I have received word from a good source that C&O streamlined 4-6-4 490, long buried deep at the eastern end of the B&O Museum's display tracks in Baltimore, will be moved on Sept. 14th as part of a combined general rearrangement of the display tracks and routine movement of the equipment for maintenance and bearing lubrication.

If you're looking for new photo angles, folks.....

lner4472@bcpl.net

Why don't they move her right into the shops, along with the Allegheny?

glueck@maine.edu

> Why don't they move her right into the
> shops, along with the Allegheny?

Maybe while they're moving things they'll move 2101 right into the deaccession line and ship her off the the Reading Co. Technical & Historical society. (Hey, a Reading boy can dream, right? :)

mrwowak@yahoo.com

Or better yet, the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania! We have been after a Reading T-1 for years and are determined to get one. Stay tuned!

K.R. Bell
RR Museum of PA

> Maybe while they're moving things they'll
> move 2101 right into the deaccession line
> and ship her off the the Reading Co.
> Technical & Historical society. (Hey, a
> Reading boy can dream, right? :)

> Stay tuned!

> K.R. Bell

Or is it Stay tuned, eh?

My fingers are crossed - I would love to see a T1 represented in your collection.

Dave


irondave@bellsouth.net

> Or better yet, the Railroad Museum of
> Pennsylvania! We have been after a Reading
> T-1 for years and are determined to get one.
> Stay tuned!

> K.R. Bell
> RR Museum of PA

(Slightly with tongue in cheek, based on your Pennsy comments above) Oh good! Another static exhibit at the RRMofPa!
If you do get the locomotive, kindly restore it to it's Reading appearence, and get that AFT foolishness off her.

glueck@maine.edu

> (Slightly with tongue in cheek, based on
> your Pennsy comments above) Oh good! Another
> static exhibit at the RRMofPa!
> If you do get the locomotive, kindly restore
> it to it's Reading appearence, and get that
> AFT foolishness off her.

Aw, c'mon, you crybabies. You happen to have two Reading T1's already in Reading appearance, one basically operable but stashed in a roundhouse and the other in somewhat safe NPS hands, and then you insist that 2101 follow suit?

Hell, I say let's put her in Chessie Steam Special garb for the length of a paint job!

You Reading cultists won't be happy until all four are running on coal drags out of Reading, will you? Just admit it now and stop pretending.

lner4472@bcpl.net

> Aw, c'mon, you crybabies. You happen to have
> two Reading T1's already in Reading
> appearance, one basically operable but
> stashed in a roundhouse and the other in

I love to talk T-1's. The one with the least changes is dear old #2124 at Steamtown, and she is in a Reading dress.

#2100, well she's burnin' liquid and it ain't Yuengling. ;-)

I say, you can have the '01 as a Chessie Kitten ONLY if we can have the '02 as D&H #302 again! ;-)

Tounge in cheek, of course.

On a serious note, I very happy that Andy has stashed the '02 and Thomas inside. People around here love to cry about them not running, but I'm tickled that Andy has them undercover awaiting their day.

To me, it is a sign that someone understands the uniqueness of a steamer if the make an effort to keep a cold one under cover.

Rob


Ahead of the Torch
trains@robertjohndavis.com