Reading & Northern 2102 - First Public Excursion

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On Saturday May 28th 2022, recently restored Reading & Northern 4-8-4 #2102 pulled her first public excursion since 1991. In this video we'll see 2102 in Jim Thorpe, PA in the afternoon and then working upgrade in the rain between New Ringgold and Hometown in the morning.

[strucksoon]

Nice footage. Great to see a steam locomotive working hard on a heavy train WITHOUT a stinking diesel helper!

[bigsparky]

Love the sound of that beautiful locomotive, glad to see it back in service.

[Engineer]

i rode that first rambles that day. it was such a fun trip and 2102 performed flawlessly. she looked and sounded fantastic. it was nice to walk around jim thorpe. im tempted to ride it again in september.

[BenBensonStudios]

Absolutely love this footage. Definitely gonna get the DVD/Blu-Ray when it comes out.

[scottnyc]

I may look into booking a trip one of these days.

[HailPitt]

Another dynamite video James. What a beast of a engine those T1’s are.

[ryansrailwayproductions]

I’m very happy Reading 2102 is back after it sat in idle for 31 years.

[valeriebassett]

Great video and write up. Thank you for sharing.

[TexasRailfan-RailfanRyan]

It's really cool to listen to a T1 work hard it's interesting that the loud shotgun exhaust nearly drowns out the whistle which is pretty cool

[calebzheng]

Her sheer size and power reminds me of 611 from your previous videos. Both are doing what they were built to do by their respective railroads! Awesome work!

[regularguy]

I like to think of your channel as the successor of Berkshire Productions/yardgoatimages.

[eeny]

I was so excited to see it again on July 2nd but I just found out I have work that day

[brianfalzon]

We all want a Reading T-1 Reunion with 2102, 2124 and 2100, and don’t forget about 2101 that is still AFT 1 and is at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, she needs to be saved too! Anyway great catch and well done!

[michaelbenitez]

I was there on the trip, Mother Nature couldn't make up her mind

[tatecarlson]

This might be an unpopular opinion but I think it would've been nice to see the NS Reading Lines Heritage Unit sitting at the station next to Reading 2102, but I was on the first Iron Horse Rambles in the cab of 2102 as a birthday present

[saberistheway]

The diesel is usually there because of modern technology requirements, a city not liking anything cool claiming that iT’s a FiRe hAzArd, or because some over preservative and underfunded museum doesn’t want to run the engine to hard. What’s great about 2102 is they are running it like an actual road back in the day would have to to make money. That means more repairs, but like I said this is how the railroads made a profit.

[michaelhollingsworth]

The last passenger car used to be in the old Norfolk southern steam excursion trains

[JulianWatsonThe]

3:42 I've seen/heard this on several videos, why does it make this sound?

[Engineer]

i can't wait to get a copy when it's done, keep me posted please!! :)

[oudekelt]

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