The engineer is warming up the trailing truck booster prior to departure to Jim Thorpe. The extra 11,100 lbs. of tractive force added to the engine's 68,000 lbs. comes in handy at tight spots- Ea... (more)
The last steam-powered Reading and Northern Fall Foliage Special of 2024 has emerged from the woods at Zehner's Siding and is about to parallel PA Route 443 (Clamtown Road) for a half mile or so.
The first Reading & Northern steam-powered fall foliage special of 2021, on its way from Reading, PA to Jim Thorpe, PA. The sound of the exhaust was as deafening as a jet-plane at takeoff; actual... (more)
A 2-car RDC special heading to Jim Thorpe, PA, about 25 minutes ahead of a following steam special. No. 9166 was built by Budd for the Boston & Maine in February of 1958.