Arrival of the "last steam run" by CNJ camelback #774 at Jim Thorpe, NJ, station. The loco was scrapped a year later in 1956. Baldwin, 1913, Anthony H. Perles photo

From the Route 903 bridge

LV 641 @ Jim Thorpe PA (Ex-Monon 408 Became CR 6737)

487 waitin for morning at Mauch Chunk.

Here's another survivor of the steam era. Built by the Montreal Locomotive Works in September of 1912, it was sold to George M Hart and ended working for Rail Tours Inc in January of 1966 after nearly 54 years of service to CP. Unfortunately, I believe this loco ended up on the Strasburg RR and sits in dire need of restoration. Specs - serial #51106, class D10J, 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 21x28" cylinders, engine weight of 177,000 lb, tractive effort of 33,320 lb. . Paul Kuehner caught the loco while it was in Jim Thorpe, PA.

Here is another photo taken by Paul Kuehner of the former Canadian Pacific 4-6-0 ten wheeler #972 as it sits in a yard in Jim Thorpe, PA. Orignally built by the Montreal Locomtoive Works in September of 1912, it survived first as part of the Rail Tours Inc group and now resides on the Strasburg RR in dire need of restoration.

Al Chione set

Pennsylvania Power & Light Company's 4093 Porter fireless cooker is on display back in the 20th Century, decades before taking on a new image featuring the electric company's old mascot, Reddy Kilowatt.

A short steam train ride was available from the passenger station in Jim Thorpe to the arda of the old CNJ turntable.

George Harts ex-Canadian Pacific is being readied for another day of service.

Stewartstown 10 was the operating motive power this day.

Privately owned cabooses stored in the yard at Jim Thorpe.

Beautiful iconic winter action shot of a Delaware & Hudson Alco heading up a string of freight cars in the mountains near Jim Thorpe, PA. Rail fan Frank Spieles snapped this action shot.

Builder's plate on RS3

CP #1098 has subsequently been moved to Port Clinton, PA, where it has a better chance of being eventually restored to operation.

Fairly nice color slide by an unknown photographer of the Erie Lackawanna caboose, C191. Although not labeled, this appears to be in the small yard at Jim Thorpe, PA which held several "cabeese" during the 1970-90's. Eventually this caboose survived being scrapped and has ended up at Steamtown National RR Museum at Scranton, PA.

Randy Curlin Collection

along with peabody 1503 i believe. the date is approximate

The RS3 pulls an excursion train north out of Jim Thorpe

Hmm, I still get excited about RS3's...

Blue Mountain & Reading 4-8-4 #2102 (nee-RDG 2102) runs through the valleys near Jim Thorpe, PA, on its tourist train trip. Scott A Jenks slide. No exact day in October, 1987 was given.

Fan trip to Jim Thorpe. Photo run-by.

Photo run-by in at station

Fairly nice action shot of Reading, Blue Mountain& Northern 4-8-4 #2102 in action with a tourist train near Jim Thorpe, PA. This is a famous steam locomotive with a varied history. Originally built by Baldwin in March of 1925 as a lowly RDG 2-8-0 Consolidation #2044 (serial #58329, it was transformed by the Reading's own shops to a 4-8-4 Northern type steam locomotive in September of 1945. I was used for pulling heavy coal trains for the RDG until being retired from revenue service in 1956. Between 1962 and 1964, No. 2102 was used to haul the Iron Horse Rambles excursion trains. After the Rambles ended in 1964, No. 2102 was sold to Steam Tours of Akron, Ohio, and it spent the next several years pulling various fan trips in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest. In 1985, it was sold again to Andy Muller to operate on his Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad (RBMN) alongside 4-6-2 No. 425, until its flue time expired, on October 27, 1991. In February 2016, the locomotive began to be restored back to operating condition, and then it returned to service, in April 2022, pulling RBMN's excursions between Reading and Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. Since the summer of 2024, No. 2102 pulled excursions through the Lehigh River Gorge from Nesquehoning to Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania in June and Pittston, Pennsylvania in August. An unidentified rail fan took this color slide.

Beautiful action shot of former Reading 4-8-4 #2102 billowing smoke as it comes around a bend in the tracks with its passenger train near Jim Thorpe, PA. This is a famous steam locomotive with a varied history. Originally built by Baldwin in March of 1925 as a lowly RDG 2-8-0 Consolidation #2044 (serial #58329, it was transformed by the Reading's own shops to a 4-8-4 Northern type steam locomotive in September of 1945. I was used for pulling heavy coal trains for the RDG until being retired from revenue service in 1956. Between 1962 and 1964, No. 2102 was used to haul the Iron Horse Rambles excursion trains. After the Rambles ended in 1964, No. 2102 was sold to Steam Tours of Akron, Ohio, and it spent the next several years pulling various fan trips in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest. In 1985, it was sold again to Andy Muller to operate on his Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad (RBMN) alongside 4-6-2 No. 425, until its flue time expired, on October 27, 1991. In February 2016, the locomotive began to be restored back to operating condition, and then it returned to service, in April 2022, pulling RBMN's excursions between Reading and Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. Since the summer of 2024, No. 2102 pulled excursions through the Lehigh River Gorge from Nesquehoning to Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania in June and Pittston, Pennsylvania in August. An unidentified rail fan took this color slide.

Running northbound through the hills near Jim Thorpe, PA, is Norfolk Southern C39-8 #8662 in the lead with a long string of freight behind. The photo was taken by rail fan Frank Spieles and is now part of my rr collection.

Here is another view of tice action shot of GATX SD40-2 heading up a 4 unit lashup with a long string of freight cars running along the Lehigh River near the Jim Thorpe, PA. Originally built by EMD in March of 1975 as MP SD40-2 #3172, the loco then passed through several rosters. MP #3172 > GATX #2003 > CP #5425 > NREX #5325 > DAIR #3031. This is a Frank Spieles photo now in my collection.

Long-hood forward, with two CP units