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Reading 2101 is a preserved T-1 class 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive constructed in September 1945 for use by the Reading Company. Constructed from an earlier "I10SA" 2-8-0 "Consolidation"-type locomotive, 2101 was originally built in March 1923 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, the 2101 handled heavy coal train traffic for the Reading until being retired from revenue service in 1959.
The American Freedom Train waiting at the Naval Air Station in Miramar, California, on January 15, 1976 Southern Pacific 4449 stopping in Georgia in 1976 while pulling the American Freedom Train Lunar Rover display in car of the American Freedom Train. A second freedom train, the American Freedom Train, toured the country in 1975–76 to ...
The American Freedom Train stopping in the Naval Air Station in Miramar, California on January 15, 1976. The official Bicentennial events began April 1, 1975, when the American Freedom Train launched in Wilmington, Delaware to start its 21-month, 25,388-mile (40,858 km) tour of the 48 contiguous states. [18]
Timeline for the 1975-1976 American Freedom Train, retrieved December 23, 2004. This article needs additional or more specific categories . Please help out by adding categories to it so that it can be listed with similar articles.
Reading 2100 is a T-1 class 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotives constructed in September 1945 for use by the Reading Company (RDG). Constructed from an earlier 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type locomotive, No. 2100 was originally built in May 1923 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, No. 2100 pulled heavy freight and coal trains for the Reading until being retired from revenue service in 1956.
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The former Reading Company #2101 (T-1-class 4-8-4) was one of three locomotives that pulled the American Freedom Train in 1975 and 1976. As part of B&O's 150th anniversary celebration in 1977, the Chessie System sent #2101 on a national tour as the "Chessie Steam Special".
Timeline for the 1947-1949 Freedom Train, retrieved December 23, 2004. This article needs additional or more specific categories . Please help out by adding categories to it so that it can be listed with similar articles.