Where was 2100 going?

Finderskeepers · **Posted:** Sat Jun 09, 2007 12:46 pm

Trying to make a quick escape from her West Coast Captors?
http://www.kirotv.com/news/13471050/detail.html
http://www.kirotv.com/news/13471050/detail.html

but seriously, where was she headed?

Finderskeepers · **Posted:** Sat Jun 09, 2007 12:48 pm

...and you gotta love the press "the engine used to take tourists to Mt. Rainer" I didn't see a heisler anywhere in the picture!

mxdata · **Joined:** Thu Jun 16, 2005 11:54 am **Posts:** 609

No smoke or steam evident, so what was propelling it? The F40PH that was supposedly never used to produce any tractive effort during the excursions?

MX (Obviously Not My Real Name)

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Sat Jun 09, 2007 6:37 pm

According to posts on TrainOrders, the loco was hot and under steam......

mxdata · **Joined:** Thu Jun 16, 2005 11:54 am **Posts:** 609

Do I recall a report on this discussion string a few weeks ago that 2100 needed running gear and boiler repairs?

MX (Obviously Not My Real Name)

pactrail · **Posted:** Sun Jun 10, 2007 2:18 pm

Check out the photo section at:

http://www.tcry.com/photos.html

Mike

mxdata · **Joined:** Thu Jun 16, 2005 11:54 am **Posts:** 609

Looks like the same group of pictures as on the Golden Pacific Railroad website (still there, offering excursions and sumptuous feasts, by the way) except the markings on the F40PH have been doctored!

MX (Obviously Not My Real Name)

pactrail · **Posted:** Sun Jun 10, 2007 4:45 pm

Last I heard / know of, she was, as of last night, sitting on the BNSF RIP track in Tacoma. There is a BNSF waybill filed to move her to Richland WA.

Mike

douglasm · **Posted:** Sat Jun 16, 2007 5:18 pm

Right now, I understand she's hot in tow on the Stampede Pass line.

pnwr1853 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:59 am

It is now in Richland, WA

bbunge · **Posted:** Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:49 am

Tipped off by a relative in the area:

Quote:

Smoke fills the air Tuesday as oil-burning steam locomotive 2100 backs down the tracks parallel to Canal Drive in Kennewick on its way to Tri-City & Olympia Railroad Co. in Richland. The locomotive arrived from Tacoma after crossing the Cascade Mountains on Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railway lines. Tri-City & Olympia Railroad Co. officials said the 2100 will be in the Tri-Cities for an extended period of time and will see service on freight runs and during special events.

From:

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/photos/story/9033956p-8949575c.html

Anyone know anything about this operation?

Mark Trebing · **Posted:** Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:26 pm

The Tri-City &Olympia Railroad web site:

http://www.tcry.com/home.html

Click on "Who We Are" at the top, and then "Photos" in the side bar to see two uncaptioned pictures of 2100.

mxdata · **Joined:** Thu Jun 16, 2005 11:54 am **Posts:** 609

When I checked this morning the Golden Pacific Railroad website was still offering steam excursions and sumptuous barbecues in Tacoma.

Kind of like the SS Nobska website, still sailing along.....

MX (Obviously Not My Real Name)