{"id":33074,"date":"2022-03-27T07:10:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T11:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=33074"},"modified":"2022-03-26T22:19:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T02:19:32","slug":"reading-2102-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/reading-2102-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading 2102 Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the 1960s my father, Richard Jay Solomon, made numerous photos of Reading Company’s famous Iron Horse Rambles. This included countless photos of Reading T-1 2102.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I’ve previously recalled on Tracking the Light and in the pages of Trains Magazine, these photos were, in part, my inspiration for the HO-scale Reading Company that I’ve been building in my Finac\u00e9’s basement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early in the planning for the railroad Kris and I bought an HO model of 2102, and in February last year (2021), I ran one of my father’s famous photos of this engine, a picture that I featued in my book Locomotive, 20 years earlier (see below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A week ago Friday (March 18, 2022), Kris & I visited Reading & Northern’s Port Clinton, PA offices and obtained permission to visit the 2102 and make photos. This was a privilege and a real thrill. It was the first time I’d seen this engine up close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later this year R&N plans to have this magnificent machine operating in excursion service on their railroad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My father’s image of 2102 on an Iron Horse Ramble in the 1960s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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My HO scale recreation of 2102 seen at speed on our interpretation of the Reading Company.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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My recent digital photography of Reading & Northern’s former Reading Company 2102 at Port Clinton, PA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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In the 1960s my father, Richard Jay Solomon, made numerous photos of Reading Company’s famous Iron Horse Rambles. This included countless photos of Reading T-1 2102. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n

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