1964 B&O Steam Special

WVNorthern · **Posted:** Sun Feb 12, 2017 8:58 pm

A local (Cecil County, MD) historical Facebook page is looking for information on a special cursion held on Aug 15, 1964 which ran between Philadelphia & Baltimore on the B&O. The copy of the photo from the local paper at that time is pretty fuzzy. I can't tell the number on the engine. Anyway, if anyone has any information, could you either post on their Facebook page directly or post it here and I will relay the information to them.

cood101 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 05, 2011 1:18 am **Posts:** 198

Lead engine looks to almost certainly be a Reading T1. I cannot discern the number on it, however.

WVNorthern · **Posted:** Sun Feb 12, 2017 11:48 pm

I didn't Google long enough. I found the answer. It was a B&O Iron Horse Days excursion using Reading T1 2100. Here's a link I found.

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/r ... 10,1769463

steamerdon · **Joined:** Sat Oct 02, 2004 1:45 pm **Posts:** 68

I see you got your answer. Yes, this was a special weekend trip on the B&O to celebrate B&O Iron Horse Days. I had the extreme pleasure of riding from Philadelphia to Baltimore on Saturday, August 15, 1964 and returning on Sunday, August 16, 1964. I also rode one of the regular passenger runs between Baltimore and Washington. I think they ran three round trips each day. I got to explore Washington Union Station and the Smithsonian along with seeing SR 1401. I stayed overnight in the Hotel Baltimore across from Camden Station. All this at the tender age of 18. I rode a number of the a reading Iron Horse Rambles, but this was the the crown jewel.

Don Fenstermacher