Jim Thorpe, PA: Reading and Northern/Central RR of New Jersey Depot

Depot: (Satellite1, 13,170 photos; Satellite2, 187 photos)

Turntable: (Satellite)

The Reading and Northern Railroad operates daily excursion trains to this town from both Reading and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. [rbmnrr_schedule] The railroad also offers 70-minute round trip excursion trains from this town. [lgsry_schedule]

Street View, Sep 2021

 

Street View, Oct 2018

River Rail Photo posted
Has It Been A Year Already? On Tuesday, April 26, 2022, Reading and Northern Railroad - Passenger's newly restored former Reading Railroad T-1 2102 (4-8-4) operated a test train using 50 coal hoppers from North Reading, PA to Jim Thorpe, PA. After backing into the station in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, the locomotive was on display for the public to view before returning to the yard in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania that afternoon and is seen here at the beginning of its return trip. The locomotive operated on a number of "Iron Horse Rambles excursions" trips in 2022 and the railroad has already announced a schedule for 2023.

lgsry

John Fry Images posted
A Reading and Northern fall color train pulls into Jim Thorpe, PA past the turntable with 2 former Norfolk Southern F units. October 2022

Have those green locomotives moved recently? Or do they just park in the same spot?

Satellite

Bruce Shanfelt posted

Bruce Shanfelt posted
THEN & NOW...The Jersey Central Station at Mauch Chunk/Jim Thorpe, PA...Constructed in 1887, the Jersey Central is an iconic landmark in downtown Jim Thorpe. Carbon County was able to rescue and preserve this historic building before it met the fate of so many other passenger stations in northeast PA. The freight station was torn down in the mid 1960's. Today, the station welcomes visitors, contains a bank, and the end of the canopy hosts the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway where tens of thousands of people enjoy trips by rail both to and from the town.
Theresa Rubano Lafferty-Steen: Too bad about the freight house. 
Ed Johnson shared

Bruce Shanfelt posted
In this scene, looking from the Mansion House Hill, we see downtown Mauch Chunk as it looked in 1940. The ruins of the canal and dam are in the foreground and three mansions overlook the scene in the back. The freight station of the Jersey Central is to the right of the passenger station and the three tracks on the right of the photo belong to the Lehigh Valley Railroad. This photo was captured by Jack Delano.