What A Show!
I got my first look at Reading and Northern 2102 yesterday and let's just say it exceeded expectations. Much has been written about the rebirth of this stout 4-8-4 built in the Reading Railroad's own shops in 1945 so I won't rehash a long history now (maybe later), but I wanted to share a quick favorite from the day.
I got better shots, but what really makes this special was the pure sensory experience. This thing REALLY sounds impressive, and it put on a heck of a show here sending cinders to the heavens (and incidentally completely obscuring the blue onion domes of St John the Babtist Orthodox Church that I had framed up on the hill in the background) leading 19 cars with a sold out train of 750 passengers headed back to North Reading from Jim Thorpe. They are seen here at about MP 117 on the modern day Reading and Northern Railroad's Reading Division mainline, the former Central Railroad of New Jersey Railroad branch built in 1870 as Nesquehoning Valley Railroad Company.
Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania
Saturday July 2, 2022
What A Show!
I got my first look at Reading and Northern 2102 yesterday and let's just say it exceeded expectations. Much has been written about the rebirth of this stout 4-8-4 built in the Reading Railroad's own shops in 1945 so I won't rehash a long history now (maybe later), but I wanted to share a quick favorite from the day.
I got better shots, but what really makes this special was the pure sensory experience. This thing REALLY sounds impressive, and it put on a heck of a show here sending cinders to the heavens (and incidentally completely obscuring the blue onion domes of St John the Babtist Orthodox Church that I had framed up on the hill in the background) leading 19 cars with a sold out train of 750 passengers headed back to North Reading from Jim Thorpe. They are seen here at about MP 117 on the modern day Reading and Northern Railroad's Reading Division mainline, the former Central Railroad of New Jersey Railroad branch built in 1870 as Nesquehoning Valley Railroad Company.
Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania
Saturday July 2, 2022