Tickets for the 40th season of Fall Foliage passenger excursions on the Reading & Northern Railroad will go on sale at 9 a.m. Monday.

Customers will be able to purchase 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 Oct. 5 through Nov. 3.

Reading Outer Station, located at 3501 Pottsville Pike, Reading, will also 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 Oct. 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.

Ticket prices will vary depending on seating option chosen. All trains from Reading Outer Station depart at 9 a.m. 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 8:45 a.m. As with excursions originating from Reading, ticket prices vary by seating class. The station is located at 718 N. Main St., Pittston. 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 St., Pottsville. 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 8:30 a.m. and will be the first of the three excursion trains to arrive in Jim Thorpe each weekend day during Fall Foliage Season.

In addition to excursions, the 45-minute Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway trains will be departing from Jim Thorpe Station every hour on Fall Foliage weekends beginning at 10 a.m. with the last departure at 5 p.m. Tickets for LGSR trains during the month of October must be purchased the same day, in-person, on a first come/first served basis at the ticket booth in Jim Thorpe.