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5/3/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Bob Krug
Dates:4/20/2024 - 4/20/2024
Album Info:A photo charter sponsored by the Lehigh Valley chapter of the NRHS. RDC's over the RBMN's portion of the former Shamokin Division of the Reading Company
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Photo run-by at the East portal of Mahanoy Tunnel
Title:  Photo run-by at the East portal of Mahanoy Tunnel
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/20/2024  Upload Date: 4/21/2024 8:30:28 AM
Location:  Buck Mountain, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RBMN 9167(RDC1) RBMN 9166(RDC3)
Views:  18   Comments: 0
Lunch pick-up at the Boyer's Market in Ashland
Title:  Lunch pick-up at the Boyer's Market in Ashland
Description:  The RDC's stopped at the site of the former passenger station in Ashland - see concrete platform to the left of the train
Photo Date:  4/20/2024  Upload Date: 4/21/2024 8:31:15 AM
Location:  Ashland, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger
Locomotives:  RBMN 9167(RDC1)
Views:  14   Comments: 0
RBMN 9168 exots Mahanoy tunnel east portal on a photo run-by
Title:  RBMN 9168 exots Mahanoy tunnel east portal on a photo run-by
Description:  Note fan housings on either side of the portal. In steam days the Reading operated fans to keep the tunnel clear.
Photo Date:  4/20/2024  Upload Date: 4/21/2024 8:32:06 AM
Location:  Buck Mountain, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Tunnel,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RBMN 9168(RDC1)
Views:  18   Comments: 0
Mahanoy Tunnel photo run-by
Title:  Mahanoy Tunnel photo run-by
Description:  At 3409 feet, the Mahanoy tunnel under Buck Mountain was the longest tunnel on the Reading Railroad, and the only one to have a ventilation system - not fan housings on either side of the portal. Interstate highway I-81 and another RBMN branch run along the top of this mountain / not visible in this photo
Photo Date:  4/20/2024  Upload Date: 4/21/2024 8:32:30 AM
Location:  Buck Mountain, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Tunnel,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RBMN 9168(RDC1) RBMN 9166(RDC3) RBMN 9167(RDC1)
Views:  17   Comments: 0
RBMN 9168 at the east portal of Mahanoy Tunnel
Title:  RBMN 9168 at the east portal of Mahanoy Tunnel
Description:  Pennsylvania State Route 54 us visible just above the entrance to the tunnel
Photo Date:  4/20/2024  Upload Date: 4/21/2024 8:33:15 AM
Location:  Buck Mountain, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Tunnel,Passenger
Locomotives:  RBMN 9168(RDC1)
Views:  21   Comments: 0
The hamlet of Buck sits at the west portal of Mahanoy Tunnel.
Title:  The hamlet of Buck sits at the west portal of Mahanoy Tunnel.
Description:  Here the RDC's posed for a stationary photo shoot at the west portal
Photo Date:  4/20/2024  Upload Date: 4/21/2024 8:35:44 AM
Location:  Buck Mountain, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Tunnel,Passenger
Locomotives:  RBMN 9167(RDC1)
Views:  12   Comments: 0
RBMN 9167 on a photo run-by at Gilberton
Title:  RBMN 9167 on a photo run-by at Gilberton
Description:  Industrial facility in the background is a culm reclamation processing facility operated by Waste Management and Processors, Inc. They separate burnable coal fines from nearby Culm Piles. The anthracite fines are used nearby at a co-gen facility, and are also shipped out to other customers via hopper cars on the RBMN
Photo Date:  4/20/2024  Upload Date: 4/21/2024 8:37:48 AM
Location:  Gilberton, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RBMN 9167(RDC1)
Views:  20   Comments: 0
RBMN 9167 in a photo run-by at Gilberton
Title:  RBMN 9167 in a photo run-by at Gilberton
Description:  WMPI culm reclamation facility, operated for Gilberton Coal looms in the background
Photo Date:  4/20/2024  Upload Date: 4/21/2024 8:38:17 AM
Location:  Gilberton, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RBMN 9167(RDC1)
Views:  9   Comments: 0
RDC's on an eastbound run-by at Gilberton
Title:  RDC's on an eastbound run-by at Gilberton
Description:  PA Route 924 overpass in the background
Photo Date:  4/20/2024  Upload Date: 4/21/2024 8:38:45 AM
Location:  Gilberton, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RBMN 9168(RDC1)
Views:  10   Comments: 0
The RDC's on an eastbound photo run-by at Gordon
Title:  The RDC's on an eastbound photo run-by at Gordon
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/20/2024  Upload Date: 4/21/2024 8:40:07 AM
Location:  Gordon, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RBMN 9168(RDC1) RBMN 9166(RDC3) RBMN 9167(RDC1)
Views:  16   Comments: 0
RBMN 9167 leads westbound photo run-by at Gordon
Title:  RBMN 9167 leads westbound photo run-by at Gordon
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/20/2024  Upload Date: 4/21/2024 8:40:45 AM
Location:  Gordon, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RBMN 9167(RDC1)
Views:  11   Comments: 0
The old stone foundation of an ex-Reading Company water tower visible to the right of the train
Title:  The old stone foundation of an ex-Reading Company water tower visible to the right of the train
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/20/2024  Upload Date: 4/21/2024 8:41:13 AM
Location:  Gordon, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RBMN 9168(RDC1)
Views:  17   Comments: 0
RBMN 9167 in Locust Gap
Title:  RBMN 9167 in Locust Gap
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/20/2024  Upload Date: 4/21/2024 8:41:57 AM
Location:  Locust Gap, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RBMN 9167(RDC1)
Views:  20   Comments: 0
RBMN 9167 pauses to let passengers hop off for a photo run-by
Title:  RBMN 9167 pauses to let passengers hop off for a photo run-by
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/20/2024  Upload Date: 4/21/2024 8:42:16 AM
Location:  Locust Gap, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RBMN 9167(RDC1)
Views:  11   Comments: 0
RBMN 9168 in an eastbound photo run-by
Title:  RBMN 9168 in an eastbound photo run-by
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/20/2024  Upload Date: 4/21/2024 8:43:11 AM
Location:  Mount Carmel Junction, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RBMN 9168(RDC1)
Views:  15   Comments: 0
Tamaqua Station ex-Reading Company passenger depot, now used as a restaurant
Title:  Tamaqua Station ex-Reading Company passenger depot, now used as a restaurant
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/20/2024  Upload Date: 4/21/2024 8:43:57 AM
Location:  Tamaqua, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  20   Comments: 0
West Portal of Mahanoy Tunnel
Title:  West Portal of Mahanoy Tunnel
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/20/2024  Upload Date: 4/21/2024 8:36:37 AM
Location:  Buck Mountain, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives: 
Views:  10   Comments: 0
RBMN 9167 posed at the west portal of Mahanoy Tunnel
Title:  RBMN 9167 posed at the west portal of Mahanoy Tunnel
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/20/2024  Upload Date: 4/21/2024 8:37:09 AM
Location:  Buck Mountain, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Scenic,Tunnel,Passenger
Locomotives:  RBMN 9167(RDC1)
Views:  8   Comments: 0


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