Reading Technical & Historical Society’s newly-restored GP30 is at the south end of the Souderton Railroad Days excursion seen from the Rockhill Road overpass in Rockhill, Pennsylvania.

Reading Company Technical and Historical Society's #902, sitting back to back with the Philadelphia Chapter of the NRHS's #903 at Steamtown in 2016. No's 902 and 903 were among of the first six F... (more)

A Reading C424 hovers in the greasy, oily gunk that was the foundation of the Lehigh Valley’s Bethlehem Terminal. The Reading C424’s were among the early-production versions that had the radia... (more)

A Reading GP35 and a Penn Central GP30 run light near Steel Tower in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

A Reading Company trainman checks his waybills as his power passes through Saucon Yard in Hellertown, Pennsylvania. Soon he will be on his way west toward Reading.

Did you ever wonder who so many concrete coaling towers remain in place, straddling busy main lines long after steam has disappeared from the rails? These structures were built from yards and yard... (more)

Where once Reading Camelbacks, RDC's and RS-3's ran, an older couple walk along the former Reading Company ROW, part of the expanding Pennypack Trail. The surviving station was built in 1902 and ... (more)

Reading's Bryn Athyn Station

Built by the Reading Railroad in 1902, this station sits near the Pennypack Creek in Bryn Athyn and was part of Reading Company's Newtown Branch. It later... (more)

Towerman Joe Coulter in his ever-present fedora hands train orders to the crew of a cab hop. The GP35, GP30 combo with matching caboose in Reading's attractive yellow and green image was most like... (more)

Reading Terminal

Built in 1893 by the Reading Company, this passenger terminal and company headquarters is located in the heart of downtown Philadelphia at the corner of 12th and Market S... (more)

AMTK No. 646 leads a southbound Regional Express into the station at Aberdeen, MD.

Built in 1943 by the Pennsylvania Railroad, this utilitarian station, barely one story tall with a large over... (more)

"The Cut"

The remnants of a portion of the former Reading Company's "City Branch" in downtown Philadelphia, PA. The branch was built between 1881 and 1893 by the Philadelphia & Reading ... (more)

This is the elevated portion of the former Reading Company's "City Branch", built between 1881 and 1893, located in the heart of Philadelphia, PA. The branch was built by the Philadelphia & Readi... (more)

An old, vandalized and abandoned diner train car sits at the intersection of Broad and Noble in downtown Philadelphia.

Built in 1922, this car is former Reading Company dining car No. 1186. It... (more)

The Reading Company's Gateway to Philadelphia

Abandoned, forelorn and out of service, this is the former four track main of the once mighty Reading Railroad. It leads south into the ... (more)