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 ...

Following the AFT, 2101 was used for the Chessie Steam Specials. A roundhouse fire damaged the locomotive and it was cosmetically restored to its AFT paint and traded to the B&O Railroad Museum in exchange for locomotive #614.

On Tuesday, April 1, 1975 2101 (renumbered to 1) is the first locomotive to pull the American Freedom Train out of Wilmington, DE. On August 4, 1975, in Chicago, 2101 is releaved of her duties and 4449 takes over pulling the American Freedom Train.

2023年10月21日 · Built in 1923, by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, the AFT No. 1 was originally numbered as the Reading No. 2101 and remained in service until 1965. In 1975, locomotive became one of three locomotives to pull the American Freedom Trains of 1975/1976 — a steam-powered event that toured the nation to celebrate the bicentennial of the United States.

AFT Locomotive #1: Former Reading #2101 was pulled from retirement for an emergency overhaul to pull the American Freedom Train and now has a permanent home at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore, MD. The locomotive went through three different paint schemes during the run of the AFT.

2025年1月23日 · One of three steam locomotives that powered the Freedom Train on its tour of the nation in 1975 and 1976, No. 1 — originally Reading No. 2101 — is the only one of the engines that remains in its Freedom Train paint scheme. Damage in a 1979 roundhouse fire in Silver Grove, Ky., ended its operational career.

2023年10月25日 · AFT 1, also known as Reading #2101, will receive a full cosmetic restoration by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. The 1945 built 4-8-4 steam locomotive gained national fame by pulling part of the American Freedom Train (AFT) in 1975.

2023年11月1日 · When the locomotive does enter service it will be painted like sister locomotive 2101 was in 1975 when it led the Freedom Train in the Northeast as AFT 1. Locomotive 2100, however, will carry the number 250, in honor of the United States’ pending birthday in 2026.

3 天之前 · As to 2101, the boiler will be 100 years old this year (on a 2-8-0 built in 1925). Add the unknown effects of the fire to that. As to CSX, they and NS will be towing 614 to East Strasburg this year, including AMTK Lancaster to Leaman Place. As to 614. a respected operator wanted to run it on the NEC.

2024年1月16日 · Rowland purchased AFT Locomotive No. 1 — the Reading Line Locomotive No. 2101 — from a Baltimore scrapyard and, in a “30-Day Miracle,” had it fully restored. It began service on April 1, 1975, pulling the American Freedom Train from Wilmington, DE, through New England and the Midwest until August 4, 1975 when it was replaced by the ...