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Reading & Northern 2102: The Fall Foliage 2022

On October 29th, 2022, we headed out to the Reading and Northern Railroad to chase the Reading and Northern 4-8-4 class T-1 2102. The big Northern ran it's third Fall Foliage steam excursion from Reading to Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania and back, with a jaw-dropping performance. The intense smoke, the deafening stack talk, and the ground-shaking wheelslip, all while surrounded by beautiful fall colors and a clear blue sky made this my favorite and most fun railroad experience I've ever had. On this day, 2102 was prone to violent wheelslips on the uphill grades. This was due to a buildup of leaf residue in shady areas of track where the sunlight couldn't make the rails dry and thus, the engine would often times lose grip of the rail. It got so bad that the train nearly stalled at East Mahoney Junction, slowing to almost 2 miles an hour due to the residue and the 1.9% grade and sharp curvature. After the booster kicked in, 2102 persevered with even more steam and power, and could be heard for miles. Through the process of careful planning, we were able to catch the locomotive more than a dozen times. The timestamps for each shot are below... 0:00 Reading Outer Station 0:10 Leesport 1:24 Port Clinton 3:23 Reynolds 4:15 East Mahoney Junction. (Nearly Stalls) 6:46 Lake Hauto 7:31 Jim Thorpe 7:56 Jim Thorpe Wye 10:50 RDCs 11:22 Nesquehoning Tunnel 13:25 Marian Avenue 14:26 Zehners 15:32 Molino 16:31 Hamburg 17:24 Reading Outer Station This trip was filmed with two cameras. This was the first one, and the next one features the same shots done on a Sony FDR-AX33, and I couldn't be happier with how it performs. That footage will be released very soon, so be sure to subscribe for future updates and videos! Thanks for watching and hope you enjoy!