Now in the teeth of the grade and battling wet rails in the midst of a heavy downpour, T-1 #2102 puts on an impressive display of big steam power as it brings upgrade through the "S" cur... (more)

After dropping 19 car loads of passengers at the station in downtown Jim Thorpe, Reading & Northern T-1 #2102 turns the train on the wye utilizing the "new" connection between the Readin... (more)

Former Reading T-1 #2102 leads a 19 car Reading & Northern Ramble past the dual mast signal at "MULLER". This is the first Ramble of 2102's reborn career, and it drew thousands of rail f... (more)

After a dreary morning run to Jim Thorpe, the sun has joined the thousands out chasing former Reading T-1 #2102 pulling its first Ramble of its reborn career, The train is seen here approaching th... (more)

With the cylinder cocks wide open, Reading & Northern 2102 crawls across the turntable at Port Clinton.

Reading & Northern T-1 no. 2102 crawls onto the siding track at Jim Thorpe to let the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railroad train pass by.

late Night in Port Clinton After the main event was all said and done the after show began. 2102 waits in Port Clinton to be taken up to Hawks Wye to be turned northward before returning ba... (more)

Reading 2102 lives again!

Nearing the end of its journey, Reading 2102 pulls its first passenger train on the Reading and Northern railroad through an empty field in Morhsville, Pennsylvania.

I stayed overnight in a dump of a motel, got up a 4:45 AM, got soaked in the rain, drove 400 miles round trip, spent hundreds of dollars, and after waiting 27 years, was it worth it?

You bet you... (more)

With a thunderous exhaust echoing through the Lehigh Gorge, Reading & Northern 2102 triumphantly stomps southbound out of Jim Thorpe.

After all 900 or so passengers disembarked from the train, Reading & Northern 2102 leads the 19 car passenger train around the Wye at Jim Thorpe Junction.

R&N 2102 thunders across the Little Schuylkill River over the seldom photographed bridge at New Ringgold under a steady drizzle.

Reading & Northern 2102 leads the first 21st century “Iron Horse Rambles” trip through Hamburg on the approach to Port Clinton.

The 2102's stack blast during the climb up Hometown Hill was a veritable tornado, leaving a whirlwind of falling leaves in its wake.