READING, Pa. — In a trip featuring the first appearance by a passenger train in Tremont, Pa., in at least 30 years, the Reading & Northern hosted the National Museum of Industrial History’s Anthracite Railroad Ramble on Friday, July 29.
The trip, featuring Reading & Northern’s Budd Rail Diesel Cars, originated at the Reading Outer Station, traveled to Port Clinton, Pa., then took the Good Spring Branch to Tremont. It returned to Westwood Junction then headed north to Minersville, Pa., for a lunch stop. Finally, it returned to Port Clinton for a visit to Reading & Northern’s steam shops, and concluded at Reading Outer Station. A total of 126 passengers were on board.
It is the second such trip for the National Museum of Industrial History. An excursion last August featured rare mileage on R&N’s Mahanoy & Shamokin Branch [see “Reading & Northern special highlights rare mileage …,” Trains News Wire, Aug. 24, 2021].
