Former Gulf Mobile & Northern 'Pacific' #425 starts working upgrade out of Nesquehoning with an excursion bound for Port Clinton.

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.

Former Gulf Mobile & Northern 'Pacific' #425 leads an excursion towards Jim Thorpe on a beautiful October morning. The weather is chilly at this time, as shown by the locomotive's stack.

Now drifting downgrade on the former Reading, RBMN 425 is on the final leg of her journey back to Port Clinton to close out the first weekend of Autumn Leaf Excursion trains.

Members of Reading & Northern 425's crew look on as the Blue Pacific conquers Hometown Hill, putting on a show that can't be rivaled by many locomotives running today.

Autumn is in the air as the West Hazleton "Fast Freight" drops down the mountain into Lofty, PA. Three different models of EMD locomotives are leading the sizable train down the Hazleton... (more)

Freshly rebuilt SD40-2 #3054 leads the WORK-11 southbound on the Main Line through Nesquehoning, PA. The heavy sanding (and some fresh ballast dust), evident on the underframe of the unit, shows t... (more)

Reading & Northern 425 flies over Miller's Crossing in Molino, PA, bound for Jim Thorpe on a cloudy fall day. After kicking off the Autumn Leaf Excursion season the day before, the crew is back at... (more)

The Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway's gorge train is running on a 45-minute schedule out of Jim Thorpe due to the town's popular fall festival weekends throughout October. After this train departs, th... (more)

On a beautiful fall day, the afternoon Hometown Highbridge train out of Jim Thorpe approaches its namesake landmark on the Reading & Northern Main Line. The train is running push-pull with an imma... (more)

At dusk, Engineer Chad Frederickson takes over the right hand seat and completes switching moves after a long day on the high iron.

The R&N 425 and CNJ 113 are catching the last rays of a late November sun as they storm out of Cressona Yard, returning to Minersville.

A new look for the 425, with a gold and black number plate replacing the gold and red plate. Also new this year is the gondola for hauling bikes up to Old Penn Haven, where cyclists disembark for... (more)

With two cars for Mount Carmel, a Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern turn from Port Clinton approaches the Route 54 crossing in Locustdale, Pennsylvania.

Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern U33B’s meet at Gordon, Pennsylvania. The 3301, pointed eastward, has come west from Port Clinton, and is doing some switching before proceeding to Mount Carmel.... (more)