Ready, Set, Go on the Reading and Northern! When gates come down in Jim Thorpe PA, all the trains are lined up at the crossing to get across as soon as possible. The GP38-2 R&N 2013 pulls the Lehigh Gorge train out of the station. SW8 R&N 801 readies to grab the tank car used to hold water for R&N 2102, while the steam engine goes the opposite way to go pick up the coaches stored below Jim Thorpe. Taken 2/8/25 #railroads #steamtrain #readingandnorthern #jimthorpe | Rail Brothers

Jim Thorpe put on a show for the ages at the 1912 Olympic games, earning gold in the pentathlon and decathlon. But the triumph was short-lived as Thorpe was dubiously stripped of his medals and had his records vacated after it was revealed that he played amateur baseball. On July 15, 2022, the International Olympic Committee reversed its decision, fully restoring Thorpe's medals and records 🥇 Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author David Maraniss discusses the 1912 games, the e