Here is some film of the 2101 on a break in run in May of 76' she is with out paint in this footage, and later seen in Irondale with the Southern 630.
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Thank you for posting the video. It's always good to see footage of the 2101 in action.
An early entry in railroad videos, as part of his Hopewell Productions line, Rich produced a program featuring the 2101 powering the 1978 Chessie Steam Special:
As I still have several fully functional VHS players, I'm always on the lookout for tapes which haven't been reissued on DVD and, due to the cottage nature of railroad videos with some folks no longer producing programs, probably never will be.
Bob
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Some film of the 2101 on the CSE....
Originally Posted by CNJ 3676:
As I still have several fully functional VHS players, I'm always on the lookout for tapes which haven't been reissued on DVD and, due to the cottage nature of railroad videos with some folks no longer producing programs, probably never will be.
Bob
I was beginning to think I was the only one that did that. There's a lot of stuff that will likely never get put on dvd (like the FWRHS video of 2716 in 1996). Buy 'em cheap and convert them to DVD. Easy stuff, but better than the alternative--which is not having it at all.
Kevin
I'm right with you Kevin. The old tapes represent excellent value. I just picked a couple of shortline tapes which were produced by a wonderful fellow who has unfortunately since passed on. His work was superb and his programs have an excellent reputation. As a result, they can be hard to locate but I'm always looking.
Chris:
Thanks for posting the footage of the Chessie Steam Special. Greg Scholl recently released a new program featuring 2101 in its service on Chessie:
As a passenger of many excursions run during the period of the 60s through the 80s, I can't get enough of the stuff so I plan to pick up a copy. He's simultaneously come out with some videos of the 2839 on the Southern as well.
Bob
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Originally Posted by ARC:
This is the 2101 in Reading colors in 1971. The photo was taken at the east end of the C&O yard in Russell,Kentucky. This track is the yard's passenger run around. The locomotive is under steam, but getting some help from a diesel.
That would be the 2102, not the 2101. At the time, there was only one Reading T1 operating. The 2101 wouldn't be restored for a couple more years when the American Freedom Train came calling. In 1971, the '01 was still sitting in the scrapyard in Baltimore.
Kevin
Wow! Didn't know that. Thanks for the correction. I will correct my post.
Great photo.
There is a great backstory to this film. In the following year - 1977, Joe "Pop" Karal, retired NKP boilermaker from Conneaut, Ohio, came to Fort Wayne to help us assess the condition of NKP 765 before we began an effort to revive her. Joe told us the story about how he helped with the T-1 and her service on the American Freedom Train. After she completed her first AFT assignment - and the Daylight 4449 had taken over (also partly his work) - Joe went with the T-1 to get her to Birmingham for some serious boiler work. She had been thrown together in about 30 days for the beginning runs of the AFT. On the deadhead down, the firebox was leaking something terrible - clearly beyond federal regulations. Joe said that they had to do some emergency welding on the firebox and he resorted to using some fence wire from the right of way fence just to get her "home" for the winter in Birmingham. He did what he could and he told them to "just keep going". This film - before the finish paint job - would have been after Joe had spent part of the winter working on the firebox in Birmingham! He had a lot of great NKP regular service steam stories, plus his adventures with MRHF 4070, NKP 759, SP 4449, and RDG 2101.
Great story/information, thank you. Sounds like they had their "hands full" to say the least.
