Reading 2102 and Reading & Northern 425 slowing come up to their operating boiler pressures the day before their first doubleheader since 1988. This is also the first time the two locomotives were... (more)

Reading 2102 is slowly brought up to pressure having just had a fire lit in its firebox.

Reading 2102 and Reading & Northern 425 prepare to leave Port Clinton on a beautiful August morning.

Reading 2102 simmers in Port Clinton while a re-enactor poses on the Port Clinton Turntable with a lantern and cigar. NOTE: This shot was obtained with permission of the railroad during a priva... (more)

Reading 2102 and Reading & Northern 425 simmer in the early morning hours of August 13th. This day marked the first time the two locomotives ran together since 1988.

In homage to the classic rambles shot, Reading & Northern T-1 2102 enters the yard at Port Clinton. The ex-RDG engine is on a "Hopper Jet" test run in preparation for the R&N's Iron Hors... (more)

Reading 2102's drivers glisten as the light of the day begins to reach Port Clinton.

On the home stretch of her southbound journey back to Reading, #2102 splits the signals at CP Clint on the late afternoon of July 2, 2022.

Reading T1 #2102 blasts out of Port Clinton on the morning of July 2, 2022 demonstrating that even this heavy hitter can sprint with the best.

Passing the RBM&N's wheel truing shop, #2102 looks right at home in territory very familiar to her. The T1 has been most places many steam locomotives haven't including Horseshoe Curve and Cass, W... (more)

Ryan Frederickson, son of Shane Frederickson, throws the switch at the spur leading to the RBM&N steam shops as Reading #2102 warms her cylinders to start her trip south for a day hauling passenge... (more)

Engineer Shane Frederickson inspects his ride for July 2, 2022 as Reading T1 4-8-4 #2102 simmers outside of her home in Port Clinton, PA at the RBM&N steam shops.

RBMN #2534 leads a loaded coal train through Port Clinton, PA, on a chilly November evening in 2017. The loaded coal train will terminate in North Reading Yard for interchange with Norfolk Souther... (more)

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

A Folk Hero, in the age of steam. Shane Fredrickson at the Helm of Reading and Northerns newly restored locomotive, T-1 2102