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.

Reading and Northern 2102 sits in the Port Clinton Steam Shops prior to departing for Reading for the days steam excursion to Jim Thorpe.

Reading and Northern 2102 sits in the Port Clinton Steam Shops prior to departing for Reading for the days steam excursion to Jim Thorpe.

This locomotive was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in June 1963 as Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe GP30 1281, later renumbered ... (more)

Reading 2102 steams off of the steam shop spur and onto the Reading & Northern mainline in Port Clinton on a cool summer morning.

Reading 2102 accelerates loudly out of Port Clinton on a sunny September morning.

Built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division for the Southern Railway, MP15DC 2426 became Norfolk Southern 2426 upon the merger of the Norfolk & Western and Southern Railway in 1982. (Yikes! ... (more)

Getting a little TLC in the Reading Blue Mountain & Northern’s Port Clinton Junction Diesel Shop is "SD50-2" 5020. Built by EMD as Baltimore & Ohio SD50 8592, this locomotive became C... (more)