The Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad has released additional information about its plans for the Nesquehoning Campus at the former KME complex north of Route 54.

The railroad already announced plans to build a station platform for passenger excursions from Nesquehoning, and additional tracks are being installed to maintenance buildings and for passenger service.

Two Iron Horse Rambles will depart from the new Nesquehoning Regional Railroad Station this year with tickets already on sale.

The new station will create opportunities for new excursions, the railroad said in a release, and it plans to seek to connect Nesquehoning to Jim Thorpe during peak times to reduce traffic congestion and parking issues. The Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway operates from Jim Thorpe.

The railroad has hundreds of parking spaces at its Nesquehoning Campus, said Matt Fisher, senior vice president and general manager of the railroad’s Passenger Division.

Dates and times for any runs between the new station and Jim Thorpe still remain undetermined, he said.

The Nesquehoning Campus, which is in the middle of its main line between Reading and Scranton, will also house the railroad’s Maintenance of Way, Signals, Real Estate and Passenger Departments.

More than 30 people are already working at the Nesquehoning Campus, the railroad said.

Tracks are under construction to lead into select buildings on the complex, which will be used for servicing and maintaining its fleet of diesel locomotives, which currently totals 63.

This will mark the first time in more than 75 years where locomotives would be maintained and repaired in Carbon County.

In addition to locomotives, the railroad owns a vast array of company vehicles from cars to large trucks, all of which will be serviced and maintained at the Nesquehoning Campus.

The facility has its own classroom, used for training and qualifying employees, primarily in the Transportation Department, the railroad said.

The railroad will also be relaunching the Black Diamond Company Store, based at the Nesquehoning Campus. The store, which already has an online platform on the railroad’s website, will allow people to browse and purchase railroad-related items, such as T-shirts, hats and puzzles depicting artwork and photos of its trains. The store will also have a display at the Jim Thorpe station on busier weekends.

The railroad began selling tickets for two excursions from its Nesquehoning station featuring its No. 2102 steam locomotive, the largest operating steam locomotive on the East Coast.

The first excursion is June 22, which will be bound for Tunkhannock for the 43rd annual Founder’s Day Festival, and the second is Aug. 17 bound for Pittston for the community’s annual Tomato Festival.