PC, Penn Central U33B 2906- U25B 2567- 2536, with train VN-4, at Selkirk, New York. July 15, 1977. Jack D kuiphoff © photo

CR 2917. LV 502, RDG 3647, Croxton terminal. Secaucus, New Jersey.January 12, 1977. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

CR, Conrail U33B 2949 B23-7 1978 GP35 2565 with eastbound IHCR-1, on the ex-Erie at Ridgewood Junction Glen Rock, New Jersey April 12, 1978. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

EL RENO OK Feb 2 1980 — A fellow railfan who was also a Rock Island employee got us into the El Reno shops for a night photography session. We had verbal permission from the division superintend... (more)

The Reading & Northern mountain job passes the east end of the yard in St. Nicholas, Pennsylvania. It now has a low-speed, non-stop trip to Tamaqua ahead of it.

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By the time that the Reading & Northern took over Conrail’s former Reading main line and branches west of Reading, Pennsylvania, the yard office in St. Nicholas ... (more)

After a brief stop at the yard office, Reading & Northern’s mountain job departs St. Nicholas, Pennsylvania.

Reading & Northern’s mountain job pauses next to the yard office in St. Nicholas, Pennsylvania.

Reading & Northern’s mountain job rolls into St. Nicholas, Pennsylvania. After a brief stop at the yard office for some administrative work, it will continue east toward Tamaqua.

Reading & Northern’s mountain job approaches St. Nicholas at Gilberton, Pennsylvania.

A Penn Central U33B and a pair of Conrail GP30’s wait for their next assignment at the former Reading Company Saucon Creek engine house in Hellertown, Pennsylvania.

I am guessing the crew members on this southbound were just fine having ten-year-old 1735 in the lead on a hazy November morning 40 years ago. That BQ23-7 might have been brand-new, but dislike o... (more)

After picking up some cars from Universal Forest Products, Reading & Northern’s “mountain job” makes a departure from Gordon, Pennsylvania. I’m not sure of the circumstances leading to lea... (more)

One-half of the Reading & Northern’s road power is on the siding for Universal Forest Products in Gordon, Pennsylvania.