The NEWEST RESTORED STEAM LOCOMOTIVE in America

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[milesoftrains]

Seeing that locomotive has been on my bucket list since it was restored. Not only does it look beautiful, but it has one of the best whistles of all time.

[Thunderbolt__Siren]

Friggin love 2102. A literal chad of an engine. Crazy to think 2102 and her sisters literally ran right by where I lived and grew up (The now torn apart Perk Branch 5 min from my home was one of the 1st branches to be upgraded for the T1s)

[grandcouncilorvarmon]

I’ve lived near port Clinton pretty much my entire life. When I was a little kid I was obsessed with steam engines and my grandfather would take me to the port Clinton station so I could be around some of the locomotives because I what little kid didn’t think trains where cool😂We walked down some of the tracks occasionally to where they used to store 2102 and he would lift me up to the windows so I could look in and see the sleeping giant. Now all these years later, he and I got to enjoy our first ride on the beast during the fall foliage excursion last year. What a machine!!

[letsplays]

Going on the reading rambles this Saturday! Super stoked for it!

[wheels-n-tires]

A beauty!!! So glad to see the love and enthusiasm for these vintage giants is still strong!!!

[richardeckman]

I LOVE that locomotive!❤

As a little boy, I rode behind her on that excursion around the Horseshoe Curve in ‘77! I remember driving across the Smithfield Street Bridge in Pittsburgh to get on board at the old P&LE station. Great plumes of dark smoke puffed up from beneath the bridge like a dragon’s breath. She was massive, regal, & beautiful.

You can’t imagine my joy at the news she was being restored! I rode behind her doubleheader with 425 and again this past October with my family. 2102 is just as beautiful & awe-inspiring as she was when I was a little boy taking my very first real train ride. 😊 I hope she runs for many more decades to come.

[RogerDier]

Probably my first conscious memory was at maybe 3 years old (I'm now 84)...coming at me head on was a laboring steam locomotive enshrouded with swirling clouds of white steam..this would have been in 1941-42..I was standing in probably my mother's lap in a car approaching the oncoming train off to the right close to the road we were driving..I was absolutely awed, and I can still clearly remember the powerful image of the engine bearing down on us like looking at a photograph.

[michaelmelcher]

I'm so glad to see this locomotive still running. 😅 It is so beautiful. I love steam engines. ❤

[ImPlague]

That is an absolutely beautiful engine. When I imagine and picture the golden age of steam locomotives it's this in its greatest form.

[racestephenson]

Seen a video of it running from the cab. They keep that firebox about the same temperature as the surface of the sun

[BlueberrySans]

Would love to see this beautiful train in real life! Growing up I always have had a true love and passion about steam locomotives and the Japanese bullet trains. It’s amazing how now some locomotives are now being restored to their former glory!😊

[JoeB-rt]

What a beautiful piece of history and machinery

[erichinkle]

Original restoration done in Reading shops leased from Conrail by the Reading Company Technocal Society. I was a member at that time.. our crew was working on restoia GP30 in those shops at the same time. I was alos on the original ramble with the 2102 from Reading PA to Jim Thorpe Pa with a turn in Scranton. On the way back at About 1/2 hr from reaching Reading the engine lost steam leaving the enti consist stranded and powerless on Conrails mainline. Had to be rescued by Contail to clrar the main. Turns out the water fill in Jim Thorpe by a local fire company had floride in it which foamed in the boiler causing loss of pressure stranding the locomotive. Got home 6 hrs late.

[BMMEC]

Rode behind it and it’s running mate 425. That excursion was the highlight of that year

[danielthoman]

All that smoke and steam! I love it. ❤

[jensen]

Absolutely stunning machine, remarkably gorgeous.

[davidhafer]

Definitely the best loco to ride behind

[BeeLineEast]

My grandfather worked for the Reading. He started in 1914 at the Rutherford Pa. Yard. When it was called the P&R. He retired in 1964 with 50 years service. I would love to see it come up the N/S Harrisburg East Line again but I don't think that will ever happen. I did have the opportunity to chase it last year. What an awesome locomotive. My father took as a young boy to see the steam locomotives on that line but I was to young at that time to remember them. Nice video you made of this historic locomotive.

[asylumlover]

Long live those reading railroad memories!!!! I happen to be in Reading

[TheOnlyWCC]

Nearly 100 years and still the most reliable train in America.