Monday, October 27, 2008

Happy 25th Birthday Reading & Northern

Received the following via email from Kermit Geary, Jr. on Saturday, 9-20-08. Photos, captions, and text are his.

Today the Reading & Northern celebrated its 25th Anniversary. Founded in 1983, the railroad grew from a small shortline running from Hamburg, PA to Temple, PA. Today it is a major player with over 300 route miles of trackage covering most of Eastern Pennsylvania. Serving the Anthracite Region over former Reading RR trackage...and Wyoming Valley over former Lehigh Valley rails, Andy Mueller has built an empire that most people thought could never be achieved. Today the Railroad celebrated its 25th birthday with a party for guests, employees, and friends of the railroad. Happy Birthday, Reading & Northern, and here is to at least a hundred more!

a sight to behold The R&N 2102 & 425 side by side

R&N 425 leaves Port Clinton, PA on 25th Anniversary trip



R&N 425 crosses Millers Road in Molino, PA



R&N 425 teams up with R&N 2102 at Port Clinton, PA