Reading Northern Blue Mountain Railroad switcher 1546 passes the sand tower as it works the yard at Port Clinton, Pennsylvania on a beautiful fall morning on November 5th, 2021
According to Wikipedia: The Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad (reporting mark RBMN), sometimes shortened to Reading and Northern Railroad, is a regional railroad in eastern Pennsylvania. Its headquarters is in Port Clinton. The RBMN provides freight service on 300 miles (480 km) of track. Its mainline consists of the Reading Division between Reading and Packerton and the Lehigh Division between Lehighton and Dupont. Its main freight cargo is anthracite coal.
Passenger excursions also run on RBMN tracks. The RBMN itself operates excursion service from Reading and Port Clinton to Jim Thorpe, while the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway (LGSR) offers service between Jim Thorpe and Lehigh Gorge State Park.
According to their website: Locomotive 1546 is an EMD SW-1500, built in Feb 1970 and is ex CR 1606; Indianapolis Union Rwy 28; nee EMD demo 112. It is passing engine 5017, an EMD SD50, built in November of 1984 and is ex UP 5017; nee MP 5017.
Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Nikon 10-20 @19mm, f/4.2, 1/320, ISO 400.