2102 in Film 1972

[@roberttuss5349]

I was 20 in '72. I didn't work for the railroad nor did any of my family, but we had much pride in American railroads. I do know this: Americans in general had much more pride in and awareness of American Railroads during that era. Growing up in the 50s and 60s was a wonderful time. And as others have already said, great job on the sound!

[@kentcourtney5535]

Wow there’s even views of the old Gettysburg railroad station.

[@jeromeandrews4926]

13:13 love that chuffing

[@rdg2124]

5:32 - That's George Hart with the glasses and black hat. Rode the May 6th trip in one of the push-pull cars. Distinctly remember crossing the Susquehanna at Harrisburg and then backing into the PC station and pull out, with a E44-led train next to us. Long stop at Rutherford while they serviced the 02, the crew hamming it up for a film maker, as seen at 31:00 . On the return leg, diesel was substituted at Abrams and we got off at Norristown (10 miles from home). While waiting for the ride home, the 02 rolled by, having been turned on the wye. Memories embedded in the mind of a 9-year old. Pretty sure I still have the 8mm films the Old Man shot.

[@StephenCarlBaldwin]

Thanks so much for posting this -- I was lucky enough to be on the Feb. 5 run with my Dad -- it was my first real mainline steam excursion and one of the most memorable -- and coldest -- days of my life. I rode other terrific 2102 excursions in 72-73, but this one -- complete with FA's, PA's, F's, and BL2's -- was IMO the greatest. Bravo!

[@paulw.woodring7304]

Thank you for posting this as soon as you have. Just to add a couple of things: The WM ALCo FAs (there were four of them) later went to the Long Island RR as cab control cars. Some of the coaches used on the Hagerstown trips ended up being used as part of the "Chessie Steam Special" train behind sister engine 2101 in 1977 and '78. The obs car "Edward G. Hooper" was later used on the 1980-'81 C&O 614-powered "Chessie Safety Express" as it's tail car. It was owned by Railroad Passenger Cars, Inc. out of Baltimore. Ross Rowland's obs car "Brothers Two" was the tail car for the "Chessie Steam Special". I was on a tour of China steam in the late 1980s with one of your contributors to this video.

[@fmnut]

Yeah, Paul, that was me on the China trip. Good times!

[@paulw.woodring7304]

@@fmnut That you, Rich?

[@fmnut]

@@paulw.woodring7304 yes

[@geac9100]

Awesome job! If you hadn't mentioned you added sound I wouldn't have noticed the difference. Great video.

[@8HumblePie]

Truly insightful railroading footage!

[@alexmodern6667]

Wow whose pulling and whose a really pushing that Short AA Diesel with Steam Eng behind.....That is way cool...Great Videos here....Thanks

[@SuperFoxyRailwayProduction6702]

I do believe #2102 didn't have the Reading 6 Chime whistle until 1985, it did have a Hancock 3 Chime whistle in the 1970s

[@fmnut]

Probably correct. However, most of the audio clips I have are from the Rambles or post 1985, so what you hear is what you get. At least the sounds are authentic T-1, not generic steam like you hear on some dubbed audio.

[@willseyler9634]

Thank you for posting, this is great footage of 2102!

[@michaelroper4237]

excellent footage

[@robertgift]

1:33 Film backwards? Or mee-mool light *(o)T(o)* on the LEFT side of the grade crossing? Unfortunate to have missed the locomotive whistle for the crossing. (Or not sound 8mm film?) Nice film compilation with sound obviously added. Thank you.

[@fmnut]

The xing flasher was in the center of the road between the opposing lanes, facing both ways. This covered both directions of traffic with one flasher instead of two. These were fairly common years ago when traffic moved at a slower pace, but have been eliminated for safety reasons since any obstruction in the middle of the roadway is not a good idea.

[@robertgift]

@@fmnut Thank you, 88 - 108 MHz nut.

[@roberthagberg5482]

I rode 1 of those trips out to Harrisburg n back 2 phila. They wouldn't let the 2102 in the train shed un phila, because they said it was 2 heavy. We hooked up to 2102 in Norristown for the ride to Harrisburg n back.

[@b3j8]

That whistle sounds like the G3 Pacific whistle that 2124 had.

[@fmnut]

That's because some of the soundtrack came from recordings of 2124 in Rambles service.

[@paulw.woodring7304]

I think R&N Pacific 425 may have the same type of whistle on it sometimes.

[@steamgent4592]

@@paulw.woodring7304 thats true 425 has carried since 2007, 5 different Reading sixers or 6 chime whistles as well as others. Hopefully one day one of the crew members will get the chance to own a Reading 3 chime which is exceedingly rare. But some of the same crew worked on CP 1098 and they borrowed one for a day and all I can say is its the most haunting whistle I've ever heard. I'd love to hear it again on 425 or 2102 someday. As for the beautiful deep 2124 whistle you recognize nobody seems to know where that ended up nor has it been blown anywhere. I sometimes wonder if its sitting under our noses on 1251 at the RRMoPA.

[@trainnut2012]

The shots with the F's assisting where was that shot Thanks for sharing

[@fmnut]

The two runbys starting at 02:25 were at Mt. Hope Rd in Fairfield, PA. The next two scenes starting at 03:06 were taken at Highfield, MD where the Dutch Line joins the old Main Line from Union Bridge. The scene after those was entering Hagerstown MD. All of the paired scenes in the video were taken on the same day by two different photographers from slightly different angles.

[@Ethan-ey4jx]

Why can’t 1970’s videos be non-silent for once like the 80’s and 90’s videos?

[@fmnut]

Affordable consumer grade video did not come along until the early 80's. Before that, there was only movie film. While sound film was available from the early 70's, it was expensive and the sound quality was poor. In short, there was no video in the 1970's, at least for railfans to use.

[@IronhorseRailProductions]

Does anyone know if 2102 is almost complete yet

[@ethanmorel2746]

It is. Almost though. Go check it out on Facebook and type in the search button for locomotive restoration 2000 and 2010 or Reading and Northern Railfans.

[@IronhorseRailProductions]

@tom kat Wait. WHAT!?!

[@jakestockmal2588]

They are getting quite close. I know the headlight and number plate is back on.

[@ethanmorel2746]

tom kat Don’t give me that fake information your bringing up. The engine’s restoration will not be finished until the middle of next year.

[@jakestockmal2588]

@@ethanmorel2746 I've seen pictures from people. I've heard from a good amount of people that we could see the 2102 this fall.