WORK-30 breaks the early morning silence in Tamaqua with an SD40-2 leading 8 loaded ballast hoppers.

A work extra prepares to begin a day of dumping ballast out of Tamaqua.

Reading & Northern 425 passes through the private crossing at Carbon Road, Just outside of Tamaqua.

Reading & Northern 425 rushes out of Tamaqua Tunnel, with deafening stack talk becoming even louder upon the high-stepping pacific's exit.

Reading & Northern 425 blasts out of Tamaqua Tunnel up the steep grade. 425 puts on an impressive show with a nice smoke plume and its bell ringing as it carries passengers for the final trip of t... (more)

Reading & Northern 425 storms out of Tamaqua Tunnel. Engineer Shane Frederickson yanks the throttle, just as the locomotive exits the tunnel, creating a deafening sound.

Reading Blue Mountain & Northern 425 Makes its way through the canopy of trees after Blasting through Tamaqua Tunnell

Reading & Northern 425 blasts out of Tamaqua Tunnel with the final trip of the 2021 Tamaqua Summerfest Trains.

The Memorial Day edition of NRFF blasts out of Tamaqua Tunnel with 22 cars for Pittston. The flags were a nice touch!

Making its first revenue trip in a new and unique paint scheme, former Seaboard System 8550 leads the R&N's North Reading Fast Freight up the mountain between Tamaqua and Haucks, seen splitting th... (more)

Engineer Jeff Knadler gives a wave as he shoves an 84 car QANR coal train off the Greenwood Runner, before taking it to North Reading for interchange with NS.

Springtime Springs In Tamaqua. As Reading & Northern Railroad's NRFF (North Reading Fast Freight - Reading , PA to Pittston, PA) passes the Tamaqua Station Restaurant housed the former Read... (more)

Two miles up the mountain between Tamaqua and Haucks, NRFF is already well below track speed as gravity fights the 12,000 horsepower that the railroad has thrown at this 7100-ton train.

After the first winter storm of the season dumped several inches of show across Pennsylvania, the Delano Job's two SD38s thaw in the morning sunshine at MY.

One of five Atlas Powder Company 8 tonners is on display in Tamaqua. This narrow gauge critter ran on 36" gauge track