Re: NNG: Steam in the East

Earl Wrote:
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> She is well worth the effort to see in action.

I'll second that. I first saw this locomotive as a kid in the late 80's, and the crew always puts on a great show. The locomotive is owned by the same man who owns the Reading & Northern RR (he also owns 2102 the T-1 (4-8-4) being restored). The blue paint is his preference, though most (if not all) of the crew would like her painted black as she was during the steam-era. The herald on her tender is based on her original Gulf Mobile and Northern paint scheme.

Here's a video I shot (with footage in the cab) of her pulling a diesel around in 2015:




And here's the solo trip on Oct. 16th 2016 that Mike mentioned in the first post:





-James
[www.steamtrainvideos.com]



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 01/30/2017 02:45PM by James Parfrey.