Imagine Reading had 30 of them at one time. Or was it 35?

I'm not an expert on these things but it looked as if he pulled the throttle out too far a bit too soon a couple of times, but maybe you never know when onn of these locomotives is going to slip.

@@1940limited it's very much a feel thing, and can be tough to know if you can grab more.

You really have too. I was out there twice this year and going back one more time. I was right by the tracks in august for the doubleheader when they came charging out of port Clinton. This was my first time actually chasing a excursion and it was a absolute blast.

So THIS is the one you were talking about! I had seen one of it leaving out double header with 425 and you could see the valve gear set basically in corner, and thought that's the one you meant.

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Love these trains

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Indeed, especially with how she been handling revenue freights.

I think it is one of the most impressive. It's all I need in a locomotive.'m happy to live petty close by so I can see it frequently. I rode behind it several times in the 1980s including a trip to Harrisburg. I'm glad it's been brought back after 31 years.

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Especially when computers weren't around in those days in the machine shops giving guidance to shop technicians. Yet everything worked perfectly well because these locomotives were the pride of America. For a long time these steam engine trains kept this nation going.

@The Random One 4014 is overrated

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Amen

Not even close.

I wish that RDG #2101 would get rebuilt after being a Chessie System steamer in 1977 and 78.

wish they werent history, to crew one of these would be an amazing workday

@@BeefSupreme115 I certainly sympathize with you if America went back to using the steam engine trains. That certainly wouldn't be a problem because America is rich in coal. I don't know if it would sit well with environmentalists because black smoke would be coming out of the trains smokestacks. It seems that these trains are still useful in some way. If you ever seen one they're a sight to behold because I saw one pass through my hometown back in 2010. A steam engine left San Antonio, Texas and passed through my hometown of Corpus Christi, Texas enroute to Kingsville,Texas for some celebration regarding the Good Old Days. When the celebration was over it passed through my hometown enroute back to San Antonio, Texas. It was blowing it's mournful whistle making its presence known on the rails of Corpus Christi, Texas. It be great if they weren't part of history still being used. But, it's what it is.

They're driving it as it supposed to be driven: FULL STEAM AHEAD! Jeez it gives me goosebumps!

Amen!

What they were hauling was another word for "donkey"!

Insane right?

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@@bdvids7930 like I’ve heard a reading 6 chime on SRC 90 and R&N 2102 in real life those things are LOUD AF

@@Ellathestrasburgdecapod2 oh ok

@@bdvids7930 so they must have been beating the piss outta that thing……….

Does she have two whistles, then?

@@sambrown6426 yes, she's also got a reading hooter whistle they use from time to time

@@Heat0ne Question is, which one's for freight, and which one's for passenger?

@@Heat0ne Also, I once drove a 40-horsepower Case steam tractor with 3 whistles on it, ranging from a little single-chime, to a B&O 6-chime.

@@sambrown6426 honestly not sure if they're being that official. Nearly every time I see her run they end up using both through the day. Although the owner Andy Mueller seems to like using the hooter when he's at the throttle. The Frederick's seem to like using the 6 chime when they're running.

I have quite a few more on my channel featuring 4-6-2 425. And DVD/Blu-ray/Streaming with 2102.

I was there that day. I couldn't believe how fast she accelerated with a HEP baggage car and 17 sold-out passenger cars behind her! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jK5mmJWEkrCWnY0.html

What does that mean? I know Baldwin were trainmakers back in the day but thats about it.

@@nielsleenknegt5839 "Boxpok" is the name of the wheel design, so called because each wheel spoke is hollow with a square cross section. These particular Boxpok wheels were, of course, made by Baldwin.

Diesels can pull twice the amount of weight that steamers can handle, Diesels are very storng.

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@Sebastian Floyd yes that too

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@@sebastianfloyd9705 im not disrespecting it

@@sebastianfloyd9705 also your ideas are just outlandish

Me too.

Don't forget the SP&S 700 and the SP 4449, two of the loudest locomotives I've ridden behind many times!

I've been around 611 when it thundered out of a couple VA towns in 2015, and I thought it was pretty deafening at the time. Just by listening to these videos, 2102 sounds 3x louder than her. You can tell the crews are still learning how best to throttle the incredible power of that thing! Pennsylvanians should be proud to call that magnificent engine one of their own.

Above all else though, Frisco 1522 is still The Loudest Steam Locomotive in the World even when in her 2nd retirement. You just can't beat that.

Yes, I almost forgot about those 2 engines I didn’t know that 4449 and 700 had loud exhaust if anyone has a video I’d like to see it then I will correctly say that the Reading T1 northerns or one of the loudest northerns in operation

844 is extremely loud when you push 'er. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hZ5yi8yhzrLKp3U.html

611 has been worked like this a few times

@@SuperAWaC but not for long periods. Just to get up a hill or something. This is constant. Like it should be. No help from anything else. Just pure work.

Ok so right before the train starts moving you see the engineer yanking on that big lever from the ceiling? That's the throttle he was pulling on. And that little lever he put forward that was the sanding lever to put sand on the rails. The reverser is in the forward position to move forward. What the fireman was doing was most likely checking the level of his fire and keeping it right where he wants it. There is alot more to it but that's pretty much the basics.

Now that they corrected the off beat exhaust they it will sound even better.

As of now there will be 2 DVDs. The first covers the 50-car coal train, 100-car coal train, and the first 2 Iron Horse Rambles. The second will cover the August doubleheader with 425, the last Iron Horse Ramble on Sept. 3rd, and some of the fall foliage trips. I hope to have them both done late November or early December.

James. How more cab you think you may offer off this trip..besides the trackside?

@@davidtrexler7928 Not sure, but there will certainly be more.

Great footage inside the cab. The sound is excellent in this video also.

4-8-4, home built by the Reading with some assistance from Baldwin.

Right now I'm working on 3 different 2102 DVDs. 1309 will probably be sometime next year.