RBMN

Sharadin Returns to RBMN as VP Coal Sourcing

The Reading & Northern has named Michael Sharadin as Vice President Coal Sourcing. Sharadin, who will report to RBMN President Wayne Michel, returns to the railroad following three years as an Area

Stella-Jones New RBMN Customer

Stella-Jones Corporation (SJC) a manufacturer and distributor of pressure-treated wood products including railroad ties, utility poles, residential lumber and industrial products, is a new customer of Class II Reading & Northern Railroad (RBMN).

Reading & Northern Railroad (RBMN)—Railway Age’s four-time Regional Railroad of the Year (2002, 2011, 2015, 2020)—is Pennsylvania’s largest privately owned railroad.

RBMN Acquires $2MM Industrial Complex

The Reading & Northern Railroad (RBMN) has purchased a 10-acre industrial complex in Carbon County, Pa., to use for equipment maintenance and repair as well as storage, Railway Age’s four-time Regional Railroad of the Year reported on April 21.

RBMN Revives Reading T-1 2102, ‘Iron Horse Rambles’

Following an extensive, $2.4 million overhaul, Class II Reading & Northern Railroad (RBMN), Railway Age’s four-time Regional Railroad of the Year, is returning Reading Class T-1 4-8-4 Northern 2102 to the rails with four “Iron Horse Rambles” round-trip excursions between Reading and Jim Thorpe, Pa.: May 28, July 2, Aug. 13 and Sept. 3, with five classes of seating. May 28 is already sold out; tickets are going fast for the remaining three trips.

Karen Carriere as Executive Director of Technical Services, TTCI; Jim Raffa, head of market development, RBMN

High Profile: TTCI, Reading & Northern

The Transportation Technology Center, Inc., (TTCI) has appointed Karen Carriere as Executive Director of Technical Services; Reading & Northern (RBMN) welcomes back Jim Raffa, who will be charged with market development.