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Racing Reading

Reading Blue Mountain & Northern T-1 no. 2102 is seen racing down the line between South Tamaqua and West Penn, as seen from the adjacent Clamtown Rd. The locomotive was originally built for the Reading Railroad as a 2-8-0 by Baldwin in 1925, but was rebuilt in-house into a 4-8-4 in 1945. The Reading discontinued steam operations in 1956, after which 2102 operated a variety of tourist and excursion services before being acquired by the current owners and eventually retired in 1991, later being restored to operating condition in 2022.

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Uploaded on October 22, 2023
Taken on October 21, 2023