My goodness you captured some amazing sights and sounds. Seeing a T1 doing what she was built to do is awesome! The stack talk, clanking rods, and that horrific shreeker of a whistle. I LOVE IT ALL!! Man, I would sure love to have been there in person. Thank you so much for putting thos fantastic compilation together for us to enjoy. All the best from SoCal! Take care, Brother.
Thank you! It was really something to see in person. With the booster on after the wheelslip in the tunnel, that stack talk was probably one of the loudest things I have ever heard. I saw ballast chips jumping slightly with every chuff. Truly incredible.
It is a very enjoyable sight to see a restored steam locomotive hauling a freight train in the 21st century, I am glad to see that another 4-8-4 type engine has been returned to service.
I'm not a train buff but I enjoyed this very much. Thanks for filming and posting. I wonder if the engineer has mask just in case. That smoke is deadly.
The only risk this smoke poses is asphyxiation, which would only occur in very extreme circumstances. Small tunnels and overpasses don’t really affect the crew much. Back in the day, crews operating steam locomotives through very long tunnels were sometimes given respirators, but it wasn’t common.
Most crews would wet down rags or their bandanas with water and hold it over their face and wear goggles over their eyes in long tunnels. It also depends on both the engineer and fireman, I have heard stories of crews on the "Big Boys" that could breath just fine in the cab in tunnels where as others would run the engine so smokey that even respirators didn't help.
Great video! Is the seam coming out form under the cab the booster engine? It appears as if 2102 is performing flawlessly. Nasty wheel slip in the beginning, but Andy caught her real fast.
Nice, well recorded exhaust sounds, especially lugging on the hill at Nesquehoning tunnel! Was that how the T-1s sounded in heavy regular freight service climbing Falls Grade in Philly, or on the hill out of Allentown through Emmaus westbound on the Crossline? Or were the speeds higher at those places? I sure like the sound of that Reading freight whistle too!
I would love to see the 2102 climbing the falls grade in Philly, with booster engine engaged the reverse gear in the corner, throttle wide open. I grew up near the falls grade in philly in the early mid 70s and I watched many a Reading freight trains climbing the hill Gp38, UB engines,and I even think I remember a few Alco engines.
Yes the Booster is operational because on a different clip you can see and hear the steam puffing in 4 Unison beats 💓 😀!!!! OK!!-! HI FROM GREEN BAY!! GO PACKERS!! LOL 😹 😆 🤣 😂!!!! 4.30.22.AD. ALSO ....thus is the 51st Anniversary since the last run of the CNW VALLEY 400 on Fri. April 30, 1971, from Green Bay to Chicago on no#206, and return on 209 with 3 private cars and with 2 from the N.RR.M. Through West Bend and Oshkosh. But sadly, the Green Bay Packers are the Only!, and Oldest team that DOESNT HAVE AMTRAK!, NOR Private Excursions. And our new group is working to make a historic excursion train by using some original CNW BI-LEVEL COACHES!! ALL ABOARD!! HIGHBALL!!-! GOD BLESS THE U.S.A 🇺🇸 🙌 🙏 ❤!!!! ALLELUIA!!!! AMEN 🙏!!!! SAT.4.30.22.AD.!!-!
The hooter was used back when she was built. The 6 chime I believe was only added after they started the rambles, since she was mostly a freight locomotive beforehand If it's her exact whistle, I'm not sure
My son really loves trains 🚆🛤🚋🚞🚝🚊🚉🚈🚇🚅🚄🚃🚂 especially steam locomotives like that and he hopes that real soon that the other 3 Reading T1's 2100, 2101, and 2124 are restored to operation especially 2101 even though it was damaged in a roundhouse fire he believes that if someone tried hard enough and asked FMW Solutions to help they could get it running again.