Eastern Railroad Discussion > Reading and Northern 2102 leaves the engine house

Reading and Northern 2102 leaves the engine house for a test run to Tamaqua and back with CEO Andy Muller at the Throttle.

pic 1 Ouside the engine house.
pic2 Running lite at Rausches Schulykill County,
video leaving the engine house.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/08/24 12:33 by jim6300loco.

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pic3 pacing at New Ringold, Schulykill County.
pic4 At the village of Atlas just south of Tamaqua.

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Lovely locomotive, great series of pictures

Great pics Jim.  Thanks for chasing.  Looks like weather improved along the line.
jb

What a machine! Looking forward to seeing her at Mountain Top in a month or so - me and likely thousands of others!

Super set of photos - She's a good-looking engine.
Bob

It is always a great pleasure for me to see any of the Reading Railroad T-1's under steam and running.  That's a great locomotive and the Reading & Northern have done a tremendous job with their restoration and operation of the 2102.
John in White Marsh, Maryland

Surprised to see a light engine.  Thought surely there would be a couple coaches or a few hoppers tacked on for easier braking.  

I’m sorry I could t take off today to join you guys. Great photos!!

Dan

Posted from iPhone

Congrats to Andy Muller and his team for doing a great job showcasing steam. I'm looking forward to riding behind her on June 22 and am confident that she'll put on a heck of a show as always. 

    Ross Rowland...........

I agree with those that wonder why no cars to do the braking?
Its a good habit to get into, especially if you own the railroad ...

The heavier the cars, the better.. After all, it's a 400-ton engine....
That can be hard, on the driver tires.
Braking using 'empties' is kind of pointless...their wheels will lock
and slide...in a hard-stop, if a situation pops up!

You run the risk of overheating the driver tires --- "a bad thing".

Oh well,  it ain't my railroad...
It ain't my engine.
It ain't my money.

W.

 

Who would have said 60 years ago that we would Reading steam in 2024!  Tom Klinger

So what did the railroads do back in the steam era to mitigate this? Say, for example, Pennsylvania RR helpers dropping back down to Altoona after a push up to Gallitzin?

Mike Derrick


wcamp1472 Wrote:
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> I agree with those that wonder why no cars to do
> the braking?
> Its a good habit to get into, especially if you
> own the railroad ...
>
> The heavier the cars, the better.. After all, it's
> a 400-ton engine....
> That can be hard, on the driver tires.
> Braking using 'empties' is kind of
> pointless...their wheels will lock
> and slide...in a hard-stop, if a situation pops
> up!
>
> You run the risk of overheating the driver tires
> --- "a bad thing".
>
> Oh well,  it ain't my railroad...
> It ain't my engine.
> It ain't my money.
>
> W.
>
>  

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wcamp1472 Wrote:
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> I agree with those that wonder why no cars to do
> the braking?
> Its a good habit to get into, especially if you
> own the railroad ...
>
> The heavier the cars, the better.. After all, it's
> a 400-ton engine....
> That can be hard, on the driver tires.
> Braking using 'empties' is kind of
> pointless...their wheels will lock
> and slide...in a hard-stop, if a situation pops
> up!
>
> You run the risk of overheating the driver tires
> --- "a bad thing".
>
> Oh well,  it ain't my railroad...
> It ain't my engine.
> It ain't my money.
>
> W.
>mdThe engine only was running at 10 MPH. I think The Reading & Northern  and the owner know all about what you said. . The R&N organization has been operating steam engines since the 1980's.. They know what they are doing, especially Mr Andrew Muller who is CEO and Owner of the R&N. Many of his early engineers who have since passed away were engineers operating Steam for the former READING railroad. They taught the young guys the ropes.Charley Kachel, Bob Rothermal and Andy Andrews to name just a few.  I conducted for them all when the R&N was the old Blue Mt. & Reading.
>  

The advantage with a couple of 'brakers" is that it gives you options.
If you want to 10pm, that's good...
Wth options, your ability to adapt is easier.
Let the brake shoes on the cars take the heat!

Its a preference 'thing'.
If you have the chance to take 'brakes' along, why not do it?

I also wonder what 'work' they had done, that needed a slow test-run?

​W.