After a long day on the road, Reading & Northern #2102 begins the final journey into the engine house under the watchful eye of a shop employee.
Reading 2102 pulls onto the mainline in Port Clinton on a rainy October morning.
Reading 2102 rests in a cloud of steam on a shortly before departing Port Clinton on dreary October morning.
Reading 2102 steams off the Reading & Northern Steam Shop spur track on a cold October morning.
Reading 2102 simmers outside of the Reading & Northern Steam Shops on a cool October morning.
Engineer Chuck Trusdell finishes the final preparations on Reading 2102 shortly before it leaves Port Clinton on a cool October morning.
Engineer Shane Frederickson gives a final check of Reading 2102 shortly before it leaves the Reading & Northern Steam Shops.
Engineer Ryan Bausher looks backwards shortly before reversing Reading 2102 out of Port Clinton.
Reading & Northern's #America250 SD40-2 1776 is posed on the shop lead for photos on November 13, 2025.
Reading 2102 steams as its air compressors warm up in Port Clinton on a cool September morning.
The Reading 2102 pull out of Port Clinton with a spectacular show of power. The wheels slipped three times as it passed the R&N RDC cars that were sitting idol by the station.
There was sun, smoke and steam in Port Clinton, PA. 10-25-25. #2102
Reading and Northern 2102 sits in the Port Clinton Steam Shops prior to departing for Reading for the days steam excursion to Jim Thorpe.