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

Reading & Northern Railroad has just finished the restoration of its Former Reading Railroad T-1, 2102. Here the Locomotive has just left the confines of the Engine house in Port Clinton, and ging... (more)

Reading & Northern Railroad has just finished the restoration of its Former Reading Railroad T-1, 2102. The Locomotive has completed a series of test and break in runs. Here is the Locomotive on i... (more)

Reading 2102's night crew prepares the locomotive for its second public excursion since 1991.

Reading 2102 simmers in the early morning darkness before its second Iron Horse Ramble excursion.

After facing minor mechanical issues, Reading 2102 is guided out of the shops as a prelude to the days activities.

The Port Clinton to Minersville job departs Port Clinton with an SW1500 and SW8 for power.

Reading 2102 steams up as the sun begins to rise over the mountains in Port Clinton.

Reading 2102 prepares for its return to public service after 30 years of silence.

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

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 prepares for its first public excursion in over 30 years. 2102's cylinder cocks were opened creating a dramatic steam show early in the morning.

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)