Steam Sunday
Just another Steam Sunday shot from last summer on my first of two trips in 2022 to see Reading and Northern 2102. She was a sight to behold and exceeded my expectations, and I hope to have more opportunities to see her this year. Much has been written about the rebirth of this stout 4-8-4 built in the Reading Railroad's own shops in 1945 after a more than three decade slumber so I won't rehash a long history.
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 as her stack blasts leaves from the trees.
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
Steam Sunday
Just another Steam Sunday shot from last summer on my first of two trips in 2022 to see Reading and Northern 2102. She was a sight to behold and exceeded my expectations, and I hope to have more opportunities to see her this year. Much has been written about the rebirth of this stout 4-8-4 built in the Reading Railroad's own shops in 1945 after a more than three decade slumber so I won't rehash a long history.
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 as her stack blasts leaves from the trees.
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