Nickel Plate 765 leads one of the excursions that was part of the ill-fated 1988 NRHS convention through East Penn Junction, Pennsylvania. This trip went from Bound Brook, New Jersey through Philadelphia to Reading and the Blue Mountain & Reading, returning through Allentown. If I recall correctly, this was another late running trip, passing through the Allentown area in the evening hours. I was surprised when I processed this photo that some tracks from the Reading’s East Penn Junction yard were still in place.
The Van Swearingen Brothers standarized freight power for their railroads with nearly identical 2-8-4 Berkshires. Two of these engines are still in excursion service.