Firing up 2102 for the 8/13/23 Iron Horse Rambles

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Reading & Northern's restored T-1 steam locomotive #2102 has been delighting railfans since 2022 when she returned to service after a 30+ year absence from the rails. But did you ever wonder how the crew gets her ready for The Iron Horse Rambles and other thrilling runs?
In this video I take you behind the scenes to see the crew light the fire and prepare for the August 13, 2023 Iron Horse Ramble. The process spanned three days including the deadhead run to Reading Outer Station to hook up with the excursion's consist.
0:00 Friday intro
1:05 positioning 2102
2:39 loading the fire box
5:00 lighting the fire
5:56 smoking
8:45 Saturday check-in
11:12 Sunday departing steam shop
16:33 Bellemans Church Road
17:19 arriving in Reading
19:06 end screen
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@dennis78382 10 ай бұрын

Good morning Jamie. Beautifully done friend. I bet you have footage that no one else has. I never realized Port Clinton was so close to Delaware Valley. I always thought it was further north. Many life times ago I walked right through Port Clinton on the Appalachian Trail. Who knew? I also saw it's 74° there right now. Sounds wonderful. I hope you're doing well and having a great day so far friend.

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Good afternoon, Dennis! That's awesome that you've passed through Port Clinton on the AT before. Nowadays the trail actually cuts through the rail yard. Most times when I'm out there, I see hikers passing through which is cool. It's only about 1/2 hour north of Reading, so definitely closer to the Delaware Valley than most of the railroad's territory. I'm enjoying another lovely day of temperatures in the 70s and low humidity today. We've got one more like that before a heat wave that will last most of next week. Hope you're doing well too!

@DillonTrinhProductions 10 ай бұрын

My favorite 4-8-4, nice video!!!

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, Dillon!

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

No stoker on 425, the crew has to shovel the coal in.

@sparky107107 10 ай бұрын

thank you Jamie. that was a really cool video to watch.. takes a bit of time to wake that beast up

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, Sparky! Hope you're doing well!

@kevinsalsbury2118 10 ай бұрын

Very well done Jamie! So interesting to see the modern replacement parts intertwined with older. Thanks for the behind the scenes footage. Stay safe.

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, Kevin! It's amazing to see how new the locomotive looks and feels, yet it's got such history behind it.

@PANortheasternRailfan 10 ай бұрын

Awesome video Jamie! That’s pretty cool how quick the fire caught on everything after it was lit. And super neat to actually hear noise from the water boiling on the second day; usually you can’t hear anything like that when they are operating the locomotive because of the dynamo or just the stack. Very cool though! Looking forward to the other one in the future 🚂💙💙

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, Collin! It was an amazing experience being thereto see her fired up, and then to return the next day to see and hear how things were going. Glad you enjoyed it!

@dennis78382 10 ай бұрын

Good afternoon Jamie. We made it to the weekend. I hope you're doing well friend and having a very good day.

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Good afternoon Dennis! TGIF! Got a weekend packed with action, though amazingly not all of it is trains. Hope you're doing well too and have a fun weekend planned.

@dennis78382 10 ай бұрын

Good morning Jamie. I'm back to rewatch friend. Stay safe today.🎉

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the rewatch, Dennis!

@rvlivingwiththegeezer7791 10 ай бұрын

Awesome behind the scenes look Jamie.

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Calvin!

@happyhome41 10 ай бұрын

So neat - 10:40 - reminds me of a percolator coffee pot. WONDERFUL video to compliment our Ramble run last year. THANK YOU !

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video! And yeah, now that you mention it, that did sound like coffee percolating lol.

@happyhome41 10 ай бұрын

❤@@JamieMakin

@northpennvalleysteamrailroad 10 ай бұрын

Awesome 😊

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@rosiemcnaughton9933 10 ай бұрын

Wow, I love that engine. Thank you for the video, Jamie.

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, Rosie!

@caydenworley5002 10 ай бұрын

I was actually there at the Reading outer station in that shit. You can kinda see me towards the end on the right. It was my first time ever seeing 2102 that day and I couldn’t have been happier

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

That's awesome that you got your first chance to catch 2102 in person!

@1940limited 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video. I wanted to see the procedure for a long time. It appears to take about 2 days to get 2102 ready to roll. Awesome.

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! I've been wanting to catch this myself for a long time too.

@JPVideos81 10 ай бұрын

Some reason I never got notified of this, but saw it with your newest notification. That was very interesting to see and glad your job is allowing you special perks like this. Congratulations on how well the video is doing as well.

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Glad you got to see this even without the notification. I've been thrilled with the access I have now the I work for the railroad. It has been a good arrangement for all of us!

@nomadsempirebuilder9461 10 ай бұрын

Nice!!!

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, Blake!

@marilynscull4585 10 ай бұрын

Very cool Jamie

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Marilyn!

@lashendawest7509 10 ай бұрын

Great and nice video jamie

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, Westley!

@Transient901 10 ай бұрын

You guys at RBM&N did an amazing job of getting that beast as straight as humanly possible while retaining the imperfect steam engine cowling look. I was very skeptical of the choice to use gloss paint. I was 100% wrong. It's absolutely Beautiful. And the waves just add character.

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! Every steam locomotive is unique, and 2102 looks great while still having character from her many decades of service.

@Engineer5344 10 ай бұрын

awesome video jamie, from start to finish. keep making more of these behind the scenes videos when you can. this is great stuff.

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! RBMN and I definitely plan to do more behind-the-scenes stuff like this.

@radarditti560 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing , you should use some of your videos as publicity for the Reading and Northern to get customers to ride .

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, Radar! I have in fact started sharing some of my videos with Reading & Northern on their channel!

@bigjohnrailproductions8370 10 ай бұрын

I was at Reading OS. It was my first time up on the R&N. I enjoyed it. T2102 put on a great show on Sunday.

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Glad you were able to check out 2102 in person!

@bigjohnrailproductions8370 10 ай бұрын

@@JamieMakin Thanks. I enjoyed very much. Worth the 2hr drive from NJ.

@peterrothwell1116 10 ай бұрын

Awesome video that was cool that you got to video that up close first of your videos I watched thanks for sharing

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, Peter!

@BeeLineEast 10 ай бұрын

Well Jamie that reminded me as a kid starting our coal furnace at home throwing in scraps of wood and paper to get the fire started. Cool video. What an awesome locomotive. Got her twice on the last run. Milino and Shoemakersville. Cool video. I just saw an up date on the 2100 they are working on it and i heard it will be converted to an oil burner. I wish they weren't converting it to oil but seeing it back on the tracks again will be awesome. They said if all possible they will try to get together with the 2102 for a double header.

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, Michael! Really glad you got to see 2102 in action. I'm definitely hoping for that doubleheader with 2100 as well. I'm disappointed about 2100's conversion to burning oil, though it sounds like that's necessary to travel to other railroads.

@BeeLineEast 10 ай бұрын

@@JamieMakin Same here. I'm not thrilled they changed it to burn oil. I wish they would have left it a coal fired locomotive.

@1940limited 10 ай бұрын

We were on the 8/13 trip and saw you shooting video as we left Lower Reading station. Got to talk to Andy twice that day. We missed you at the end of the trip. You were busy with other railfans.

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Bummer that we didn't meet up that day, but I'm glad you got to talk to Andy and I hope you enjoyed your ride!

@SuperFoxyRailwayProduction6702 10 ай бұрын

2:00 i can see R&N #425

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Hoping to see 425 back in service in the near future!

@SuperFoxyRailwayProduction6702 10 ай бұрын

@@JamieMakin also how is the inspection doing on #425?

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

They're working on it, but I haven't gotten a lot of details yet.

@georgew.5639 10 ай бұрын

In I believe 1991 the 2102 was in Lansdale, Pa. I got to visit her cab. See inside her firebox. Her fire was just smoldering. And blow her whistle. 🚂😊

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Cool memories, glad you got to experience that. I believe 1991 was the last year she ran until her restoration and return to service in 2022.

@dennis78382 10 ай бұрын

Good morning Jamie. Back for a Rewatch friend.

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the rewatch buddy!

@rudycarlson8245 9 ай бұрын

@@JamieMakin I wonder if you can answer this question, where did the Redding and Northern 2102? And when did it get it?

@JamieMakin 9 ай бұрын

@@rudycarlson8245 RBMN got 2102 in 1986. www.rbmnrr-passenger.com/2102-updates

@rudycarlson8245 9 ай бұрын

@@JamieMakin thanks for the info

@claudioeternod7064 10 ай бұрын

Hi Jamie. I have seen many excellent videos from your channel but this one is THE VIDEO!! Hahahaha. The fire lighting in a steam loco is a beatifull procces. In this case it is been awesome. Have you made some video making fire lighting at # 425? If not it should be nice to see. Cheers and thanks for this epic video!

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, Claudio! I've been wanting to make this video for a long time, and I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I definitely want to do a similar video for 425, but that will have to wait a while until she is back in service. She's down for a major overhaul right now, and won't be back until next year at the earliest.

@claudioeternod7064 10 ай бұрын

@@JamieMakin Waiting for the 425 is a pleasure time if it will be alive as a young girl such as I am sure that overhaul will be ended. I will be waiting too. Cheers and do not stop enjoying those oportunities.

@BBenoist 10 ай бұрын

I had no idea it took this long to prepare a steam locomotive for a run. How long will the engine remain running before the next time it needs another 3 days? Awesome video!

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

It's definitely best to bring the steam locomotives up to temperature gradually to ensure nothing gets over-stressed in the process. All of this work goes into preparing the locomotive for just one day of running. They'll shut her down as soon as she gets back to the steam shop after the excursion.

@raymondchason2877 10 ай бұрын

i hope the railroad does videos of 425 progress

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

I'm hoping to be able to film that for them this winter.

@raymondchason2877 10 ай бұрын

@JamieMakin I know someone asked how long it takes to fire up 2102 and 425 not to mix railroads but up said that ed and his team fire up 844 and big boy 4014 a week to warm up and cool down from a trip

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

@@raymondchason2877 cool info on the UP engines, thanks! The slower the process, the less risk of damaging something in the expansion or contraction phases.

@gashrff65 10 ай бұрын

How's is 425 coming along?

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

They've got 425 pretty well taken apart, but keeping 2102 going for this year's excursions are their priority. Hoping to get back there to film more of 425 and learn about the progress after "busy season." From what I heard it's going well though.

@Strasburg_Railfaner611 4 ай бұрын

Jeez 3 days to fire her up but I’m pretty sure it dosnt take this long usually it would just take 6 hours for her right? Also cant wait to see her run this summer

@JamieMakin 4 ай бұрын

From what I understand it's better to raise the temperature slowly to avoid potential damage to the parts if things heat up and expand too quickly. They probably could do it quicker, but might not be worth the risk.

@Strasburg_Railfaner611 4 ай бұрын

Makes sense

@PeterStrange-oy9ev 10 ай бұрын

Andy's birthday is on the 13th?

@1940limited 10 ай бұрын

I believe she said Andy Jr.

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Yes, Andy Muller Jr.'s birthday is August 13th, and he knows how to celebrate it in style.

@paulsmith5398 10 ай бұрын

Ohhhhhh, Andy's b-day is august 13th? Same day as my late wife's😔 and the (late) very dishonorable Fidel Castro 😲😱❗I spent saturday the 12th at the Illinois Railway Museum with family and friends, saw a lot of impressive diesel locomotives in operation, as it was "Diesel Days" weekend there, and also the 70th anniversary of the IRM's founding.

@JamieMakin 10 ай бұрын

Interesting to hear Andy shares a birthday with your late wife, but so sorry for your loss of your wife. Glad you had a fun day though at the Illinois Railway Museum.

@paulsmith5398 10 ай бұрын

@@JamieMakin yeah, i used to razz her about sharing her b-day with Fidel Castro, and i got dirty looks in return. I share mine with the guy that invented asphalt, its as cheap a paving product as it gets, and doesnt hold up very well in constantly changing weather conditions.