Ex-Reading 2101 on B&O 17 MIle Grade

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GP40-2

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Ex-Reading 2101 on B&O 17 MIle Grade

Posted by GP40-2 on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 11:13 PM

Extreme close-up video of the 2101 pulling the Chessie Steam Express up the nasty B&O 17 mile Grade. For those of you not familiar with this section of the B&O, the grade is 17 miles long (hence the name), climbs 2000 vertical feet up the Allegheny Front in Western Maryland and West Virginia, and has a maximum gradient of 2.7%.

2101 on 17 Mile Grade

JonathanS

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Posted by JonathanS on Thursday, August 13, 2009 11:01 AM

Nice. Thanks for sharing that. I rode that trip and was about halfway back on the other side.

tree68

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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, August 13, 2009 3:06 PM

And nary a Diesel in sight.

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