RBMN’s 2102 in “Trains” Top 10 of the Year

The “Magazine of Railroading” includes RBMN’s 2102 in their Top stories of 2022.


The national publication, Trains, placed RBMN’s revival and subsequent release of the 2102 in their highlights of the year.

According to Trains.com

“Trains: The Magazine of Railroading is one of the world’s leading publications on railroading and trains. We specialize in articles, photos, and video about North American railroads and content on superlative international topics from a North American perspective.

Kalmbach Media founder Al Kalmbach started Trains in 1940. Ever since, Trains staff have delivered the most independent news and commentary on railroading, valuable insights and stunning imagery in monthly magazines, special issues, videos and — more recently — through our websites.”


The monthly publication boasts a long history of established media presence amongst rail enthusiasts, industry leaders, and provides general knowledge about progress within the transportation-by-rail infrastructure.

Within the article, “Top 10 stories of 2022, No. 9: Reading & Northern 4-8-4 No. 2102 returns”, Dan Cupper provides an in-depth yet concise retrospective on the 2102’s restoration, history, and recent operational trends. The latter of which, Dan narrates the steam engine’s freight and passenger services that the 2102 has masterfully handled throughout 2022.

Additionally, Dan provides stunning pictures taken himself during key excursions…

- RBMN’s Spring 2102 and 425 “Double Header”. Photo c.o. Dan Cupper


RBMN’s Passenger Management will provide their own retrospective (coming soon) due to an exceptionally successful year, massive positivity from our rail-fan community, and the wide-spread affirmations of appreciation from our year’s riders.

As such, we kindly invite all of you to read Mr. Dan Cupper’s full article in Trains…

Reading & Northern Railroad, with its corporate headquarters in Port Clinton, is a privately held railroad company serving over 75 customers in nine eastern Pennsylvania counties (Berks, Bradford, Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Northumberland, Schuylkill, and Wyoming).

It has expanded its operations over the last 30+ years and now handles over 34,000 carloads of freight and 225,000 excursion train riders over 400 miles of track. Reading & Northern operates both freight services and steam and diesel-powered excursion passenger services, owns almost 1,800 freight cars, and employs nearly 300 dedicated employees.

Reading & Northern has repeatedly been honored as one of the premier railroads in the nation including being named Regional Railroad of the year in 2020 by Railway Age Magazine.

Matt Liptak