Philadelphia & Reading 4-8-4 "Northern" Type Locomotive 2100 - Very Cool!
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Hodakaguy Admin
Posts : 1211 Join date : 2009-01-01 Bike : 13 KTM 500EXC - Orange Baby!
Subject: Philadelphia & Reading 4-8-4 "Northern" Type Locomotive 2100 - Very Cool! 2/19/2012, 5:25 pm
This train is stored near by and my friend got permission to go check it out so I took my camera along with me. This engine is HUGE! It was amazing to see an engine like this up close, it is very complex in design and would take a TON of maint to keep this unit running.
It was operational up till 2006 when it was parked and has been sitting since. It has been converted from coal fired to an oil burner but from what I've read on the net the conversion wasn't done successfully and damage to the fire box etc may have occurred. It's a shame to see it sitting out in the weather, although we do live in a desert climate so it should hold up pretty good being stored here out side. Hopefully some day someone will buy it and restore it or at least move it inside to a museum etc. There has been some vandalism by teens etc who broke out the windows and glass on the front lights...Grrrrrr, why can't people just respect items like this and leave them alone!
Only 4 of the T1 engines still exist...making this a very rare piece of history!
This site has a lot of info on the T1 engines, along with quite a bit of history on 2100: CLICK HERE
And a link off youtube of 2100 in action after being converted to a oil burner
I snapped a lot of pictures of this rare piece of history, thought some of you might like a close look as well.
pjturbo
Posts : 19 Join date : 2009-01-04
Subject: Re: Philadelphia & Reading 4-8-4 "Northern" Type Locomotive 2100 - Very Cool! 3/26/2012, 9:25 am
It's disappointing to see this one apparently abandonded. However, at least it's still here. The Forest Industries Museum in Tacoma sold their Pacific Coast Shay to a guy in California instead of sending it to Mt. Rainier Railroad. Go figure. I thought they were in the preservation business.
Phil
DirtyErnie
Posts : 41 Join date : 2012-03-19 Age : 51 Bike : Honda XR650R
Subject: Re: Philadelphia & Reading 4-8-4 "Northern" Type Locomotive 2100 - Very Cool! 3/26/2012, 7:44 pm
We had an similar old locomotive that was a long time resident of Moses Lake. I don't know the specifics of that one but it was recently sold to some folks in Alaska that are restoring it and putting back into service. I think they're running some kind of dinner train or tour ride with it.
I thought the backstory on it was cool because the owner used to be a hobo back in his younger days. He bought it just to have a train they couldn't throw him off of. :)
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Philadelphia & Reading 4-8-4 "Northern" Type Locomotive 2100 - Very Cool!