Preserved American 4-8-4 locomotive (RDG class T-1)
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Reading 2101
Reading No. 2101 in its American Freedom Train Livery with the consist as No. 1 at Notre Dame, Indiana on July 13, 1975
Type and origin
Power type
Steam
Builder
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Serial number
58278
Build date
March 1923 (As Class I10sa 2-8-0 Consolidation #2037)
Rebuilder
Reading Company
Rebuild date
September 1945 (Rebuilt as : T1 4-8-4 Northern 2101)
1956 (revenue service) March 6, 1979 (excursion service)
Restored
March 28, 1975
Current owner
B&O Railroad Museum
Disposition
Undergoing cosmetic restoration
Reading 2101 is a preserved American class "T-1" 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 built in March 1923, the 2101 handled heavy coal train traffic for the Reading until being retired from revenue service in 1959. Withheld from scrapping, the 2101 served as emergency backup power for the three other T1 locomotives serving the Reading's "Iron Horse Rambles" excursions until being sold for scrap in 1964.
In 1975, the locomotive was restored to operation from scrapyard condition in an emergency 30-day overhaul after being selected to pull the first eastern portion of the American Freedom Train. On March 6, 1979, while being stored one winter in a Chessie System roundhouse in Silver Grove, KY, 2101 was severely damaged in a fire. Also damaged in that fire was a NYC Mohawk tender, which is now located at the National New York Central Railroad Museum in Elkhart, Indiana. 2101 was cosmetically restored and placed in the B&O Railroad Museum on Labor Day, 1979, in exchange for Chesapeake and Ohio 614. Today the locomotive remains on display in its American Freedom Train No. 1 paint scheme, and is currently undergoing cosmetic restoration.
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currently being restored to operation. 4-8-4 2101 - Built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1923, rebuilt by the Reading in 1945. It currently resides at the...
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