Gallery
Reading No. 2100
No. 2100 in the making, viewed from the crane in the Reading Company's Reading, Pa., shops. — As shown in the October 1945 issue of Reading Railroad Magazine.
Official roster photograph at the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Eddystone, Pa.. — September 13, 1945.
Alternate roster photograph at the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Eddystone, Pa.. — September 13, 1945.
The boiler backhead of No. 2100, fully furnished and ready to facilitate the power of 5,000 horses. — September 13, 1945.
On display outside the Reading, Pa., shops. — May 1959.
No. 2100 rests at Reading Outer Station, having operated the 14th Iron Horse Ramble from Belle Mead, N.J., and still to take it on to Tamaqua, Pa.. — November 19, 1960.
No. 2100 prepares for the return of the 26th Iron Horse Ramble to Reading Outer Station from Gettysburg, Pa.. — October 7, 1961.
No. 2100 leads No. 2102 on the 43rd Iron Horse Ramble, shown leaving Port Clinton, Pa.. — October 12, 1963.
Nos. 2100 and 2102 rest with the 45th Iron Horse Ramble in Rutherford Yard near Harrisburg, Pa.. — May 2, 1964, Carl Sturner photo.
Nos. 2100 and 2102 side-by-side in Shamokin, Pa., while fueling and servicing take place during the 48th Iron Horse Ramble. — July 4, 1964.
No. 2100 fresh as a daisy at Wayne Jct. in Philadelphia. — Unknown date.
No. 2124 leads No. 2100 on a pre-1962 Iron Horse Ramble. — Unknown date.
Railfans take in the sight of Nos. 2100 and 2102 in Tamaqua, Pa.. — Unknown date.
Nos. 2100 and 2102 meet with separate Iron Horse Rambles at Reading Outer Station, to combine trains and continue as a doubleheader. — Unknown date.
Nos. 2100 and 2102 crest Locust Summit, Pa.. — Unknown date.
No. 2100 leads No. 2102 past the iconic Pulpit Rock near Port Clinton, Pa.. — Unknown date.
Nos. 2100 and 2102 rocket through Reevesdale, Pa., near Tamaqua, with a Ramble. — Unknown date.
Nos. 2100 and 2102 operate an Iron Horse Ramble through Zehners, Pa., near Tamaqua. — Unknown date.
No. 2100 looking worse for wear in the yard of Streigel Supply & Equipment Corporation in Baltimore, Md.. — April 5, 1975, J.M. Seidl photo.
No. 2100 just prior to its late-1980s rebuild. — Unknown date, Gary Bensman photo.
No. 2100 fully stripped for rebuilding in the former Western Maryland roundhouse in Hagerstown, Md.. — Unknown date, Gary Bensman photo.
A condemned area of No. 2100's backhead removed, with its replacement next to it. — Unknown date, Gary Bensman photo.
No. 2100's driving wheels sit in the 90-inch wheel lathe of Norfolk Southern's Birmingham, Ala., steam shops, while Norfolk & Western No. 611 rests in the background. — Unknown date, Gary Bensman photo.
No. 2100's driving wheels removed from the frame and receiving machining and servicing at Norfolk Southern's Birmingham, Ala., shops. — Unknown date, Gary Bensman photo.
No. 2100 and Chesapeake & Ohio No. 614 rest side by side in Hagerstown, Md.. — Unknown date, Gary Bensman photo.
No. 2100 undergoing post-rebuild testing on the Winchester & Western Railroad. — March 25, 1989, Reuben Brouse photo.
No. 2100 resting at a Winchester & Western siding in Bedington, W.Va., following successful testing — April 28, 1989, Greg Brown photo.
No. 2100 is seen during storage at the Brewster, Ohio, shops of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad. — February 28, 1992, Greg Brown photo.
Ohio Central Railroad crews gather for a photo with No. 2100 between test runs. — May 28, 1998, Jason Johnson photo.
No. 2100 runs light past the Ohio Central steam facility at Morgan Run, Ohio, near Coshocton. — May 28, 1998, Jason Johnson photo.
No. 2100 makes a run through Dennison, Ohio, and the Dennison Railroad Depot Museum. — May 28, 1998, Jason Johnson photo.
Jason Johnson keeps the fire hot and the boiler watered during Ohio Central test runs. — May 28, 1998, Jason Johnson photo.
Thomas Payne takes the right-hand controls of No. 2100 outside of the Morgan Run steam facilities. — May 28, 1998, Jason Johnson photo.
No. 2100 gets a lift out of the Elgin County Railway Museum in St. Thomas, Ont., bound for Washington state. — September 26, 2005, Walter E. Pfefferle photo.
No. 2100 near the end of its stay in Richland, Wash.. — 2015.
No. 2100, ready for the roundhouse. — May 28, 2015.