R&N READING & NORTHERN RR #1776
USA 250th
Bridge View

Description

This Limited Edition barstool features an actual real life original photo image – not AI – of the R&N READING & NORTHERN RR’s #1776, an EMD SD-40-2 diesel locomotive, recently (2025) painted in patriotic RED-WHITE-BLUE colors. It debuted on Veteran’s Day – November 11th, 2025 in a paint scheme that was designed and applied by R&N employees at the railroad’s Port Clinton, PA locomotive shop. The R&N RR operates over 400 miles of track in eastern Pennsylvania. R&N #1776, shown here on the Hometown High Bridge (built in 1931) near Hometown, PA on the R&N mainline, is currently used on passenger excursions and freight trains throughout the READING & NORTHERN RR system.