2024 R&N Fall Foliage Excursion Tickets On Sale

Tickets for the highly anticipated 40th season of Fall Foliage passenger excursions on the Reading & Northern Railroad went on sale at 9:00am Monday, July 22, 2024. Customers will be able to purchase their tickets online at www.rbmnrr-passenger.com or by calling the railroad’s passenger office at 610-562-2102. Five weekends of excursions to Jim Thorpe originating from Reading, Pittston, and Pottsville will be offered beginning Saturday, October 5 through Sunday, November 3, 2024.

Reading Outer Station, located at 3501 Pottsville Pike, Reading, PA, 19605, will host its eighth Fall Foliage season
in 2024. Trains departing from this location will feature the vintage F-Unit diesel locomotives from the 1950s; or, on
Saturdays October 5, 19, and 26, steam locomotive #2102, which was built by the Reading Shops in 1945 and
restored to operation in 2022. These excursions will also make a station stop at Port Clinton on their way to Jim
Thorpe. Seating in Standard Coach, Crown Class, Vista Class Dome, Lounge, and Parlor cars; as well as Pullman
rooms, will be available. Ticket prices will vary dependent on seating option chosen. All trains from Reading Outer
Station depart at 9:00am sharp.

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Regional Railroad Station, now in its second year of operation, will once again host fall
train excursions as well. The departure time for all fall trains from Pittston is 8:45am. Standard Coach, Crown Class
Coach, Vista Class Dome, and Lounge Observation seating will be offered. As with excursions originating from
Reading, ticket prices vary by seating class. The station is located at 718 North Main Street, Pittston, PA, 18640. An
additional stop will be made along the route at Penobscot (Mountain Top) to board more passengers.

Finally, Pottsville Union Station will feature Fall Foliage trains bound for Jim Thorpe. Union Station is located at 1
Progress Street, Pottsville, PA 17901. Our self-propelled rail diesel cars, or RDCs, will be utilized on this route.
Additional station stops will be available at Schuylkill Haven and Port Clinton for passenger convenience. Trains
depart Pottsville at 8:30am and will be the first of the three excursion trains to arrive in Jim Thorpe each weekend
day during Fall Foliage Season. All tickets for trains operating along this route are $49.00.

As always, the 45-minute Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway trains will be departing from Jim Thorpe Station every hour
on Fall Foliage weekends beginning at 10:00am, with the last departure at 5:00pm. Tickets for LGSR trains during
this extraordinarily busy time must be purchased the same day, in-person, on a first come/first served basis. Standard
Coach, Crown Class Coach, and Open-Air Car seating will be available.

-via Press Release

This article was posted on: July 22, 2024