Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Since 2014, the Rotary Club of Mountain Top sponsored steam trips using Reading & Northern 425 to pull an excursion from Mountain Top, Pennsylvania to Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania and return. These excursions were one of the few times steam would run over a large portion of the Lehigh Line traveling through the scenic Lehigh Gorge.
After a three-year hiatus, the excursions once again continued in 2022 after not operating since 2019. The excursion also marked Reading & Northern 425's return to service after a long winter and spring of maintenance. After a spring and summer filled with multiple excursions utilizing recently-restored Reading 2102, it was a welcome return seeing the mighty, blue Pacific storming up and down the Pocono Mountains.
On this day, 425 pulled a 10-car excursion consist with former Delaware Lackawanna & Western and Reading Company coaches. The locomotive also sported a beautiful Southern Pacific 6 Chime which sounded excellent echoing in the mountains. So sit back, relax, and enjoy mountain railroading with Reading & Northern's iconic Pacific on The Mountain Top Limited.
This video was filmed on Saturday, July 9, 2022.
Filmed & Edited by Mark Turkovich
This film may not be reproduced or redistributed in any manner.
©MPT Productions 2022
Since 2014, the Rotary Club of Mountain Top sponsored steam trips using Reading & Northern 425 to pull an excursion from Mountain Top, Pennsylvania to Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania and return. These excursions were one of the few times steam would run over a large portion of the Lehigh Line traveling through the scenic Lehigh Gorge.
After a three-year hiatus, the excursions once again continued in 2022 after not operating since 2019. The excursion also marked Reading & Northern 425's return to service after a long winter and spring of maintenance. After a spring and summer filled with multiple excursions utilizing recently-restored Reading 2102, it was a welcome return seeing the mighty, blue Pacific storming up and down the Pocono Mountains.
On this day, 425 pulled a 10-car excursion consist with former Delaware Lackawanna & Western and Reading Company coaches. The locomotive also sported a beautiful Southern Pacific 6 Chime which sounded excellent echoing in the mountains. So sit back, relax, and enjoy mountain railroading with Reading & Northern's iconic Pacific on The Mountain Top Limited.
This video was filmed on Saturday, July 9, 2022.
Filmed & Edited by Mark Turkovich
This film may not be reproduced or redistributed in any manner.
©MPT Productions 2022
