Reading & Northern T-1 #2102 is full throttle and working hard as she charges into Nesquehoning. The sound was simply deafening.

AT&SF train number 19, The Chief, is departing Raton New Mexico at 10 MPH on March 26th 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

R&N #2102 rounds the curve at Nesquehoning Junction on October 14, 2023 as she wyes the Fall Foliage special across the Lehigh River outside of Jim Thorpe, PA. .

The 1942 Baldwin-built oil-fired Frisco 4-8-4 No. 4501 is seen in this view from the rear of a Pullman car during our walking tour of the yard at the Museum of the American Railroad. One of three... (more)

Reading 2102 charges around Black Oak Curve as it nears Port Clinton on a cold and rainy October evening.

The Shenandoah Valley Limited, powered by J 611 is making a run for North Mountain, after backing out of Victoria Station onto the main line. An almost blemish-free operating season for VMT’s St... (more)

Reading 2102 emerges from a cloud of steam as it departs Jim Thorpe on a dreary October afternoon.

SP 4449 is parked for display at Seattle's King St. Station after arriving with the American Freedom Train. The train would be opened for visitation before the train would continue south to Portla... (more)

An early morning in Port Clinton on October 14, 2023 calls for steam with T1 #2102. Here, engineman Ryan Bausher throws the shop lead switch as #2102 awaits to depart for Reading, PA and another d... (more)

With additional passengers onboard Reading & Northern T1 4-8-4 #2102 marches out of town on October 14, 2023 as its heads for Jim Thorpe, PA in the heart of the Pocono Mountains.

"Thunder in the Poconos": Reading & Northern #2102 thunders south towards Reading, PA outside of Jim Thorpe as she climbs the grade with the R&N Fall Foliage Special on October 14, 2023.... (more)

Reading & Northern #2102 blasts past Nesquehoning Jct on October 14, 2023 as she works hard in the rain, wide open, reversing her train for the afternoon run south to Reading, PA for an R&N annual... (more)

Reading & Northern #2102, on a rainy October 14, 2023, races north to Jim Thorpe outside of New Ringgold, PA on one of the annual R&N sponsored Fall Foliage Specials.

Heavy rain falls as the sky erupts with the continuous thunder of Reading & Northern T1 #2102 making time south towards Reading, PA on October 14, 2023. Here the '02, as it's affectionately called... (more)

SP train number 2, the Sunset Limited, hustles at 40 MPH near Glendale California in 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.