Former GTW #6325 highballs west on the former Pennsylvania Panhandle line.

Reading 2102 lives again!

Nearing the end of its journey, Reading 2102 pulls its first passenger train on the Reading and Northern railroad through an empty field in Morhsville, Pennsylvania.

I stayed overnight in a dump of a motel, got up a 4:45 AM, got soaked in the rain, drove 400 miles round trip, spent hundreds of dollars, and after waiting 27 years, was it worth it?

You bet you... (more)

With a thunderous exhaust echoing through the Lehigh Gorge, Reading & Northern 2102 triumphantly stomps southbound out of Jim Thorpe.

After all 900 or so passengers disembarked from the train, Reading & Northern 2102 leads the 19 car passenger train around the Wye at Jim Thorpe Junction.

R&N 2102 thunders across the Little Schuylkill River over the seldom photographed bridge at New Ringgold under a steady drizzle.

Reading & Northern 2102 leads the first 21st century “Iron Horse Rambles” trip through Hamburg on the approach to Port Clinton.

The 2102's stack blast during the climb up Hometown Hill was a veritable tornado, leaving a whirlwind of falling leaves in its wake.

After making a quick station stop in Port Clinton, Pennsylvania, Reading 2102 puts on a steam show as it rounds a curve on its first passenger excursion run on the Reading and Northern Railroad!

A group of excited railfans and locals line up trackside as Reading & Northern 2102 thunders through the town of Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania on its inaugural passenger run!

First passenger excursion since rebuild for 2102. Looks good in black and white in a misty rain

Reading 2102 rolls through the beautiful countryside as it pulls its first passenger excursion on the return trip to Reading!

Reading 2102 rolls past an antique pickup truck on the return trip of its first passenger excursion runs on the Reading & Northern Railroad.