 RBMN also purchased two new locomotives, 101 rail cars and of track between Monroeton and Towanda where much of Northeastern Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale economic activity is focused.In 2017 the connection of the "Hazleton Shaft" and "Hazleton Hiller Drying Plant" to the railroad was finally finished.RBMN operated occasional passenger excursions utilizing restored steam locomotive #425.