...This trip which departed from Port Clinton, Pennsylvania on the morning of October 20 was heading to Jim Thorpe on this "Fall Foliage Excursion". It would be the last of three October excursion trips the Reading & Northern scheduled for the passengers to admire autumn's colors. Unfortunately Friday night's rainstorm left some lingering cloud cover dulling the hues and making for a rather dreary start to the trip. Reading & Northern's motive power consisted of two SD40-2s. 3057 (ex-UP 3066; nee CNW 6901) and 3058 (ex-UP 3426) were in charge of a consist that had nine coaches, a dome car with "Black Diamond" bringing up the rear markers. The first image was taken as the excursion was approaching New Ringgold. The second and third images were taken near Zehners.
