+struck2soon well Reading and Northern are working to bring her back so thats a plus

+Dylan Ruppert certainly is! Let's hope they don't run it with a plethora of stinking diesels "assisting"....

well they may add their new GP30s but they may only be on there when needed but hey at least they're bringing back a piece of RDG history

+struck2soon well RBMN GP30 might help or their SD50s

2100 is also undergoing restoration by a consortium in Ohio. Maybe we can double head them some day! www.fireup2100.org/

Me too

First fireup in 23 years was done earlier this year so it won't be much longer

One month away!

And she's back!

I agree. The 2124 has roller bearings on all axles.

Nigel Terry Most late US steam was single chimney, UP FEF 3 4-8-4s being a notable exception?

Interestingly, I've read that although they were mostly too late for World War II, the Reading T-1s handled troop trains for the Korean War or at least the postwar occupations. So those first couple of clips with the passenger cars are pretty close to 1950-ish too, apart from not having a bunch of uniformed servicemen aboard.

You and the 10,000 others who will be lineside on 2102's first run. Myself, I'll be watching for the drone shots on KZfaq with no people in them. Just can't stand the crowds anymore. And don't get me started on the driving habits of steam chasers.

fmnut I know a lot of people do that I just wait at crossings with my dad and it’s so annoying when we get stuck behind a steam chaser

T1s were the pride of the Reading and I can't wait for 2102 to be fired up again though it has taken time to do so

The rythmic sound of the smoke has me chilled, love it

Looking forward to having 2102 back on home rails and under steam!

@100235671872948007740 Yes, it's happening and will be a glorious moment. I hope it can visit Steamtown next summer for Railfest. It would be nice to pose it with 2124 for a photo shoot. I'm sure that could be arranged.

Wasnot

@@keithhazlett4274 Huh?

Actually septa let the New hope railroad run 40 up around north Wales 2 years ago and they have plans to do it agajn

Yes, Reading's 4-8-4s were on the smaller side of the size scale for that wheel arrangement. Most roads called them Northerns, Niagara was an NYC term.

@@fmnut Thanx man... Maybe just maybe I ain't slipped off the deep end quite yet

+Rob Krasinski I totally agree, If CP and NS merge then I doubt anything will be sold to the reading and northern, we can only hope the merger never happens because NS's game plan involves selling some 1500 miles of less profitable trackage. Only then do I believe it could happen.

Since NS owns most of Conrail's territory following the latter's demise in the late '90s, including former Reading territory and the Lehigh Line, I'm sure that NS will allow 2102 to occasionally operate on their territory in Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey.

Reading and Northern has enough of their own railroad to run it on, no need to pay NS through the nose to run on their lines.

Well, we got 765 on a special trip with NS last year that departed Bethlehem, PA and went to Pittston and Jim Thorpe and return also using RBMN tracks. It was my first time riding the rails between Bethlehem, Allentown, and Jim Thorpe. I never rode any of the 2102 trips to Jim Thorpe (or anywhere else) over Conrail in the 1980's. I was on that trip because it might never happen again. I doubt very much that 2102 will use NS tracks or leave RBMN property again. RBMN's coaches are unsuitable to run on NS. NS's new steam excursions used more modern coaches with sealed windows and roller bearings. If I have to go to Tamaqua or Port Clinton to board a future 2102 excursion so be it. 425 is running this month from Penobscot to Jim Thorpe and return with the Mountain Top Rotary, they did this trip in July, 2014. Unlike 611, 2102 is not roller bearing and NS probably wouldn't let it on their tracks.

Who said that the 2102 would use RBMN coaches on NS territory? And RBMN could install roller bearings on her. Several Reading T1s were in fact built with roller bearings.

Feel free to use whatever you need.

fmnut thank you

JacksonAndLansing Railroad And reading Hooter.

The hooter was the RDG freight whistle. The 6 chimes were used on passenger engines.

@@fmnut that wasn’t my question

@@fmnut which one is 2102’s original one

@@amtrak1214 ok, I'll rephrase my answer. Since the T1's were originally freight engines, and the hooter was the Reading freight whistle, logically, therefore, the hooter was the original whistle.

@@fmnut ok thank you

As answered previously in the comments section, a Reading 6 chime passenger whistle.

@@fmnut sorry i didn't know or looked in the comments to find myself

@@fmnut that doesnt sound like a 6 chime that sounds more like a reading 1 chime hooter

@@atsfevan0242 at 1:45 is a reading 6 chime

@@Sano_Kiyoshiro the first whistle you hear on the video is a Reading 6 chime. To hear a comparison of both Reading whistles, watch my 2102 on the Perkiomen video. 2102 had both types on those trips.

I think it was around 50 cars that time. They did it a couple of times.

@@fmnut Wow, pretty good for a solo T-1!

@@09JDCTrainMan they were designed to haul a 10,000 ton train from St Clair or Tamaqua to Port Richmond solo with the only assistance needed being a push up the Falls grade. So a 6000 ton train was well within 2102's capabilities.

@@fmnut Oh cool!

How am I supposed to do that? If he copies it, so be it. I frankly don't care who uses my videos, if I did, they wouldn't be on KZfaq. I think people who get all riled up over copyright issues in amateur videos need to calm down. I'm not losing any money out of my pocket, nor any sleep over it.

Norman Jaquemot Just for show. Under NORAC rules class lights and flags have no meaning.

Usually here in Canada, CN trains with white flags on signals an " extra ".

Norman Jaquemot it used to mean that in the US also, but those rules were phased out in the mid 80's

We kept them here in Canada though.

Norman Jaquemot In Canada Timetable & Train Order operation (where flags and class lights have meaning) was superseded by Occupancy Control System in 1990 with the adoption of the Canadian Rail Operating Rules. After that, white flags in Canada were just window dressing as there was no longer any such thing as an "extra" train.