Reading Company #2124
4-8-4, Builder: Baldwin, Reading Company Shops. January 1947. Builder's no. Baldwin 2044.
Cylinders: 27 x 32
Drive Wheels: 70
Weight on Drivers: 278,200
Boiler Pressure: 240
Tractive Effort: 68,000
Originally built by Baldwin as a 2-8-0 around 1923- 1925. Rebuilt by the Reading Company, outshopped January 1947 as a 4-8-4, class T-l, Northern. This heavy freight engine pulled long trains of anthracite coal, the Reading's main cargo. Used in the Reading Company's "Reading Rambles" excursions. Purchased by Nelson Blount in 1963. One of nine remaining Reading Company locomotives.

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