Where is the 2100 being restored at? I see it is being shipped to Cleveland via flat car by an organization based in veron Ohio. Certainly great news for us 2100’s fans. Is she going to the old b & o round house on west 3rd, current home to the 4070?
I’ve heard some rumors to that effect, but have no definite info.
Tom
Nice
As trains just announced it is indeed happening
But i dont know the specifics like where its gonna run & projected completion. Is it me or are there a ton of
Steam engines getting rebuilt for service all of the sudden? ???
We could use a few more as well. Now if only her sister, 2102 could make a come back.
Iam hoping to get up to Port Clinton,Pa in the next month or so to see 2102. I traveled the Blue Mountain & Reading excursion pulled by her. There is also a model of her in Reading garb in the lobby of the old Baldwin Tower(BLW) in Eddystone,Pa. Actually there are many old photos of the BLW manufacturing plant as it was at one time.Only the office tower and 1 or 2 of the buildings are all that remain.
Yeah boy, been riding behind her since the acy excursion in 1971. Followed her on the horseshoe curve trip, trips on the Pittsburgh and shawmut and the excursions into Cass wva from ronceverte wva. The Reading t 2 were some fine locomotives.
All you Reading T1 fans should head down to your local Barnes and Noble, or local hobby shop, and pick up the latest issue of “TRP”, once called “The Railroad Press”, now “Trains and Railroads of the Past.” There’s a 14 page article and photo “slide show”, with black and white and wonderful color shots of the Reading “Iron Horse Rambles” starring 2100, 2102, and 2124.
You’ll love it!
Thanks for the heads up
You’re welcome Robert! I don’t get “TRP” all the time (it’s typically diesel era oriented) but this issue is too good to pass up.
I have a phono record of the Iron Horse Rambles from the early 1960s being pulled by #2100 & #2124. It’s in great shape with the original sleeve featuring #2124 on the front and details of the trips on the back. I have also put the recording on cds, printed the front of the sleeve on the disc and the back of the sleeve on a paper cd sleeve. I also have photos taken at the Baldwin(Locomotive Works) tower in Eddystone,Pa. where there is a model of the #2102 and tender in Reading garb, it is about 6 ft long and 15 or 16 inches in height.
From ASR (regarding whether 2100 will ‘fit’ in the roundhouse when she arrives):
"Yes…we are very aware of the turntable and stall size. It was very much thought through. Just like the J project [611 in Spencer] items will be swapped out as needed. MRPS is working on stalls 6-10 so there will be more storage shortly.
Read more about 2100 at http://www.fireup2100.org "
Some of you mention a Baldwin Locomotive Works Tower. Is this something that’s open to the public?
They mean the cruciform office building at what was the Eddystone plant. It has been renovated as office space. You can download a .pdf from the leasing agent, Virtus Realty Advisors, url=[http://www.virtusrea.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/Virtus/Properties_files/Baldwin.pdf]here.[/url]
http://www.virtusrea.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/Virtus/Properties_files/Baldwin.pdf
The buuilding that was the offices of Baldwin Locomotive Works in Eddystone,Pa. is now home to several other companies. The building is accesible to the public(not large groups) though there is nothing more to see than photos on walls in public hallways and a fairly good sized model of the Reading T-1 2102 Locomotive with tender. I have been there a couple of times in the last few years and have taken photos inside and out. The last of the manufacturing buildings now houses an energy related company and they frown upon anyoneentering that area and when I attempted to get photos of the outside of that building I was told to leave the property.
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Great to hear 2100 will be coming back! This brings fresh hope for other projects and shows how anything can happen if we put our minds to it. And what a great photo of the Baldwin plant, so much else to see there besides a symbol of industrial might. Is that a GG1-powered passenger/mail-express train with a caboose streaking along the bottom?
Greetings from Alberta
Looks like it. As you can see, the office building is readily visible from the NEC tracks, even today.
Tom
The open house on may 9 will be great. Not only looking forward to seeing the 2100 but the 4070 as well. The society also has a pair of nickel plate heavyweight coaches in great condition. Great time for all.