{"id":118457,"date":"2026-02-19T22:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/118457\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T22:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:17:08","slug":"reading-northern-announces-2026-excursions-to-jim-thorpe-pa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/118457\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading & Northern announces 2026 excursions to Jim Thorpe, Pa."},"content":{"rendered":"

Trains to run Saturdays, Sundays, some holidays<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"PassengerA Reading & Nothern excursion train from Pittston arrives in Jim Thorpe, Pa. R&N<\/p>\n

PORT CLINTON, Pa. \u2014 The Reading & Northern has announced its 2026 schedule of mainline excursions to Jim Thorpe, Pa., featuring operations from Pittston and Reading, Pa.<\/p>\n

Trains will run Saturdays and Sundays through Sept. 20, as well as St. Patrick\u2019s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day.<\/p>\n

The railroad will also offer its annual fall foliage excursions, to be announced at a later date, and weekend trips in November and December.<\/p>\n

Regular fares remain at $39 from either location, and can be purchased at the railroad website or by calling 610-562-2102 daily between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.<\/p>\n

Trains from the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton regional station in Pittston depart at 8:45 a.m. and also make stops at Mountain Top\/Penobscot and White Haven. These trains feature first-class observation car King Coal, which can only be boarded at Pittston, and Crown Class coaches, along with a dining car offering snacks, beverages, and souvenirs.<\/p>\n

Trains from Reading are mainly served by the railroad\u2019s Budd Rail Diesel Cars, which feature a refreshment counter in RDC No. 9166. Those trains depart Reading at 9 a.m. and make stops at Port Clinton and Tamaqua.<\/p>\n

More information is available at the R&N passenger website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2014 To report news or errors, contact trainsnewswire@firecrown.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trains to run Saturdays, Sundays, some holidays A Reading & Nothern excursion train from Pittston arrives in Jim…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":{"0":"post-118457","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reading","8":"tag-reading-city","9":"tag-reading-city-headlines","10":"tag-reading-city-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}