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.
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.