The LOUDEST locomotive ever?....Pennsylvania weekend of STEAM!!

[@295g295]

19:00 - Paradise, Pennsylvania .. I can see road traffic on US-30 back there, behind the electric Amtrak line to Harrisburg. About 60 years ago, I was on this ride with my family. Before the Strasburg locomotive could change ends of our train, we waited for a PRR passenger train pulled by a GG-1 to speed past.

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

Must have been exciting to see back then!

[@brianhepke7182]

This is great.. locomotives and rolling stock beautifully preserved. Your accommodation is such a wonderful idea. You had a lovely few days for it. Thanks for taking us a long with you.😊

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed!

[@295g295]

3:45 - Port Cinton, the home of Reading and Northern.

[@ReadingandLehigh]

Nice video, but I want to correct something you said: she was REBuilt in 1945. The T-1s were rebuilt from I-10sa's that were originally made by Baldwin. The Reading Shops built many of their own locomotives, but also re-built a huge number, as well. Just as many of the original 2-8-8-2 Mallet's (N-1) were remade in 2-10-2 K-1s.

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

You are correct I should have said rebuilt but yes if I remember correctly she started Life as a 2-8-0 consolation from baldwin

[@michaelmelcher1130]

Simply beautiful. Thank you. 🚂

[@b.burnett5878]

Very cool....Saw a lot of Great Northern steam when I was a kid.

[@donnadoll9443]

Hi!👋….new sub here. Absolutely loved this video🙂👍. Have loved trains all my life. Have awesome wow moments when I was real little of picking up my Gram from the train station in Montgomery. Never got to ride an Amtrak passenger train till I was middle aged but better late than never. My cousins had a really great model train town set up in their basement….man I loved that thing….could watch it for hours. They had a device hooked to it with that awesome “clickety clack” sound….🥹. Thanks so much for sharing😁👍

[@Super_Chief]

@donnadoll9443 I used to ditch school in Pasadena, CA back in the 1970s and instead ride my bicycle to the Santa Fe passenger station in Pasadena and buy a ticket on the combined Super Chief/El Capitan to Los Angeles for seventy five cents. I would then hang out at Olvera Street and Chinatown (both very near Union Station in L.A.) all day long until it was time for the return train back to Pasadena. If my mom had ever found out what I was doing all by myself as a kid, she would have killed me! Back in 1964 I took the Super Chief from Pasadena to Chicago’s Dearborn Station, took a cab to Central Station in Chicago, and took the Twilight Limited operated by New York Central railroad into Detroit. I have been addicted to trains ever since! 🚂🚃🚃

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

Awesome memories! Thanks so much for subscribing and sharing your memory

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

​@Super_Chief Great story! Thanks for sharing!

[@65gtotrips]

What a great setup they have up there in Strasburg !

[@65gtotrips]

@46:44 - I was only like 10 years old when my Dad worked for PRR, then Penn Central, then ConRail and I remember him talking to my Mom about the struggles and having worked through the three different company structures in less than 5 years.

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

Yeah that must have been tough making all those transitions

[@Rebecca_The_Dragon]

I actually took a cab ride in a Shay Locomotive on the Sugar Pine Railway in Oakhurst California, they are such unique little engines and the conductor let me ring the bell and blow the whistle as we went around the loop. An experience I will never forget!

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

Sounds like a awesome experience!

[@295g295]

0:06 - Is this near Tuckerton Road?

[@65gtotrips]

One of the best views of a train crane is in the move called ‘The Train’ with Burt Lancaster; Where one is filmed actually lifting a steam engine to the shoulder to get the stolen artwork the Nazi’s took from France in WWII.

[@b3j8]

I watched this as a kid, and so also loved that you get to hear what it sounded like as well! Great movie all the way thru!

[@65gtotrips]

I live in Pennsylvania, and have to get up to Strasburg ! I was there once when I was young and don’t remember much.

[@295g295]

24:30 - You missed Roadside America, on US-22, somewhere near Reading. You should also visit Northlandz, US-202, Flemington, NJ.

[@jameskimball762]

Superb job kind Sir!!!

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

Thank you sir!

[@65gtotrips]

You’d hardly ever see those steam engines that clean and shiny in service except for delivery day and special occasions.

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

Definitely they had it looking fantastic

[@ivatt442]

@65gtotrips - a bit of a pointless observation don’t you think!

[@timu438]

Very nice trip! Thanks for takin' us along! I really enjoyed seeing the old Pennsy stuff.

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

Awesome! Thank you for watching!

[@OldsVistaCruiser]

This was mostly Reading equipment and rails.

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

@@OldsVistaCruiser the Pennsy stuff was later in the video at the Pennsylvania railroad museum

[@Phil-y8c]

My complements and appreciation to you. Videography and narration was excellent!

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

Thank you for watching and the kind words!

[@295g295]

2:00 - The locomotive with a big tender and a train of 15 cars.

[@65gtotrips]

@38:46 - Can’t agree more about the GG-1…They’re just so art deco cool !

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

Very much so!

[@65gtotrips]

Just gorgeous rolling stock ! Where was it going with all the passenger cars ?

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

This trip 2102 was heading to Jim Thorpe, PA

[@francessaravia6310]

My kids and I loved this. Thank you for all the information.

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

Thank yall for watching! Glad yall enjoyed!

[@JonathanColemanMoreTrains]

The next time that you are in Pennsylvania you can see the train station at New Oxford Pennsylvania and there is some really cool stuff to see, hear and smell

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

I will definitely check it out! I am gonna try to come back in August to ride behind the 2102

[@judithwalker8682]

Oh thank you so very much posting this video ! I smiled when your little one wanted to hug the caboose 😂 . I was 3 when I took my first train ride with my mother to Cleveland Ohio and remember that ride vividly because of 4 things …. 1st the toilets that emptied on the tracks 😂😂😂😂 and , 2nd going to dinner I did not want to walk over the accordion floor connector between cars so I backed up and took a running jump over it into the dining car😂😂😂😂😂 , 3rd the dinner I had ….. fried chicken , mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans , rolls and butter and a hot fudge Sundae ! On the way back I had the best treat of all …. Arriving at the Cincinnati Union Terminal . I remember I was in ABSOLUTE AWE looking at the mosaics on the wall until I reached the rotunda of the terminal … I was so awestruck looking up I fell flat on my behind ! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 . That was 62 years ago …. And I’m STILL A STEAM TRAIN FREAK !!!! 😊

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

She is definitely the highlight of the trips! She loves trains and gets so excited to see them. Thanks for sharing your story!

[@subzerofromny735]

2102 has slowly become my favorite steam locomotive

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

N&W 611 and 1218 will always be my favorite but 2102 is definitely right there with them!

[@ronlowe8995]

Really, REALLY, Fine video and weekend tour. Thanks for your efforts and sharing!

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@295g295]

😊 0:50 - Yes, that steam *is water*, very hot water, under high pressure.

[@louGriggs1944]

Great video. Thanks.

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!

[@briansmith-l1q]

forgot to say,, great video!!!! and a very nice place too!!!

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed

[@65gtotrips]

Man, that guy in the green shirt was really steamed at the sight of the locomotive !

[@NSNorfolk]

Excellent! We just rode the N&W 611 in October. Powered by good old, Virginia and West Virginia COAL!!!!!

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

We were there as well! Very disappointed that 611 is not scheduled to run this year

[@robkrasinski6217]

Why is that? Aren't they going back to the Virginia Scenic?

[@odb_roc_hound4186]

Rode behind her on the Blue Mountain & Reading right after her first restoration in 1986, at Reading Days, when the 5308 C630 was debuted. Then between 86-93 we would go to events at Maple Grove Raceway twice a year and would catch the last BM&R train of the day on Saturday then go to our hotel. Usually it would be 425 Pacific, but one weekend they had the 2102 running and the engineer really let her run that trip.

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

Sounds like great memories there and yes the RBMN definitely knows how to run their engines hard!

[@georgegeyer3431]

American engineering and steel. Best locomotives in the world 🌎.

[@brucekellett2269]

Ha ha

[@65gtotrips]

I thought he said they were closing in 10 minutes, 30 minutes ago ! 😊

[@alanhindmarch4483]

The steam is coming out of the cylinder cocks to make sure there is no water in the cylinders, from being stationary as steam could have condensed back to water. Liquid cannot be compressed, unlike steam, so could end up blowing the cylinder ends off. It is not called blowing down, thats a completely different thing. The Driver, Engineer as you call them, left the cylinder cocks open longer than necessary.

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

Great information!

[@GY51360]

Awesome video. I enjoyed it a lot

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

Thanks for watching! you enjoyed it!

[@Highheadlight]

You got lucky on that train at Strasburg, hell of a narration that ride!!!

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

Definitely did! Thank you!

[@popko12345]

nice video of the treins

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

Thank you very much!

[@briansmith-l1q]

going to steam town, when in VT,,, I always got in the end car going out,, same car coming back,, being we get pulled backwards going back to the station. The conductor was nice, and let my dad and I, stand at the end gate, looking into the head lamp, (and off to the sides, of course ) it was amazing, the shaking of everything, sound, steam. i was around 14 i think,, was going there since i was 7. (I'm 60 now, sigh, lol) I miss the place so much. NOt sure what the 'polotics' were at the property there in VT, and why it couldn't stay. I"m sure there was plenty of polotics around that, lol.

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

Great memories for sure. Have you been since they moved to Pennsylvania?

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

It won’t be long until sister engine 2100 follows as it won’t be long until she’ll have her first test fire according to the American steam preservation the FRA has passed the locomotive for a successful hydrostatic test

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

That's exciting news!

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

@@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails indeed she will be pulling the American train 2.0 and numbered 250 and successfully converted to burn oil they finally have the technology to make her a successfully oil fired steam locomotive here’s a link to their April update kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXXKqp6bjseHeLMsi=GJqeRWtexGBmv3wR

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

@@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan thank you! I will be keeping up with this restoration!

[@jwilliams8210]

10:59 - 11:20 . Such a beautiful chime....

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

89 definitely had a great whistle!

[@b43xoit]

I went to Cass years ago and I don't recall any operating Heislers or Climaxen. But maybe since then, they have restored a couple of them.

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

So they have a Heisler locomotive number 6 and they also have a climax but the climax is not on the operational roster

[@Fed-Dog]

Pretty nice video. Never seen those places anywhere but on static cameras. Thanks for bringing it to life.

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@b43xoit]

Didn't parboil any spectators?

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

Nope lol

[@irvinmartin9595]

Sometime you must take a look at the bridge at Nicholson, Pa.

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

I will have to check it out!

[@gusshadleythelunaticfromar7125]

Just Subscribed Yea Enjoy This Trip .

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

Awesome thank you!

[@mrfingerlakes8735]

Love it

[@gfsrow]

Very nice! Enjoyed it. Thank you. My Granddad worked in the Reading RR train-shops on N. 6th St. where the steam locomotives were repaired and maintained.

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

Glad you enjoyed! Your granddad probably had some great stories

[@OldsVistaCruiser]

I see that there weren't any of the faded cars in the consist! Andy's paint shop must have been busy.

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

Indeed was a very nice looking consist!

[@NSandBNSFrailfanProductions]

Nice video! What day was this?

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

Thank you this was 5/25/24

[@NSandBNSFrailfanProductions]

oh alr, ur welcome. and u got urself a new sub btw

[@JonathanSparks-ht4vq]

Why is the Strasberg in reverse configuration

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

They have to run the engine in reverse because there's nowhere to turn the locomotive at the end of the line they simply unhook from one side of the train run the locomotive down a parallel siding and hook with the engine facing forward for the return trip

[@Dee_fy]

Not to be mean 2102 was converted from a 2-8-0 to a 4-8-4

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

Correct I should have said it was re built in 1945 by the reading shops when it was converted

[@Dee_fy]

@@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails ok man its ok keep the work up ⬆️ 👍

[@MarkCinque-uq9kh]

Nice, 2:40😊

[@tommyhunter1817]

What, no tag-along diesel???

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

Yep! Reading and Northern has full confidence in their locomotives!

[@kakinokitsune4487]

The T-1's are not loud even when working hard I've worked on 2100 as crew

[@Elios0000]

nah you want loud you should hear 1309 or 4014 when they have real load on them....

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

I was supposed to ride behind 1309 back in December of last year but it broke literally the day before we got there....hope to see it once the repairs are made

[@georgegeyer3431]

That is a long train.

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

It definitely was and with no diesel helper was definitely impressive how easily 2102 pulled it!

[@georgegeyer3431]

@@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails Steam is the most efficient source of power. The newbees think the old engineers were stupid.

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

@georgegeyer3431 absolutely the tractive effort produced by the large articulated stream locomotives will never be touched by these modern diesel electric locomotives.

[@tobyyoder8350]

@@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails, that consist wasn’t even a Test for 2102 😂

[@b43xoit]

No, it is only about 1% efficient.

[@robertmurray3317]

Your video is from Strasburg pa not stroudsburg pa which is 135 miles away it would be good to variously your info before you post it. hopefully no one went to stroudsburg looking for these trains.

[@Highrollers_Roads_N_Rails]

At no point in the video did I say anything about stroudsburg. I'm am fully aware of where I was. Now I can see where my accent may sound like I was saying Stroudsburg instead of Strasburg. Sorry for the confusion

[@295g295]

19:00 - Paradise, Pennsylvania .. I can see road traffic on US-30 back there, behind the electric Amtrak line to Harrisburg. About 60 years ago, I was on this ride with my family. Before the Strasburg locomotive could change ends of our train, we waited for a PRR passenger train pulled by a GG-1 to speed past.

[@295g295]

3:45 - Port Cinton, the home of Reading and Northern.