Fall Foliage trains originating from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Regional Railroad Station at Pittston are back for a second year, with Reading & Northern Railroad’s Passenger Department offering the familiar Standard Coach, Crown Class Coach, Vista Class Dome and Lounge Observation cars.

Fall foliage season will span five weekends, beginning Saturday, Oct. 5, and concluding Sunday, Nov. 3. All trains depart Wilkes/Barre-Scranton Regional Railroad Station at Pittston at 8:45 a.m. sharp.

A station stop at Penobscot (Mountain Top) will be made to board more Standard Coach passengers, and the train will arrive at Jim Thorpe at 11:05 a.m. Guests will have more than four hours to explore historic Jim Thorpe before departing at 3:40 p.m.

Pullman Car 1127, the Schuylkill River, is the new seating option joining the consist of the Pittston to Jim Thorpe trains this year.

The car was originally built in 1954 for the Boston & Maine Railroad as the Salisbury Beach and used on the State of Maine Express between Concord, New Hampshire, and New York City. It is composed of eight private rooms; six of which can accommodate two passengers, the other two can accommodate four passengers. There is also a common area within the car that passengers are welcome to visit at any time. The entire car is fully climate controlled and light refreshments will be offered to guests during the trip.

Reading & Northern Railroad, with its corporate headquarters in Port Clinton, is a privately held railroad company serving over 80 customers in nine eastern Pennsylvania counties (Berks, Bradford, Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Northumberland, Schuylkill and Wyoming). It has expanded its operations over the last 40 years and now handles nearly 40,000 carloads of freight (which removes over 200,000 trucks from the highway), while its Passenger Department handles over 300,000 riders annually. Reading & Northern operates its freight and steam- and diesel-powered passenger excursions over 400 miles of track, owns over 2,000 freight cars, and employs over 350 people.

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