Reading & Northern Railroad will operate a special steam excursion to Jim Thorpe from its Penobscot station in Mountain Top on Sept. 13. The trip is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Mountain Top.
It isn't much of a stretch to proclaim the 2-8-4 Berkshire-type steam locomotive as the "poster child" of the Super Power era of steam locomotives. "Berkshire," "Kanawha," "Big Emma" - regardless of ...
Freshly painted SD40-2 #1776 sits on the track at Jim Thorpe Yard next to the usual power for the Pittston excursions, GP38-2 #2023. PORT CLINTON — Newly painted SD40-2 diesel locomotive #1776 is ...