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Big Northern in a Little Spotlight
3 years ago
If you have followed me for long enough, you would know in particular that I love 4-8-4 Northern type steam locomotives.
Everyone knows the stories of Union Pacific #844, Southern Pacific #4449 (which recently ran the Holiday Express excursion in Oaks Park), and ATSF 3751....
Well.... I'm excited to say that another Northern has taken off into the spotlight. One in the Northeast.
Just two days ago.... The Reading, Blue Mountain, & Northern Railroad restored and refurbished old Reading #2102 to operational conditions.
They just recently ran a test on the massive steam giant and in my opinion she looks to have a BRIGHT future.
You can find videos of Reading 2102 in action in some of these YouTube videos I'm going to link to you down below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZWdm3OXvKA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcCG86Oa5Hk
It's not very often that a big Northern like this has a mainline to run on as the Reading & Northern has been a success story for several years.
Everyone knows the stories of Union Pacific #844, Southern Pacific #4449 (which recently ran the Holiday Express excursion in Oaks Park), and ATSF 3751....
Well.... I'm excited to say that another Northern has taken off into the spotlight. One in the Northeast.
Just two days ago.... The Reading, Blue Mountain, & Northern Railroad restored and refurbished old Reading #2102 to operational conditions.
They just recently ran a test on the massive steam giant and in my opinion she looks to have a BRIGHT future.
You can find videos of Reading 2102 in action in some of these YouTube videos I'm going to link to you down below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZWdm3OXvKA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcCG86Oa5Hk
It's not very often that a big Northern like this has a mainline to run on as the Reading & Northern has been a success story for several years.
