This is the third time we have won the award which recognized our rapid establishment of our railroad operated transload and storage warehouse in Old Forge PA. Between 1998 and late 2008, all steam operations were suspended. Reading Northern Railroad PD is a Fully Sworn Police Agency operating out of 9 Counties in NEPA. The evolution of the Reading & Northern has been a wonderful ride. SCRANTON An old diesel locomotive nicknamed "Nickel Plate 190," which last rolled on rails in Lackawanna County over four decades ago, will return to Scranton for restoration for potential The purchase occurred because the line had been in jeopardy since 1976 after Conrail formed from the seven bankrupt railroads; and allowed businesses that utilize the line to remain operational, which is still true today. St. Paul & Pacific Railway Company. After its railroad operations were merged into Conrail in 1976, the remainder of the corporation was renamed Reading International. Reading and Northern operates both freight services and steam and diesel-powered excursion passenger services, owns almost 1,300 freight cars, and employs nearly 300 dedicated employees. Energy-dense coal known as anthracite had been replacing increasingly scarce wood as fuel in businesses and homes since the 1810s, and P&R-delivered coal was one of the first alternatives to the near-monopoly held by Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company since the 1820s. Munger also gave some more solemn words regarding his future. The RBMN system expanded again with the addition of the seven-mile Towanda line near the New York state border. The Reading eventually bought a majority of the CNJ's stock in 1901. Located near the well known Grand Canyon Junction and easily accessible to Ash Fork, Williams and Flagstaff. Working with NS we were able to provide P&G with an excellent service and rate package, which ensured that inbound raw material continued to move by rail. There trains connected with the Western Maryland Railroad to continue westward. Reading & Northern operates both freight services and . This gave the Reading a route from Philadelphia to Harrisburg, for the first time competing directly with the Pennsylvania Railroad, which became its major rival. This would allow the bulk of all remaining rail shipments of Anthracite coal to be funneled through Reading. Its Philadelphia terminus was at the state-owned Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad (P&C) on the west side of the Schuylkill River from which it ran east on the P&C over the Columbia Bridge and onto the city-owned City Railroad to a depot at the southeast corner of Broad and Cherry Streets. Reading & Northern Railroad (RBMN), Pennsylvania's largest privately owned railroad, will begin operating regular weekend passenger excursion train service from the brand-new Wilkes Barre-Scranton Regional Railroad Station at Pittston, PA to Jim Thorpe, PA on Saturday, May 27, 2023. . It opened in 1864, using the Lebanon Valley Railroad from Sinking Spring east to Reading. Posted 30+ days ago. In 1859, the Reading leased the Chester Valley Railroad, providing a branch from Bridgeport west to Downingtown. The P&R was constructed initially to haul anthracite coal from mines in northeastern Pennsylvania's Coal Region to Philadelphia. Lionel O gauge # 18639 Reading 4-6-2 Steam Locomotive USED in original box. 425 was present at the grand opening of Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton. This facility was set up and running in record time to meet our customer's stringent requirements. In addition, RBMN operates the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway, a heritage railway based in Jim Thorpe. We aim to give our customers the best possible service we can and that means doing what we say we'll do, and we want to do it in a way that doesn't get anyone hurt. Passenger service between Fox Chase and Newtown was terminated on January 14, 1983, under the auspices of SEPTA. - Take a ride on the Reading", "Reading Outer Station, Port Clinton to Jim Thorpe RDC Train Schedule", Pittsburgh, Allegheny & McKees Rocks Railroad, List of United States railroads by political division, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reading_Blue_Mountain_and_Northern_Railroad&oldid=1134680203, Tourist attractions in Berks County, Pennsylvania, Tourist attractions in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Transportation in Berks County, Pennsylvania, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, The line runs from Reading to Packerton along former, Lehigh Valley Rail Management: Bethlehem Division, This page was last edited on 20 January 2023, at 00:05. 8 hour shift. [3] Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, the RBMN acquired more lines in northeastern Pennsylvania, primarily of Reading Railroad, Central Railroad of New Jersey, and Lehigh Valley Railroad heritage. In the process, we want to control costs (control, not necessarily cut) because we hope to make a buck at this, and we hope to have a little fun. [23] Reading ordered 150 electric multiple units from Bethlehem Steel which were supplemented by twenty unpowered coach trailers converted from existing coaches[24] and electrified services began on July 26, 1931. The owner of a 317-mile railroad has bought part of a company that manages a railroad owned by Carbon County that runs from Packerton to Hometown. Comprised of over one hundred miles of mostly ex-Lehigh Valley Railroad trackage, the Lehigh rail line stretches from the southern foot of the Pocono Mountains at Lehighton through Wilkes-Barre and Scranton and onward to Wyoming County. (RR PICTURE ARCHIVES) AMTK 2456 Willow Grove - (R. BOWEN) BMRG 100 . In December 1990, Conrail was looking to sell off over 150 miles of branch lines in the Anthracite Coal Regions. [2] The Reading participated in the joint operation of The Interstate Express with the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, with service between Philadelphia and Syracuse, New York. Muller already had an agreement for Reading Blue Mountain and Northern to use C&S; tracks. Nati Harnik / AP. Purchased a building in Ransom, PA to operate an owned warehouse marketed for the distribution of forest products and wood pulp in particular. The Reading and Northern Railroad, with corporate headquarters in Port Clinton, Pennsylvania, is a privately held railroad company servicing customers in eight counties in Eastern Pennsylvania. However, on July 12, 1878, the P&AC Railway slipped into bankruptcy; on September 20, 1883, it was jointly acquired by the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) and the Philadelphia and Reading Railway for $1 million. Price. 209 talking about this. The Reading and Northern 425 passes along the Panther Valley rail line in the Hauto Valley Estates portion of Nesquehoning during a fall excursion in 2017. In 2017, the county moved on, getting the rail line, which runs between Packerton Yards and Haucks Junction in Schuylkill County, appraised by Stone Consulting of Warren. The Santa Claus Special train operates out of Jim Thorpe between the day after Thanksgiving and the weekend before Christmas, with a visit from Santa Claus aboard the train. Mary Weston, left, and her son Guy Weston visit a historic Timbuctoo graveyard in Westampton Township, Burlington County, in early February. At Mount Carbon, it connected with the earlier Mount Carbon Railroad, continuing through Pottsville to several mines, and would eventually be extended to Williamsport.[6][7][when?] The Reading Terminal opened in Philadelphia in 1893. In 2005, regularly scheduled passenger excursions resumed with the introduction of the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway in Jim Thorpe. With a solid freight business in hand and a growing passenger operation underway, Andy Muller decided to begin the renovation of his steam engines. The Lebanon Valley Railroad was chartered in 1836 to build from Reading west to Harrisburg. No. The Reading Company was forced to file for bankruptcy protection in 1971. Under his leadership, the Reading Company was formed and the P&R was absorbed into it on November 30. It used refurbished Rail Diesel Cars built by the Budd Company in the 1950s and operated along the Pottsville Line between Pottsville and Philadelphia via Reading until SEPTA discontinued diesel service in 1981. There are several special excursions that are operated by the LGSR. We won the award by creating an innovative sand/stone backhaul move, which involved three railroads and took thousands of trucks off the highway. [clarification needed] In 1890, Reading president Archibald A. McLeod saw that more riches could be earned by expanding its rail network and becoming a trunk railroad. EMD F7PA 903 - Built by EMD in 1950. In the summer of 2002, RBMN began a critical step to enable the direct physical connection of our two Divisions without the need to run over any foreign track. [3] In 1901, the Reading gained a controlling interest in the Central Railroad of New Jersey, allowing the Reading to offer seamless, one-seat rides from Reading Terminal in Philadelphia to the Central New Jersey's Jersey City Communipaw Terminal by way of Bound Brook onto the Central New Jersey mainline. He was able to gain control of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, Central Railroad of New Jersey, and the Boston and Maine Railroad. 2102. The heavy investment in coal paid off quickly. [23], After the first World War, and the return of the Reading from government control, the Reading decided to streamline its corporate structure. For twenty years the Reading Company, the holding company created for the P&R and the P&R Coal and Iron Company, only controlled the P&R after the sale of the P&R Coal and Iron Company. At that time, he offered $1.3 million for both the rail line and the former Packerton Yards property. On Thursday, Carbon Countys railroad commission and board of commissioners approved the sale of its rail line to Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad for $4.7 million. At that time, he offered $1.3 million for both the rail line and the former Packerton Yards property. Warren Buffett has made bets on railroads before, but now he's all in. 425 engine 3/4 view. It also owns 92% of BH Energy, with $4.3 billion in earnings. As of 2023, four examples have survived, and the 2102 is in active tourist service with the Reading, Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has agreed to buy Burlington Northern Santa Fe in a deal valuing the railroad at $34 billion. Starting in 1985, the BM&R began operating passenger excursions over the line using two steam locomotives: ex-Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad 4-6-2 No. The partnership between the RBMN and Reading Company Technical and Historical Society had more or less ended by this point, but the group still leased track space in Leesport until 2008 when they moved to the Hamburg yard and opened the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum.[4]. Monday to Friday. Full-time. A total of nine steam locomotives that once served the company are still preserved. [2][3] The original Reading mainline was double track from its very beginning in 1843. MNHS Call Number: Digital Finding Aid. Reading Blue Mountain & Northern No. ", "Home Page - Reading Railroad Heritage Museum - Reading Company Technical & Historical Society", "The Use of Historical Production Data to Predict Future Coal Production Rates", https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023993/000089843002000002/dsc13e3a.txt, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/716634/000089843001503845/d425.txt, Reading Company Technical and Historical Society. Morlok, Edward K., University of Pennsylvania (2005). In addition to freight service, the Reading and Northern Railroad offers Passenger Service annually throughout its servicing counties and in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania with the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway, a subsidiary of the Reading and Northern Railroad. The Reading and Columbia Railroad was chartered in 1857 to build from Reading southwest to Columbia on the Susquehanna River. The completion of the Reading belt line in 1902, a 7.2 mile long westerly bypass of downtown Reading, alleviated the heavy rail congestion in the busy city. The cars were built by the former Budd Company of Philadelphia in the 1950's for commuter use by various railroads. LOVE, POVERTY, WAR AND Also by Christopher Hitchens BLOOD, CLASS AND EMPIRE: The Enduring Anglo-American Relationship A LONG SHORT WAR: The Postponed Liberation of Iraq WHY ORWELL MATTERS LEFT HOOKS, RIGHT CROSSES: A Decade of Political Writing (edited with Christopher Caldwell) LETTERS TO A YOUNG CONTRARIAN THE TRIAL OF HENRY KISSINGER BLAMING THE VICTIMS: Spurious Scholarship and the . No. [12][13], On May 6, 2021, railroad officials announced their purchase of the 19.5-mile (31.4km) Panther Valley line from Carbon County for $4.7 million. The presidents of the Reading Company were: Rail lines of the Reading Railroad, including the, Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road: 18331893, Philadelphia and Reading Railway: 18961923. Nothstein said, Its been a long time coming.. Greenberg, Jr., William T. "The Interstate Express", Camden-Atlantic City Line speed: (Howden,_Boys'_Book_of_Locomotives,_1907).jp, Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad, Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company, Camden, Gloucester and Mt. 425 is crossing a Stone Bridge. As our operation and business expanded, the need to upgrade facilities grew as well. To simplify corporate structure, the P&R ceased operation in 1924 and the Reading Company took over operating the railroad. In August of 1996, RBMN acquired a portion of Conrails Lehigh Division. [29], The successor company was renamed Reading International Inc. with two classes of stock: Non-Voting Class A shares (NASDAQ: RDI) and Voting Class B shares (NASDAQ: RDIB).[30]. 425 and ex-Reading Company T-1 4-8-4 No. The railroad spent $100,000 to update an outdated and lightly used Pittston Yard between Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. Website: http://www.rbmnrr.com/ " onclick="window.open (this.href);return false; Board index This allowed direct delivery of coal to industries in the Port of New York and New Jersey in northeastern New Jersey and New York City by rail and barge instead of the longer trip by ships from Port Richmond around Cape May. He thanked Muller for working with the county. The P&R became profitable almost immediately. The early Philadelphia and Reading Railroad named all of its locomotives with names such as Winona or Jefferson, as did most American railroads following in the British precedent, but in December 1871 the P&R replaced all the names with numbers. Its headquarters is in Port Clinton. The line from Elsmere Junction to Modena is being operated by East Penn Railways, Modena to Coatesville by the Brandywine Valley Railway, and a few miles at the north end by Haines & Kibblehouse. At least 57 people were killed and . At the New York end it used the Central Railroad of New Jersey's Jersey City Terminal from which passengers could board ferries to Liberty Street Ferry Terminal, Staten Island Ferry Whitehall Terminal, and West 23rd Street in lower Manhattan.[14]. On April 1, 1976, the Reading Company sold its railroad assets to the newly formed Consolidated Railroad Corporation (Conrail), leaving it with 650 real estate assets, some coal properties, and 52 abandoned rights-of-way. The commission then hired Carbon and Schuylkill Railroad in 1990 to manage the lines operations. C&S; Railroad gets new partner ** Reading & Northern is now guaranteed use of Carbon County line. . Despite an off year for the North American railroad industry with traffic down, we enjoyed a 15% growth in business fueled by our new sand terminal and increased demand for Pennsylvania anthracite following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. "We're going to fix them up for our passenger train," R&N owner and chairman Andrew M. Muller Jr. tells Trains News Wire. 319-888-7070 ahoman@iowanorthern.com Iowa Northern Railway Company is headquartered in Waterloo, Iowa including a repair and maintenance shop with yard facilities in Manly and Waterloo. It had sold 350 of the real estate tracts by the time it left bankruptcy in 1980. Bought the 19-mile rail line from Carbon County for 4.7 million dollars. Dentons > Los Angeles, United States > Firm Profile. The company also owned 38.6% of Pilot Corp. 9 Museum in Lansford, after the train stops in Jim Thorpe. Job Status*: Full Time *Schedule*: Varies. It is a Spanish multinational clothing company that is . Thanks for your interest and your support. To further complicate matters, the Reading was forced to continue paying its debts to the Penn Central Railroad, however, Penn Central (also in bankruptcy at the time) was not required to pay its debts to the Reading Company. C&S; Railroad gets new partner ** Reading &, Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). . Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Atlas 20005850 HO Northern Pacific Savings Bonds 50' SD Postwar Box Car #31309 at the best online prices at eBay! Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad. RBMN again was recognized by Railway Age as Regional Railroad of the Year for the development of port operations for the export of anthracite coal. Includes Blue Mountain & Reading, Lehigh Gorge Scenic RR and Reading & Northern listings, and cars owned by the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society that are located on line. Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad by Kevin Burkholder HISTORY The Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad, with corporate headquarters in Port Clinton, Pennsylvania is a privately held railroad company serving nine counties in Eastern Pennsylvania. Among the improvements were repairs to a trestle that leads from Carbon County to White Haven. By the early 1990s, the Reading and Northern Railroad expanded its lines into Schuylkill, Luzerne, Carbon, and Columbia counties after building a stellar reputation with their growing clientele. In 2020, it finished construction on a new $14 million Nesquehoning Bridge. Former Commissioner William OGurek was not in favor of a sale, while Commissioner Wayne Nothstein had previously said he was in favor of selling it. We invite you to join our team! The first major task was to convert all track to standard gauge, which was completed on October 5, 1884. Developed greenfield site for a sand distribution terminal in Tunkhannock, PA. April Invested $2 million dollars to purchase from Kovach 10 acres containing nine buildings for company expansion efforts. In November of 2001, RBMN reached an agreement to take over the ownership of the track within the Crestwood Industrial Park. The portion from Reading to Norristown opened July 16, 1838 and the full line opened December 9, 1839. Atlas Model Railroad 20005861 HO New York Central 50' SD Postwar Box Car #4516 . The grant was used by Carbon County. Larger steam locomotives were introduced to haul the increasing traffic, including the massive N1 class 2-8-8-2 (Chesapeake) Mallet, and Reading made one M1 class 2-8-2 freight hauler; Baldwin Locomotive Works built the rest. On a system 8,316 miles in length, its trains carry freight, passengers, mail and express in the area between the Great Lakes and the Pacific Ocean. After the Panic of 1893, and the failure of Archibald A. McLeod's efforts to turn the Reading into a major trunk line, the Reading was forced to reorganize under suspicions of monopoly. The G1s were the first Reading passenger locomotives with three-coupled driving wheels. The Reading built or bought numerous smaller 4-4-0s, 2-8-0s and switchers for its fleet.[19]. RBMN also purchased two new locomotives, 101 rail cars, and 6 miles (9.7km) of track between Monroeton and Towanda, where much of northeastern Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale economic activity is focused. Ephraim Railway, Reading, Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad, Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad, "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990", "Philadelphia & Reading Railroad: Chester Branch", "Report of the Operations of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co. and the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co", "First Permanent Railroad in the U.S. and Its Connection to the University of Pennsylvania. In August of 2001, RBMN completed negotiations with NS and Procter & Gamble to take over exclusive service to P&Gs largest manufacturing facility, at Mehoopany, PA. Dozens of people were killed and more than 80 injured when a passen.Read More. RBMN operates occasional passenger excursions using restored steam locomotives #425 and #2102. By the time RBMN celebrated its twentieth anniversary in the fall of 2003, we were a very successful short line. Reading and Northern takes over service within Humboldt Industrial Park and its 11 new customers on Jan 1, 2016. The railroad commission consists of the board of commissioners, as well as Rick Forgay II of Lansford, the son of railroad commission charter member Richard E. Forgay. The warehouse is intended to be a catalyst top generate additional rail business. After the militia and Coal and Iron Police went to retrieve a train carrying coal that was blocked in a railroad cut, they fired on rioters and protesters, killing at least 10 and wounding more than 40. [21], Camden-Atlantic City speed: On July 20, 1904, regularly-scheduled train no. [2] The original P&R mainline extended south from the mining town of Pottsville to Reading and then onward to Philadelphia, following the gently graded banks of the Schuylkill River for nearly all of the 93-mile (150-km) journey. In the 1920s, the Reading operated a dense network of commuter lines branching off of the Ninth Street Branch mostly powered by small 4-4-0s, 4-4-2s and 4-6-0 camelbacks. Zurn said an agreement that runs through 2038 between the commission, railroad and county gives C&S; the power to name a tour operator. No. Through terms of an agreement negotiated decades ago as part of the purchase of the line, Lansford will receive 25% of the sale. Evidence of our customer focus became clear to all when, in 2002, the rail industry publication Railway Age chose the Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad as Regional Railroad of the Year. With that agreement in place, we were able to turn our attention to restoration of the bridges and rail infrastructure, and the necessary work along the Lehigh River to connect the railroads. A passenger excursion business was also developed. On January 1, 1851, the Belmont Plane on the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad, just west of the Reading's connection, was abandoned in favor of a new bypass, and the portion of the line east of it was sold to the Reading, the only company that continued using the old route. We were pleased to be the winner of the American Short line and Regional Railroad Association's Marketing Award. The Reading also relinquished control of the Central New England Railroad and the Boston and Maine Railroad. Work began in April 1877, and the track work was completed in a remarkable 90 days. [2][5] The Reading was relegated to being a regional railroad for the rest of its history. Also that year, the Reading leased the Pickering Valley Railroad, a branch running west from Phoenixville to Byers, Pennsylvania, which opened in 1871. On June 1, 1999, NS took over all of the portions of Conrail that connected with RBMN. This line is located in the heart of the Marcellus Shale region. Most of those shares were acquired through Cascade Investment LLC, an investment firm solely. The Port Reading Railroad was chartered in 1890 and opened in 1892, running east from a junction from the New York main line near Bound Brook to the new port of Port Reading, on the Arthur Kill near Perth Amboy. C&S Railroad is now overseen by Muller. [5] The regular excursion consists of a 16-mile (26km), 70-minute round-trip out of Jim Thorpe, following the Lehigh River to Lehigh Gorge State Park. Besides insurance, Berkshire owns 100% of the railroad, BNSF, with $5.9 billion in earnings. Muller also told the Carbon County Railroad Commission that he plans to take over the passenger tours now run by George Hart after his agreement runs out at the end of the year. [19] LGSR trains are usually diesel-powered and consist of an open-air car, standard coaches, a gondola car that allows passengers to transport the bicycles aboard the train and ride their bicycles back to Jim Thorpe, and a caboose. Full year 2022 represented the most successful year in RBMNs history as we smashed all traffic and excursion ridership records. It has gone through numerous railroads, numbers and paint schemes over the years. These men, names like James Hill, Jay and George Gould, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Edward Harriman, and Collis P. Huntington are largely responsible for building much of the country's network. Get the inside scoop on jobs, salaries, top office locations, and CEO insights. At the same time RBMN also acquired the connection from East Mahanoy Jct. It operated service as Reading Railway System and was a successor to the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company, founded in 1833. This is ten times the rate in Japan and . Efforts Monday to reach Hart for comment were unsuccessful. Uncover why Reading and Northern Railroad is the best company for you. This page was last edited on 31 January 2023, at 14:26. The 29.3 miles between Winslow Jct and Meadows Tower (outside of Atlantic City) were covered in 20 minutes at a speed of 87.9mph. RBMN had begun restoring the yard at Penobscot in 2000, which resulted in an agreement made in May of 2003 to have NS deliver inbound interchange cars there, allowing greatly improved car cycle time. The company is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, which is controlled by investor Warren Buffett. [5], The Reading invested in the construction of new cut-offs, bypasses, and connections, much like the Pennsylvania Railroad's low-grade lines and the Lackawanna Cut-off. By the end of 2013, RBMN has purchased over 1000 freight cars. Total cost of the project was $14 million dollars, a combination of state and private funding. Raffa began his career in 1989 as a trackman with RBMN predecessor Blue Mountain & Reading Railroad. We own and manage some of Britain's biggest and busiest railway stations. Muller said Thursday that he plans to sink millions into the railroad over the next few years. The Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad ( reporting mark RBMN ), sometimes shortened to Reading and Northern Railroad, is a regional railroad in eastern Pennsylvania. The Reading leased it in 1870. We followed that up in 2004 when we were awarded a Marketing Award from the NS Agriculture Products Group for our outstanding business development. Employees of the Reading and Northern Railroad work in a family oriented team environment. The rail line already serves Air Products and Chemicals and TransWestern Polymers in Hometown, along with Ametek Westchester Plastics in Nesquehoning. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was also looking for access to the New York City market, and in 1903 it gained control over the Reading and ensured track rights over the Reading and Central New Jersey to Jersey City. Annual volume was about 15 million tons of anthracite, 25 million tons of bituminous coal with a further 30 million tons of industrial traffic. Commonly called the Reading Railroad, and logotyped as Reading Lines, the Reading Company was a railroad holding company for the majority of its existence and was a single railroad during its later years. No. Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad 27 Reviews #1 of 2 Transportation in Reading Transportation, Railways 3501 Pottsville Pike, corner of Bellevue Avenue and Route 61, Reading, PA 19605-1717 Save TFopinion Pennsylvania 588 271 Almost Perfect Review of Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad Reviewed May 22, 2022 A view of the Hometown High Bridge in Schuylkill County, which is owned by Carbon County. With this agreement in place, we were able to guarantee good long-term rail service to the many customers located there. The Reading leased the North Pennsylvania Railroad on May 14, 1879. Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad President Andrew M. Muller Jr. said Monday that he bought out former C&S; Railroad partner Betsy Ahner in November. [18], The RBMN also operates passenger excursions out of the Reading Outer Station located outside of Reading in Muhlenberg Township, with Rail Diesel Car trains running from Reading Outer Station to Jim Thorpe with an intermediate stop in Port Clinton. The Reading & Northern, officially the Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad (or RBM&N), is an eastern Pennsylvania Class II regional railroad which operates over 300 miles of predominantly ex-Reading Railroad trackage (although the company also operates lines owned by other fallen flags). Compare pay for popular roles and read about the team's work-life balance. The RBMN had been operating from several former Conrail offices around the system. Reading & Northern entered into an agreement with CAN DO to purchase the rail assets of the Humboldt Industrial Park in Hazleton, the region's largest rail-served industrial park. 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