Reading & Northern T-1 2102 Steam Locomotive 100-Car Revenue Coal Trains May 20th, 2022
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
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About a week before the 2102's first Ramble of 2022, Mr. Muller decided to run the big T-1 on a pair of revenue coal trains between Port Clinton and Tamaqua. On the morning of Friday, May 20th, the 2102 eased out of the shop and backed down onto a cut of 100 empty coal hoppers (~2200 tons). The big northern proceeded to power this train to the yard at Tamaqua, Mr. Muller at the throttle, where it was handed off to a pair of diesels to be shoved into the mine for loading.
Following this, the 2102 was coupled to a string of 50 loaded hoppers (~4000 to 6000 tons, at ~80 to 120 tons per hopper estimated). Tender-first, the train returned to Port Clinton, where the steamer was cut off and the train handed to another pair of diesels to continue its journey the rest of the way to North Reading. By a stroke of luck, the 2102 made it back to the shops just as the day's thunderstorm hit the area. Enjoy, and stay tuned for Rambles action to come this summer =)
Table of Contents:
0:00 - Intro & photos
0:35 - Backing through Port Clinton to train (lite)
1:24 - Accelerating out of Port Clinton (MT)
3:20 - Molino (MT)
4:34 - Rauchs (MT, full train shot)
7:43 - Pacing, South Tamaqua (MT)
10:09 - Hecla (LD, full train shot)
11:39 - Millers Crossing Road (LD)
12:39 - US 61 Overpass, Port Clinton (LD, full train shot)
15:30 - Returning to shops (lite) - Авто та транспорт
Its so cool to see a locomotive this old pull 100 cars even empty like its nothing. Plus seeing the stack clean while going up grade is a testament to her crews experience.
This crew deserves so much respect. 2102 showing some serious muscle 💪🏼
Particularly enjoyed seeing engineer Andy compensate for the wheel slip during the pacing sequence!
The stack talk during the pacing hauling 100 cars is incredible. Contrast that with your earlier vid in this same exact spot hauling just a caboose where all you hear are the rods clanking.
The Rambles will be great, but this is what the T-1s were really meant to do, and man do they do a good job at it!
OMG, listen to that whistle and its echo resonate through the valley. Awesome footage, but it was the sound that gave me goosebumps!
The pacing shots were excellent!
Seems like the folks at the R&N are just showing off now and playing with their new toy. LOL! Beautiful footage!
It is a very enjoyable sight to see a steam locomotive hauling a respectable length freight train in the modern era, great to see Reading 2102 back in service performing the way steam engines did many decades ago.
Glad they didn't have a diesel locomotive attached to it. It's nice to see them working like they were built to.
We rode on the reading when the reading rode again we look back through the years of days of way back when we rode the mighty rails across the fields and around the bend, we rode on the reading when the reading rode again. The cars and the cabooses are with us still today so stoke that locomotive and listen as we say we won't forget the story's of steel rails and iron men,we rode on the reading when the reading rode again
WOW!, reminiscent of the C&IM 2-10-2 s hauling loaded 109 car drags up Petersburg hill in Illinois........but that was 75+ years ago.........and 2101 put on an awesome show in 1975, on that very same railroad, pulling the American Freedom Train!
This makes me so hyped for when I go to see '02!
This is gonna be big when it finally does its first excursion. Looking forward to the footage you will provide!
Frist one this Saturday. It's going to be a mob scene. Train is sold out, even coach.
Not a hooter whistle fan but I am a newly restored historical steam loco fan
Thanks for posting.
Love seeing the T-1 at work!
SSSSOOOO good to see her back in action !!!
Nice that Andy gets to run it again. He's 31 years older than the last time. It's been even longer since I road behind it in the 80s. We're signed up for the July 2 excursion.
2102 running Southern style , long hood forward !
Great footage! Cool overhead shot!
Beautiful steam locomotive. I am glad to see more of these pieces of history being restored.
Nice!
Incredible
very nice
you can really hear that stack talk in some spots
You should do this as an ASMR video, since all of the ones that are on UA-cam a basically passenger train ones
If diesel keeps going up, sooner or later it will be more economical to keep it in freight service ...
I don’t care how much diesel goes up; it will never be more expensive than the labor and parts costs of maintaining a steam locomotive for daily, heavy duty operation. This was the primary reason steam died in the first place.
@@FanRailer that was caused by government over regulation. She's prime now so further rebuilds would be much cheaper if diesel prices did get extremely high. Probably won't reach that point but with the idiot world leaders and ours you never know.
Andy loves to use steam to haul his coal, so if he can recover his 2102 investment pulling excursions why not also save the diesel and use steam to move freight (great story angle for news reporters)? It is rough on the track, however.
@@FanRailer There was a time when thousands of them across the country were kept operational. What an achievement. Reading alone had 30 of these T1s. You know how much work went into its restoration. Imagine maintaining 30 of them.
@@trezjr73 It's my understanding he's done so well with his passenger trains it was deemed worthwhile to restore 2102. It will be a crowd pleaser beyond description. In a recent season BMR&N hauled 100,000 passengers.
This is what UP should do
11:58 … I would give anything to hear that echo near my home, where SP used to run GS and MT locos. UP ruined everything here.
is there a public testing schedule and where is it found?
Facebook. Her next run is her actual revenue excursion with passenger coaches.
2102 is strong!
Yep, doing what she was built to do here!
Is there anything this locomotive can't do? 50 loaded hoppers! Amazing! I guess the 50 empty hopper test train was nothing for 2102. It seemed just at ease with them loaded.
Tamaqua to port Clinton is mostly downhill. 2102 likely would have needed help in the other direction with 50 loads.
@@FanRailer I guess we'll have to double head it with 2100! :-)
I wonder if they're burning anthracite or brown coal, seems a bit too much smoke.
It looks a lot like the Baldwin 60000. I assume this locomotive is the basis?
The Baldwin 60k was a one-off design that is not related to any surviving operation steam locomotive today.
Baldwin 60000 was a three-cylinder experimental locomotive. R&N 2102 has two. 2102 is a rebuild of a 2-8-0.
rebuilt Pacific G-3.....longer boiler & bigger firebox
@@edithfleischman802 No. G-3s came later; and were the little brothers of the T-1.
I think it has Baldwin driving wheels.
Well the coal drag was 50 cars
13:40 whoever loaded those cars looks like they were drunk!
2102 steam engine is pulling freight cars.
Good lord you must’ve gotten soaked filming that final shot. Hope you’re dry now