After picking up two cars from Universal Forest Products in Gordon, Pennsylvania, the crew of Reading & Northern’s “mountain job” returns to its train.

The Reading & Northern “mountain job” serves Universal Forest Products in Gordon, Pennsylvania. The customer’s lumber business is located on the one-time site of the Reading locomotive facil... (more)

A little over a year after the Reading & Northern acquired the former Reading main line west of Reading, the “mountain job” rolls into Gordon, Pennsylvania after serving its westernmost custom... (more)

Leaving Taylor after dropping off cars for interchange with NS.

Taking the pooch for a train ride.

OCS arrives Pittston.

Reading & Northern 425 reverses towards its consist in a cloud of steam on a beautiful September morning.

Reading & Northern 425 releases steam before reversing to prepare for the second day of Labor Day Weekend excursions for the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway.

The NB NRFF with a former NS Admiral Cab SD40-2 along with 5018 trailing, pulls upgrade through the searchlight signals at East Mahanoy Jct.

"Snoot at Penobscot"

Pushing into Taylor yard are a pair of MP15DCs and two SW8s.

Jim Thorpe is a bustling tourist town nestled within the scenic mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania. A railroad, the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway, with an accompanying steam locomotive completes... (more)

Reading & Northern 425 'wakes up' for the morning, as the locomotive hostler finishes his overnight shift, starting to stoke the fire for the day's excursions.

"Before the Storm" One of the loudest, if not, the loudest, steam locomotive in the United States, R&N 425, simmers quietly in Jim Thorpe. She builds pressure shortly before coupling up ... (more)

Reading & Northern's 4-6-2 No. 425 and its consist arrive in the historic town of Jim Thorpe, PA as part of round trip Fall foliage excursion from Port Clinton, PA and return. This overview of th... (more)