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Good to see you are still in the game Ross.

Ross is the man.

Saw this yesterday it was amazing but I even donated to 2101 which means as a teen “you can let a iron horse fall apart since 79’. It has history.”

It’s not history in the making, it IS history!

I saw it in Baltimore back in 2021

That was a great interview.

I own two scale model Railroad T one's and I love them...... interesting musings perciate the video Hombre's 🎉.

Like and scribed excellent prime cut video perciate it Hombre 🎉.

We see the loose usage of the term rebuild to this day. In California, which has some very strict laws relating to building new homes on the beach side of Pacific Coast Highway, you in effect can't build a new house. So what is done, well they apply for a renovation permit. They then tear down most of the existing house and build a much bigger home, attached to the remaining building. Then a couple of years later, they apply for yet another renovation permit, tear down the rest of the old building and complete building the rest of the new house.

That coding can also be put in as used to build parts for those locomotives into CNC machines

I wonder if they have correspondance with #2102 crew.

I was privileged as young man to participate in it's break in runs on the Winchester and Western in the late eighty's. At the time Working beside Bill Benson, Ross Rolling, Norman Stanley, it really didn't sink in until later years the opportunity I had. (Opportunity is wasted on the youth) ( I think I remember Normans name correctly). At the time I was a fireman on a 1925 built Baldwin 2-6-2 in Hartwell Ga, (oil burner ) and our engineer and crew chief, Robert Franzen Jr, called me one afternoon and said, hey, you wanna go to Maryland and work on a T1? Lol. We left that evening! Also remember it was on an Easter weekend. Good times.

I really like the video setting! The bright lighting brings what might normally be dingy to life! The area looks like people are taking care in what they are doing. Thanks covering the Anthracite question. If it's a PA steam locomotive the question Ito me is if it was made to burn that special Pennsylvania coal anthracite noted to be smokeless. The speaker stated it was, but it does steam even better with bituminous coal!. I keep waiting for a steam locomotive that has gone the next conversion step to run on compressed natural gas. That would likely require a tanker car for the fuel. There would be no harmful emissions unlike burning home heating oil that does have a smell and is considered hazardous waste if spilled. It might be possible to get subsidies from natural gas companies promoting its clean altnetatitve. Greenhouse gases can't cause global warming because all the greenhouse radiant energy is completely absorbed by greenhouse gases in earth's greenhouse effect within 20 meters of the radiating surface, typically the earth. That is high school science and the United Nation's IPCC states in the back of its 200 page science report it took its greenhouse gas samples at 20,000 meters altitude. That is legal data transparency to mean it is not discussing active greenhouse gases. They have informed the interested reader they are not actually dealing with greenhouse gases in a manor related to global warming.

Where did the golden eagle go that was on the front of the boiler?

I Trust Ross Rowland's decision on the feasibility of restoring her. You should also.

The 2101 was as authentic an artifact as any exhibit on the American Freedom Train. She should have been presented as Reading 2101 decked with flags and bunting in accordance with protocol. At least they got rid of the terrible paint scheme that it had when it left Baltimore.

I now have the song stuck in my head, "All aboard America, here comes the Freedom Train..."

I grew up in sugarcreek OH on the Ohio central from 93 to 03 when they were running steam, was down there every second I could with my mom, haven't had the ability to work for the railroad or anything but always been a huge passion and just love seeing steam, great video, happy holidays

Finally it's getting the love it needs, even if it's only cosmetic.

Reading #2101 is undergoing cosmetic restoration as of now. She began life as #2039 before becoming #2101. The roundhouse fire of 1979 probably didn't do too much damage.

I would give all most anything to be able to jump in to a steam project like this but no body doing anything like that around where i live ..sucks....great video tho 👍👍👍

I wanted to watch them give some detailed descriptions onna walkaround of the engine

TRAIN 🚂

I'd be interested to know what components exactly were damaged on 2101, was it something as major as a melted crown sheet, or just heat damage necessitating boiler patching?

Always admired T-1’s, Reading Rebuilt the largest 2-8-0’s ever Built into a fine 4-8-4. Fast and very Steep performance.

I was in awe when I got permission to tour inside and outside of this facility back in April. Hope to see the 2100 run soon, looking forward to it. thanks for sharing and doing this interview.

Wish A had the money ta restore some steam train engines in Georgia where A live there's 3 passenger train stations along the main line here one in Blackshear Georgia where A live one in Waycross Georgia n the third one is in Jessup Georgia n by all three train stations they have little stores along the streets that's by the train stations to bad they don't have passenger train service steam n diesel if they di d that would be cool n A would apply ta operate a steam train engine or diesel engine n stop at each train stations n it will bring in more money for each city when A used ta live in Bethlehem Pennsylvania A met ma wife on AOL we talked for about a year she came ta Pennsylvania from Florida A took her ta Lehighton Pennsylvania they had a train station there with a train ride we went on the train ride n along the streets by the train station they had little stores n coffee shops n they was busy with people n torest buying souvenirs eating at coffee shops going on train rides they was making a lot of money each day for the city or town of Lehighton Pennsylvania wish they would do that here in Blackshear Waycross and Jessup Georgia

I hope some day they run it with one of the other Reading T-1's I remember this actually happening when i was a boy, at least 50yrs. ago

That was absolutely beautiful

is it getting restore.

I"m thrilled this beautiful locomotive will be running on the rails again!

is it gonna be steamed.

It would be awesome if Reading 2100 to be dressed as AFT 250 doubleheads with R&N 2102.

It was not in a "siding" in Washington. It was stored in poor shape at the end of the line of an industrial spur. Yes is arrived as a running locomotive but it was not in great shape when I had seen her. Richland was actually a great spot to store it too as the weather in SE Washington St is very dry and hot with mild winters unlike western Washington where there's a lot of rain and trees to drop stuff onto and in the locomotive to rust. When she was on BNSF's main line coming over Stampede Pass she had a hot box under the locomotive. I can't remember if it was a lead truck or trailing truck bearing but it caused a problem and there was a delay which did not endear them to BNSF.

Any change of double heading with the 2102? Would be AWESOME!!!!

I remember climbing up on the 2100 in Richland, WA the very last time she was under steam. It was a hot mess to be kind. Water was pouring out of mud sheet by the gallon as there was a lot of rust pulling apart the bucked rivets. I'm glad that people who wanted to save it were able to get it and have the ability and funding to save her.

It was great to have you at the roundhouse!

Great job guys! I learned a lot

Excellent video! My second grade homeschooler really enjoyed it after our field trip to the Martinsburg train station this weekend. Keep up the good work!