Here we see RDG T-1 #2111 and FP-7s #902 and #903 at the Mauch Chunk Street bridge in Pottsville, PA on Jeff Smith's home layout. The track to the left is the Pennsy's Schuylkill Valley branch.

Jeff Smith detailed and weathered this Precision Craft Models Reading T-1 #2111, shown here idling at Pottsville on his home layout. The famous T-1s were built from class I-10 2-8-0s, and were used in freight service across the Reading system, as well as for power during the renowned Iron Horse Rambles of the 1960s. Four of this class of 30 survive today: #2100 (Washington State), #2101
(B&O Museum), #2102 (Reading & Northern), and #2124 (Steamtown).

Here we see Reading FP-7s #902 and #903 idling at Pottsville on Jeff Smith's home layout. The Reading's FP-7s were the only locomotives that the railroad purchased solely for passenger service, and hauled such famous Reading trains as the Crusader, King Coal, and the Schuylkill, as well as the push-pull train between Philadelphia and Reading in the road's final days. These units are Intermountain models that Jeff detailed and weathered. The REAL #902 and #903 have been preserved and restored, and sister #900 is awaiting restoration as well.

Today's consist for the KING COAL between Philadelphia and the Coal Regions includes several cars built by Jeff Smith. Here we see a class PBu "blimp" coach that Jeff built from a Bethlehem Car Works brass kit. The car has a detailed interior including passengers, window shades, and lighting.

Take note of the backdrop in this photo - viewers familiar with the Pottsville area will note
that this is an authentic backdrop. Jeff photographed the buildings in Pottsville and edited them with Photoshop Elements, sizing them to the appropriate scale and merging them into one photo, then printed them out for use on the backdrop. Very convincing effect!

Cafe-Parlor car #1189 was originally built for the Reading's KING COAL passenger train. This car was built by Jeff Smith using a Bethlehem Car Works brass kit. The prototype was retired in 1966 after service on the Crusader, survives and is preserved at the Railroad Museum of PA.

Combine #408 was built by the Standard Steel Car Company in 1925. Jeff modeled this car with a Bethlehem Car Works plastic kit. This car survives and is preserved by the Wanamaker, Kempton & Southern tourist railroad.

In this scene captured on the Stiegel Valley club layout, Jeff's Reading GP-7 hauls a CNJ boxcar past a loading dock where milk cans are being loaded. The model is an Atlas locomotive that Jeff detailed and weathered.

Here's a photo of a Cornwall switcher built by James Mattern, taken on the Stiegel Valley club layout. The Cornwall hauled iron ore between the Bethlehem Steel mines at Cornwall to a connection with the Reading in Lebanon, PA, and was eventually absorbed into the Reading system.

Jeff Smith provided this image of a narrow-gauge locomotive from the Strause Lumber company, which operates a narrow-gauge logging line above Mt. Hope on the Stiegel Valley club layout.