steam cleaning.