status of 2102 reading t1 coming back to life

[thomas81z]

well i went down the rabbit hole.i came upon a video of the 2102 & went looking

to see if its going to return to steam , the only thing i see was an article from 

reading & northern dated jan 2016 that it would be operational by mid 2017 sooooo what happened or is happening 

[ROBERT WILLISON]

Fingers cross  it's this year, I'm a huge 2102 fan from the 70's.

[Firelock76]

If Andy Muller says it's going to get done, it's going to get done.

Hey, he recreated the old Reading Outer Station for his excursion trains, didn't he?

[ROBERT WILLISON]

And we can hope the 2102 is the bell of the ball.

[Firelock76]

It's gonna happen, just gotta be patient.

[kgbw49]

Soon...

http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/6/0/1/9601.1309807907.jpg

 

[Savage Tunnel]

You must not have looked too hard, as an update was included in the latest R&N employee magazine. It's available for public viewing by going to the website: rbmnrr.com/news, scroll to bottom of the news column, and click on the cover of the latest magazine, the 2017 review issue. There is a brief update from the steam dept., with 2 photos of 2102 work in progress. There is also mention in the Facilities review of an addition being built to the steam shop. All back issues are also available for viewing. One interesting fact is that #425 traveled 1800 miles last year without a major malfunction.

[Firelock76]

Let me light it up for you...

www.rbmnrr.com/news

There ya' go!

[daveklepper]

Thanks.   What a terrific publication and what good news!

[ROBERT WILLISON]

daveklepper

Thanks.   What a terrific publication and what good news!

 

. Boy I second that!!!!

[Firelock76]

And from all I've read, the Reading Blue Mountain & Northern is a class act all the way, a great place to work with sky-high employee pride and morale.

[ROBERT WILLISON]

Reading thier home page it's amazing what they have done in both freight and passenger service. An amazing come back.

[SD70Dude]

The latest update.  They expect to have 2102 in service late this year:

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/52545d1ce4b0183a5e0ec3b6/t/5e3d7e9e2875eb21496d6d70/1581088422783/RBMN_2020WinterMagazine-FINAL-012820-webspreads.pdf

[oldline1]

Well, what's happening with the 2100? Hopefully she will run with the 2102 someday SOON!

[Overmod]

You should have a separate thread for 2100 as the effort is completely different.

Recent coverage of progress on RyPN.  Look up the details of their 'staybolt challenge' and consider buying a couple.  The general progress is reasonably well charted and, while running is still somewhat far away, there is little doubt the restoration will 'get there'.

[daveklepper]

Spending a whole day examining the Reading Blue Mountain and Northern website could be very worhwhile.  They really could teach Class Ones some lessons in my opinion.