Right At Home!
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 here is another shot from a fabulous day.
Here she is charging out of the north (compass west) portal of the 926 ft long Tamaqua Tunnel with 19 cars and a sold out train of 750 passengers headed from North Reading to Jim Thorpe
This particular stretch is of Reading Railroad provenance and dates to 1854 so the stout T-1 is very much on home rails in service for the RDG both on coal trains and the famed Reading Rambles of the 1960s. Today it is known as the RBMN's Reading Division mainline, and this is about MP 100 at the north portal of the tunnel where they cross the Little Schuylkill River twice in short succession.
Rush Township, Pennsylvania
Saturday July 2, 2022
Right At Home!
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 here is another shot from a fabulous day.
Here she is charging out of the north (compass west) portal of the 926 ft long Tamaqua Tunnel with 19 cars and a sold out train of 750 passengers headed from North Reading to Jim Thorpe
This particular stretch is of Reading Railroad provenance and dates to 1854 so the stout T-1 is very much on home rails in service for the RDG both on coal trains and the famed Reading Rambles of the 1960s. Today it is known as the RBMN's Reading Division mainline, and this is about MP 100 at the north portal of the tunnel where they cross the Little Schuylkill River twice in short succession.
Rush Township, Pennsylvania
Saturday July 2, 2022