Reading 2102 awaits the order to proceed out of the Port Clinton Steam Shops on a very warm July morning.

Reading 2102 nears the top of Hometown Hill as it blasts out of the woods at Marian Avenue.

Reading 2102's night crew prepares the locomotive for its second public excursion since 1991.

Reading 2102 simmers in the early morning darkness before its second Iron Horse Ramble excursion.

Reading 2102 coasts downgrade through Millers Field as it nears Port Clinton with the second Iron Horse Ramble excursion in 2022.

Reading 2102 stomps through the Pennsylvania countryside at Molino. This shot would not have been possible as recent as 6 or so months ago as a pine tree forest once inhabited this area.

Reading 2102 steams up as the sun begins to rise over the mountains in Port Clinton.

Reading 2102 blasts up Hometown Hill with a sold out Iron Horse Ramble excursion.

Reading 2102 prepares for its return to public service after 30 years of silence.

Reading 2102 rushes down the grade just north of Tamaqua.

Reading 2102 coasts down the grade through Nesquehoning Tunnel as it approaches Jim Thorpe.

Reading 2102 crosses Peacock's Lock Viaduct as it blasts into Rickenbach Rock Cut.

Reading 2102 prepares for its first public excursion in over 30 years. 2102's cylinder cocks were opened creating a dramatic steam show early in the morning.

Reading 2102 simmers quietly in its stall before it’s official public debut tomorrow. 2102 will be leading a 19-car passenger train, it’s first excursion in 30 years.

In the early light of day, a Blue Mountain & Reading Temple – Harrisburg glides over the Schuylkill River on Conrail’s Lebanon Valley Line at Reading, Pennsylvania. The long girder bridge shar... (more)