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Reading & Northern looking at passenger excursions from Wilkes Barre to Jim Thorpe

The Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad (reporting mark RBMN) (a.k.a. Reading and Northern Railroad) is a regional railroad operating in eastern Pennsylvania. Website: http://www.rbmnrr.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Reading & Northern looking at passenger excursions from Wilkes Barre to Jim Thorpe

 #1571254  by Jeff Smith
 
https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/new ... jim-thorpe
May 10—WILKES-BARRE — It may take a few years, but passenger rail service between Wilkes-Barre and Jim Thorpe is definitely on the horizon.

According to Matt Fisher, general manager/passenger department with Reading & Northern Railroad, owner Andy Muller plans to spend $4 million to $5 million to upgrade the 19.5-mile line he is purchasing from Carbon County, with the goal of raising track speed from the current 25 mph limit to 40 mph.
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Key to the project is that Muller is also looking to begin weekend passenger excursions from Wilkes-Barre to Jim Thorpe — using cars he recently purchased from a bankruptcy sale for former Iowa Pacific equipment in Colorado, Fisher confirmed.
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