Reading 2102 with a Reading freight hooter

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Matt Dotson Railfan Productions

3 жыл бұрын

Taken during her boiler test back in January

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@RocketStephen618 3 жыл бұрын

I have no idea why, but I *love* the reading freight hooters

@mattdotsonrailfanproductio266 3 жыл бұрын

It’s definitely one of my favorite whistles. They are actually known as Reading banshees but I call them reading freight hooters. They sound a lot better then the banshees Pennsy used

@EngineerDaylight 3 жыл бұрын

@@mattdotsonrailfanproductio266 the PRR Banshee would scare someone to death

@kadenrobinson7067 3 жыл бұрын

@@mattdotsonrailfanproductio266 what engine were this whistle

@CrossOfBayonne 2 жыл бұрын

Same

@steamgent4592 2 жыл бұрын

@@mattdotsonrailfanproductio266 been around the Reading my whole lifetime and had multiple generations of Reading men in my family most were steam era engineman. Never ever heard the hooter called the Banshee. Only the PRR had a banshee and Europe.

@EngineerDaylight 3 жыл бұрын

In her current state, 2102 looks like a life-size Lionel pilot engine(of which have not been painted)

@That_Thicc_Cat 3 жыл бұрын

I completely agree

@CrossOfBayonne 2 жыл бұрын

I'm actually sad to announce that the 2102's former caretaker Bill Benson of Akron Ohio died at 80 years old when the locomotive was fired up.

@buecomet831 2 жыл бұрын

@@CrossOfBayonne fuck everything.

@TailsFan369no2 2 жыл бұрын

The irony is lionel produced models of these engines and one of them was owned by them

@Toaster844 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine if this is how reading 2102 is gonna look in its excursion carrier

@Toaster844 3 жыл бұрын

@Mekhi Floyd yeah I know

@Toaster844 3 жыл бұрын

@Mekhi Floyd lol

@That_Thicc_Cat 3 жыл бұрын

Hey she would weigh much less lol

@EngineerDaylight 3 жыл бұрын

Well she wouldn't look right, she'd look like a cabless, life-size Lionel Pilot Engine

@SouthernRailwayProductio-rw8wb 3 жыл бұрын

Best Reading Hooter Ever!

@MrGeneberrier 3 жыл бұрын

Agree to desagree

@CarolinaRailfan 3 жыл бұрын

this is pog

@RocketStephen618 3 жыл бұрын

*very pogg*

@That_Thicc_Cat 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@SOU6900 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like the whistle on a logging loco.

@brendanstrains9725 3 жыл бұрын

I am excited to see this and 2100 run again

@Cessna-er4je 3 жыл бұрын

I really like Reading's hooter freight whistle

@anthonynigri8585 3 жыл бұрын

I think she will be operational by the summer

@Yaboifirefox 3 жыл бұрын

More than likely let’s hope because western Maryland did this same thing on 1309 and it took a few months to finish

@alexpaumen3937 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds just as good as it did in the ‘90s.

@jay600katana 2 жыл бұрын

she is gonna be something to see when she's all done, I hope they put her in the Rambles scheme.

@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan 3 жыл бұрын

I hopefully look forward to her return to steam

@mattdotsonrailfanproductio266 3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@ArnavKhode 2 жыл бұрын

The hooter symbolizes a ghost whistle, one that screeches like a lost soul in the darkness of being scrapped. 2102 along with NW 1218 have the best hooters, either freight or ghostly, at least in my opinion.

@steamgent4592 2 жыл бұрын

Thats 2102s original Reading Hooter the one she carried in service till the Rambles. She's carried it the whole time Andy's had her as well. It's never come off for another whistle under his ownership. It's the passenger whistle they swap around.

@Mauscmkwk 3 жыл бұрын

When will she be ready

@mattdotsonrailfanproductio266 3 жыл бұрын

I’m not sure, I’m anxious to find out myself

@anthonynigri8585 3 жыл бұрын

@@mattdotsonrailfanproductio266 me too

@cool1800lemonlaw 3 жыл бұрын

They should doublehead 2102 and 425

@cjstrainsandadventures3322 Жыл бұрын

Did you tell the future?

@claudiadarling9441 3 жыл бұрын

She looks like a brand new engine.

@JCBro-yg8vd 3 жыл бұрын

Hope they let her keep that whistle when the rebuild is complete.

@TailsFan369no2 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know, doesn’t sound right on that locomotive

@JCBro-yg8vd 2 жыл бұрын

@@TailsFan369no2 The whistle will probably sound better under full steam, especially once it gets broken in.

@awp2902 3 жыл бұрын

2102 needs to double Head with 1309 huling 50 hopper fully loaded

@Jaidyn228 3 жыл бұрын

I should be retired...

@awp2902 3 жыл бұрын

@@Jaidyn228 no.

@ChargerusPrime 2 жыл бұрын

I'm excited for my favorite T-hog to be back in service. Use her on more drag freights, you never see steam powered drag freights nowadays.

@lukejohnson3048 2 жыл бұрын

Does this remind anyone else of a British steam whistle

@steamgent4592 2 жыл бұрын

To deep for British steam.

@lukejohnson3048 2 жыл бұрын

@@steamgent4592 on that note, why are British whistles so high pitched and quiet.

@steamgent4592 2 жыл бұрын

@@lukejohnson3048 the quiet is due to the fact that they are small. Loudness is created by the diameter (almost all American RR whistles are 6 inches in diameter British are like 2 -3 inches) of the whistle and pitches or notes the length of each chamber. The Brits were extremely frugal when it came to whistles. Also their loading gauge is so tight there isn't room for a large whistle. It would get in the way or get lopped off even by a bridge. Many a mainline loco over their has lost its stack hitting bridges when they re-ballasted the line and the track was raised a bit. So several have recast stacks as a result. They only blow 2 quick toots on the whistle at a crossing long before you see it. Every crossing has gates, rail lines are fenced and just touch Railway property with a toe and you will probably go to prison. They take trespassing seriously. So they didn't need whistles like ours. Get hit by a train in Europe and you'll get a bill from the railway for delays and damages and get sued not like here.