The Roundhouse Podcast featured the Fire Up 2100 project in its most recent episode where the American Steam Railroad goes into detail about the history and current status of Reading Company 2100 and steam preservation. [button color=”accent-color” hover_text_color_override=”#fff” size=”medium” url=”http://theroundhousepodcast.com/2015/05/02/reading-2100-kelly-lynch/” text=”LISTEN” color_override=””]
Jim Wrinn of TRAINS Magazine recently penned this piece on Reading 2100: The outfit leasing the engine and doing the work, the American Steam Railroad Preservation Association Inc., is looking for $700,000 in donations. That’s cheap when it comes to big 4-8-4s. If, say half of Trains’ 93,000 readers each kicked in $20, there would … TRAINS Magazine challenges readers to support Fire Up 2100
How do you bring a steam locomotive 2,300 miles closer to salvation? Watch Reading Company No. 2100 get a new lease on life in this exclusive video for the answer. Be sure to share this video and click the donate button to support the effort! [button open_new_tab=”true” color=”accent-color” hover_text_color_override=”#fff” size=”large” url=”https://www.americansteamrailroad.org” text=”DONATE” color_override=””]
The American Steam Railroad Preservation Association (ASR) is proud to reveal Fire Up 2100, a campaign to rehabilitate famous Reading Company steam locomotive No. 2100 to operation. The year-long effort has seen Reading 2100 removed from a storage site in Richland, Washington and prepared for shipment 2,300 miles to Cleveland, Ohio. Contractors and volunteers will … Return of the Rambler: Fire Up 2100
