Reading 2101 is a preserved T-1 class 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive constructed in September 1945 for use by the Reading Company. Constructed from an earlier "I10SA" 2-8-0 "Consolidation"-type locomotive, 2101 was originally built in March 1923 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works , the 2101 handled heavy coal train traffic for the Reading ...

The Reading T-1 was a class of 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotives owned by the Reading Company. They were rebuilt from thirty "I-10sa" class 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type locomotives between 1945 and 1947. Out of the thirty rebuilt, four survive in preservation today, those being numbers 2100, 2101, 2102, and 2124.

Reading 2101 is a 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive, originally built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. In March, 1925, the Baldwin Locomotive Works built 2101 as a 2-8-0 type steam locomotive, numbered 2037.

Reading T1 no. 2100 American Steam Railroad (ASR) currently leases the 2100 from a private owner. Built in 1945 using the firebox and first boiler course from large 2-8-0’s, the Reading Railroad ordered new parts from Baldwin to convert them into fast freight 4-8-4’s for the war effort.

The former Reading #2101 was pulled from the yard of the Streigel Supply Company for an emergency overhaul to pull the American Freedom Train. More on that here... Here, the T-1 appears in its first of three paint schemes ready to couple …

One of Reading Railroad's T-1 class steam locomotives, Reading #2101 is a 4-8-4 (Northern type) steam locomotive now on static display at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore.

Reading 2101 is a T-1 class 4-8-4. 2101 was built in the Reading shops in 1945. She is one of four surviving Reading T-1 class locomotives. She was used mainly for fright service in the 1950s.

Steam Locomotive 2101 was built in 1945 by the Reading Railroad in their shops using an older consolidation-type locomotive as its foundation. This new 4-8-4 was given the classification T-1 and was designed for heavy-duty freight and passenger service. 2101 was used by the railroad until 1955 and kept ready for excursion service until 1967 ...

The first Ramble, pulled by T-1 2124, ran between Wayne Junction in Philadelphia to Shamokin. Four T-1s were held by the Reading for the Iron Horse Rambles: 2100 and 2124 would be used to pull the excursions, 2101 would be kept as a backup, and 2123 was used as a source of parts and eventually scrapped in 1966.

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