Reading & Northern 2102: The Mighty Ramble

On May 28th, 2022, The Reading & Northern ran the first Iron Horse Rambles in 58 plus years. After witnessing a Caboose Hop & 2 Coal Trains with 2102, the big day came as 2102 pulled a sold out 19 car train from Reading to Jim Thorpe. The 2102 went thru many weather patterns from Rain to Sunlight. It brought many railfans to witness a 21st Century Iron Horse Rambles. Now watch as 2102 pulls the Mighty Iron Horse Rambles. Enjoy!
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[@olgamakarova5520]

Delighted Thanks 🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤❤🎉

[@northpennvalleysteamrailroad]

I witnessed 2102 pull into Jim Thorpe! I was like omg that is cool!! It was a wonderful day for many railfans like me! 👍🚂

[@yerkees01]

Always love the Reading hooter, but whatever that second whistle is is sexy as hell

[@kylezebert8338]

Reading 6 chime

[@henryszubielski8601]

Awesome job on the video Brodie! Thank you for sharing it.

[@rickpalmer9518]

like this the low frequency whistle , by far compared to other videos

[@bdub215]

And I just realized i caught you in my video for the photo runby lmaooo

[@RailPreserver2K]

I'm honestly amazed no railfans have been quoting Jim Boyd regarding when he was documenting 2102 back in 1985 and 1991

[@steamgent4592]

Boyd always said the T1s were the loudest 4-8-4s. Not his favorite 4-8-4 but he liked them. His favorite was the Burlington 4-8-4s. He also didn't like Reading headlights. Well I got news all my favorite locos have high PRR, off center Reading, and down low C&O headlights, so Jim & I always disagreed on that point. Jim was partially behind 2101s centered headlight the rest of the NKP look was Ross Rowland. Ross was missing 759 at the time. Jim documented 2101s masquerade alot too. So did RR Magazines Freeman. Id say RR magazines were better they also included cheesecake shots of steam. RIP Jim you were great to talk too.

[@1940limited]

​@@steamgent4592 I didn't know Jim wasn't around anymore. One of the shots from his Schuylkill Shifter video shows Andy Muller at the throttle. Andy's around to run it again. My wife and I are around to ride behind it again for the fist time since the mid 80s. Thankful for that.

[@steamgent4592]

@@1940limited yeah Jim has sadly be gone awhile he and Mark passed away around the same time frame.

[@1940limited]

@@steamgent4592 Sorry to hear it.

[@maxwellsteam5810]

Great Video as always.

[@_cyan4657]

35:32 - 40:09 has the be my favorite clips throughout, this is amazing

[@1940limited]

Every trip through September is sold out. Three in October may be as well, at least 1st class. Andy knows what he's doing!

[@CharchetaGrandeOficial]

Donde Está Reading northern 425?

[@awm5198]

Wow! 19 cars and no diesel! Had some wheel slip starting at 12:19, was that Hometown hill?

[@1940limited]

Wet rails were a bit of a problem, but not much. It slipped a little coming into Jim Thorpe. The engineer had to quick grab the throttle.

[@1940limited]

To hell with diesels. Andy knows how to run an excursion right!

[@awm5198]

Yep, my favorite steam excursion. Hoping to go this fall again, experience 2102 first hand

[@stcyardmaster6094]

Great video! Thanks for sharing. I was trackside for the April coal train test and in Sept. and Oct. This is one I missed. One question - what kind of tripod mount do you use to minimize ground vibrations? Some of your video is pretty close to the tracks and shows minimal shake. I have a pretty heavy tripod but the camcorder is small, and I get noticeable vibration when 20-50 feet away. (I had no problem with a VHS camcorder in the 19909's when taping the same T1... :-)

[@BrodieProductions412]

Magnus Vt300 tripod

[@sergeantwolf8018]

Any explanation for the 2 different whistles being used? Are they hooked up at the same time, or do they just swap whistles?

[@S0M3GUY778]

I'm not too sure as to the function of both whistles, but they're hooked up at the same time and use two different cables to activate them.

[@gliderydin2911]

The hooter is 2102s original freight whistle. To my understanding the T-1s wore both a freight whistle and the reading 6 chime for when used in passenger service cause its more pleasing to the ear