The Sojourners gather in Schuylkill Haven at Island Park, which has a large pavilion and baseball, softball, and soccer fields; the river flows around the north and east sides of the area, while the former Reading right-of-way runs southeast-northwest behind the backstops, making the park an "island" cut off from the rest of the borough.

Late in the afternoon, the engine simmered on the main line, a feather of steam from the turbogenerator, and happy visitors taking turns pulling on the whistle cord.  Surrounding the engine, the dedicated and indefatigable people who keep 113 up and running: Bob Kimmel, the project's leader, stood next to the drivers, talking with 30-year Reading & Northern engineer Christopher Bost (a railroad employee has to run the engine when out on the road); Krista Hertz, Bob's sister and the one responsible for merchandise sales (and so much more), took a break from the t-shirt table and sat on the tender footboard; high-school student Chris Hohman had the oil can in use around the running gear, assisted by Brian Wowak; another high-schooler, Evan Getsky, trimmed the coal pile.  In the cab, John Oross and Mike Fenstermaker kept watch on the fire and the water level, assisted by Mike's son, Shaine.  Tyler Fenderson, Jim Garraway, and Bernie Perch had also come along; and Bob's and Kris's mother joined the group this day, as she has for decades: Her husband, Bob Sr., had volunteered on the Wanamakers, Kempton & Southern starting in the 1960s, and Bob Jr. got his first cab experience there at age 3 or 4 -- just like Thomas Wagner!