The Reading & Northern Railroad's "Year of Steam" continued with their third Iron Horse Ramble of 2025, this time taking the Lehigh Division once again to Tunkhannock, PA for the town's annual "Founder's Day" celebration. As was the case last year, the mighty 4-8-4 T1 #2102 led the charge from Nesquehoning, PA to Tunkhannock and back, and I was again trackside to capture the action. Enjoy this look at the 2025 Iron Horse Ramble: To Tunkhannock for Founder's Day!

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Earlier in 2025, Reading & Northern Railroad's big 4-8-4, #2102, rambled up the Lehigh Division of the railroad for a festival in the town of Tunkhannock, up near the northern end of the railroad. On Saturday, August 23, the locomotive and train headed up that way again, this time to the town of Pittston, for their annual Tomato Festival.

Pittston is part of the route up to Tunkhannock, so this is the second trip of the year for #2102 out of Nesquehoning and up this branch of the railroad, providing another opportunity for those onboard and trackside to hear this mighty and magnificent locomotive up various grades in each direction of the trip. Similar to past trips, the train added a pair of diesel helpers (to assist in braking) for the trip downhill from the aptly-named Mountain Top to Pittston.

This is the last "Ramble" of 2025, however, there will be more opportunities to see and ride behind #2102 this fall. In the meantime, enjoy this look at "Reading & Northern's 2025 Tomato Festival Ramble: 2102 to Pittston"!

The weekend of February 18 and 19, 2023, was a pivotal time in the history of the East Broad Top Railroad. In the grand rebirth of the railroad, under new ownership, this weekend celebrated the return of steam-powered trains to the EBT. In addition to a pair of morning photo freight trains, each day had a number of passenger trains run over the line to Colgate Grove and back. This was also the first time that 2-8-2 #16 had run since 1956, it had not run during the Kovalchick tourist railroad era. The locomotive performed flawlessly during the cold weather - and everyone there was happy with how the weekend turned out. Here's a look at the steam-powered passenger trains at the 2023 East Broad Top Winter Spectacular!