RBMN Port Clinton shops

RBM&N engineman Jim Cook climbs aboard T-1 #2102 on October 19, 2024 just prior to heading south for the Outer Station in Reading, PA.

"Sun, steam and steel": Reading & Northern #2102, a 1945 product of the Reading Shops, slowly backs under the sanding tower in Port Clinton, PA on October 19, 2024. For those within rela... (more)

With train orders received Engineer Ryan Bausher tugs at the throttle and the big 4-8-4 Reading T-1 eases away from the R&N Port Clinton, PA offices on October 19, 2024 for Reading and a Fall Foli... (more)

It's approximately 7:30 am on October 19, 2024 and Shane Frederickson eases Reading & Northern T-1 #2102 out of her stall in the Port Clinton engine house enroute eventually for Reading and a day ... (more)

"Fall Morning in Port Clinton": Early morning sun lights the mountain west of Port Clinton, PA on the morning of October 19, 2024 as the yard comes to life with the sounds and smells of ... (more)

R&N steam engineer Shane Frederickson makes some final adjustments to R&N #2102 on the early morning of October 19, 2024 prior to hauling passengers on the R&N's Fall Foliage Special.

Reading 2102's crew of Shane Frederickson, Keith Strobel, Brian Messinger, Ian McKeown, Chuck Trusdell, and Ryan Bausher gives a friendly wave to the passengers onboard the train as 2102 departs P... (more)

Reading & Northern engineer Shane Frederickson gives a couple cranks on the mechanical lubricator of R&N #2102's Worthington SA feedwater heater on the early morning of October 19, 2024.

"Night Trick with #2102": Shane Frederickson tends to the mechanical lubricator on Reading T-1 #2102 on the early morning of October 19, 2024 at the Reading & Northern's steam shops in P... (more)

"Volcanic": Reading & Northern T-1 #2102 heads south to Reading, PA on October 19, 2024 filling the air with volcanic like smoke and steam passing under the signals at CP Pulpit.

Crew members Brian Messinger, Keith Strobel, and Ryan Bausher check and record the temperature of Reading 2102's bearings during the crew change in Port Clinton on a cool October evening.

2102 puts on a show departing Port Clinton.

2102 sits in Port Clinton awaiting the switcher to pull it from the engine house.

2102 starts its shove south tender first, uncoupling from the RBMN switcher.