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Owner: Reading Railroad
Model:BLW 4-8-4Built As:RDG 2037 (2-8-0)
Serial Number:58278Order No:
Frame Number:27X32 cylinders, 70" driversBuilt:3/1925
Notes:BLW 03/1925 as 2-8-0 2037, reblt 09/1945 to 4-8-4 2101, to AFT 1
Other locos with this serial:  RDG 2101(4-8-4) AFT 1(4-8-4)
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Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  Chessie Stam Special 2101 backs up to pick up passendgers after a photo runby. Date is approxiamte.
Photo Date:  5/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/31/2009 9:36:33 AM
Location:  Unknown, MD
Author:  Randy Kotuby
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4) WM 7153(F7A)
Views:  700   Comments: 0
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  With diesel helpers in the lead, Chessie Steam Special 2101 passes budding cherry blossoms during a fan trip. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  5/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/31/2009 9:36:51 AM
Location:  Smithsburg, MD
Author:  Randy Kotuby
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  WM 7153(F7A) RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  936   Comments: 2
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  Ex-Reading 2101 leads the Chessie Steam Special on a fan trip. Date is approximate
Photo Date:  5/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/31/2009 9:33:02 AM
Location:  Unknown, MD
Author:  Randy Kotuby
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  483   Comments: 0
2101
Title:  2101
Description:  Chessie Steam Special 2101 leads a fantrip past a wayside signal. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  5/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/31/2009 9:35:58 AM
Location:  Chewsville, MD
Author:  Randy Kotuby
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  638   Comments: 2
Chessie Steam Special
Title:  Chessie Steam Special
Description:  Not sure of the exact date. Check out the old B&O MOW car. There was a tie project going on at the same time.
Photo Date:  5/1/1978  Upload Date: 2/5/2006 1:00:29 PM
Location:  Leesburg, OH
Author:  mark hiser
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  725   Comments: 0
Chessie Steam Special Leesburg.
Title:  Chessie Steam Special Leesburg.
Description:  Looking west at the Chessie Steam Special. MOW equipment parked on the Bobb Bros siding.
Photo Date:  5/5/1978  Upload Date: 2/5/2006 1:01:14 PM
Location:  Leesburg, OH
Author:  mark hiser
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  1016   Comments: 0
RDG 2101 as Chessie Steam
Title:  RDG 2101 as Chessie Steam
Description:  D R McCulloch photo
Photo Date:  5/12/1978  Upload Date: 8/16/2020 7:04:08 PM
Location:  College Park, MD
Author:  D R McCulloch
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  293   Comments: 3
Chessie 2101
Title:  Chessie 2101
Description:  The Chessie Steam Special performs a photo run-by for the assembled multitudes at Cottage Grove, IN on the C&O. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1978  Upload Date: 9/4/2009 3:23:06 PM
Location:  Cottage Grove, IN
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  1069   Comments: 3
Chessie 2101
Title:  Chessie 2101
Description:  Chessie Steam Special ready to depart CUT for a ferry move to Chicago via the C&O. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1978  Upload Date: 9/4/2009 3:06:34 PM
Location:  Cincinnati, OH
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  1410   Comments: 2
Chessie 2101
Title:  Chessie 2101
Description:  The Chessie Steam Special westbound on B&O's St. Louis line near Greenfield, OH.
Photo Date:  6/1/1978  Upload Date: 9/3/2009 9:53:49 PM
Location:  Lyndon, OH
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  946   Comments: 0
Chessie 2101
Title:  Chessie 2101
Description:  The Chessie Steam Special heads west out of Chillicothe on B&O's St. Louis line. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1978  Upload Date: 9/3/2009 9:37:48 PM
Location:  Chillicothe, OH
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  1768   Comments: 1
Chessie 2101
Title:  Chessie 2101
Description:  The Chessie Steam Special crosses a steel trestle just south of Richmond, IN on the C&O. Respondek's Indiana Eastern operates here now. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1978  Upload Date: 9/4/2009 3:40:10 PM
Location:  Richmond, IN
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  887   Comments: 0
Chessie 2101
Title:  Chessie 2101
Description:  The Chessie Steam Special is stopped by the first of three break-in-twos which occurred during the trip at Richmond, IN.
Photo Date:  6/1/1978  Upload Date: 9/4/2009 3:49:05 PM
Location:  Richmond, IN
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  1411   Comments: 1
The Chessie Steam Special in Peninsula
Title:  The Chessie Steam Special in Peninsula
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1978  Upload Date: 8/31/2010 5:27:11 PM
Location:  Peninsula, OH
Author:  Crim Family
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  570   Comments: 6
RDG 4-8-4 Class T-1 2101
Title:  RDG 4-8-4 Class T-1 2101
Description:  A photo runby using ex-Reading 4-8-4 Class T-1 2101 somewhere near Hartford, Michigan on June 10, 1978, Fujichrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  6/10/1978  Upload Date: 4/3/2014 12:22:36 PM
Location:  Hartford, MI
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  403   Comments: 1
RDG 2101
Title:  RDG 2101
Description:  Ex-Reading 4-8-4 2101 taking on fuel at Hartford, Michigan on June 10, 1978, Fujichrome by Chuck Zeiler. HEY FLATFOOT, GET OUT OF THE WAY! What, no sir Officer, the guy behind me said that.
Photo Date:  6/10/1978  Upload Date: 5/16/2014 11:53:10 AM
Location:  Hartford, MI
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  372   Comments: 0
RDG 4-8-4 Class T-1 2101
Title:  RDG 4-8-4 Class T-1 2101
Description:  A photo runby using ex-Reading 4-8-4 Class T-1 2101 as the power for a Chessie Safety Express fan trip somewhere near Hartford, Michigan on June 10, 1978, Fujichrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  6/10/1978  Upload Date: 2/18/2015 1:45:34 PM
Location:  Hartford, MI
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  380   Comments: 0
RDG 2101 on the Chessie Steam Special
Title:  RDG 2101 on the Chessie Steam Special
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/10/1978  Upload Date: 1/19/2010 9:31:15 PM
Location:  Hartford, MI
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  2105   Comments: 2
Chessie 2101
Title:  Chessie 2101
Description:  Chessie 2101
Photo Date:  6/11/1978  Upload Date: 7/27/2007 7:51:36 AM
Location:  Walkerton, IN
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  1504   Comments: 0
Chessie Ex-RDG 4-8-4 2101
Title:  Chessie Ex-RDG 4-8-4 2101
Description:  Ex-Reading 4-8-4 2101 at Barr Yard in Riverdale, Illinois on June 11, 1978, Fujichrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  6/11/1978  Upload Date: 5/6/2018 7:02:42 PM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author: 
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  329   Comments: 0
RDG 2101
Title:  RDG 2101
Description:  ex-Reading 4-8-4 2101 departing Barr Yard in Riverdale, Illinois on a miserable June 11, 1978, Fujichrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  6/11/1978  Upload Date: 5/16/2014 11:22:48 AM
Location:  Riverdale, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  350   Comments: 0
Chessie Steam on the B&OCT
Title:  Chessie Steam on the B&OCT
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1978  Upload Date: 11/21/2010 12:48:06 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Bob Zwiers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  1020   Comments: 0
Chessie steam
Title:  Chessie steam
Description:  Reading 4-8-4 2101 on a excursion
Photo Date:  7/7/1978  Upload Date: 6/19/2009 7:03:37 PM
Location:  Unknown, US
Author:  ben muciek
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  423   Comments: 0
RDG 2101
Title:  RDG 2101
Description:  Chessie Steam Special progression shot 1 of 4.
Photo Date:  9/2/1978  Upload Date: 3/23/2008 7:40:48 PM
Location:  Bruceton, PA
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  464   Comments: 0
RDG 2101
Title:  RDG 2101
Description:  Chessie Steam Special progression shot 2 of 4.
Photo Date:  9/2/1978  Upload Date: 3/23/2008 7:41:08 PM
Location:  Bruceton, PA
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  372   Comments: 0
RDG 2101
Title:  RDG 2101
Description:  Chessie Steam Special progression shot 3 of 4.
Photo Date:  9/2/1978  Upload Date: 3/23/2008 7:41:27 PM
Location:  Bruceton, PA
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  290   Comments: 0
RDG 2101
Title:  RDG 2101
Description:  Chessie Steam Special progression shot 4 of 4.
Photo Date:  9/2/1978  Upload Date: 3/23/2008 7:41:51 PM
Location:  Bruceton, PA
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  568   Comments: 0
(SEE & HEAR)---Chessie Steam Special, ex-Reading T1 Northern 4-8-4 #2101, at
Title:  (SEE & HEAR)---Chessie Steam Special, ex-Reading T1 Northern 4-8-4 #2101, at
Description:  See this live in my link, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJorlcjxvvw
Photo Date:  9/23/1978  Upload Date: 8/23/2021 11:58:28 AM
Location:  Lakeside, MD
Author:  Jack D. Kuiphoff
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
Chessie Steam Special, ex-Reading 2101, prepares for its trip back south to Baltimore,
Title:  Chessie Steam Special, ex-Reading 2101, prepares for its trip back south to Baltimore,
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/23/1978  Upload Date: 4/26/2011 4:14:20 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Jack D. Kuiphoff
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  1530   Comments: 1
RDG 2101
Title:  RDG 2101
Description:  Chessie Steam Special crossing the Schuykill River. Date is approximate
Photo Date:  10/1/1978  Upload Date: 1/10/2009 10:06:39 AM
Location:  Grays Ferry (subdivi, PA
Author:  Randy Kotuby
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  574   Comments: 0
RDG 2101
Title:  RDG 2101
Description:  The Chessie Steam Special on the turntable in Philadelphia. Date is approximate
Photo Date:  10/1/1978  Upload Date: 1/10/2009 10:06:52 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Randy Kotuby
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  859   Comments: 0
RDG 2101
Title:  RDG 2101
Description:  The Chessie Steam Special pulls off the turntable in Philadelphia PA. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  10/1/1978  Upload Date: 1/10/2009 10:07:21 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Randy Kotuby
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  617   Comments: 0
RDG 2101
Title:  RDG 2101
Description:  The Chesie Steam Specialsits outside the yard office in Philadelphia PA. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  10/1/1978  Upload Date: 1/10/2009 10:07:33 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Randy Kotuby
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  836   Comments: 0
My husband (as a teenager) stands in front of The Freedom Train.
Title:  My husband (as a teenager) stands in front of The Freedom Train.
Description:  Look at the size of the thing!
Photo Date:  6/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/29/2010 8:18:59 AM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Crim Family
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  874   Comments: 0
The Freedom Train
Title:  The Freedom Train
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/29/2010 8:18:40 AM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  458   Comments: 0
The Freedom Train
Title:  The Freedom Train
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/29/2010 8:20:21 AM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  519   Comments: 0
WM 81
Title:  WM 81
Description:  Reading T1 #2101 can be seen in the distance
Photo Date:  11/12/1992  Upload Date: 11/29/2010 7:50:43 PM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Ted Krug
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WM 81(BL2) RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  819   Comments: 0
RDG 2101 & BLA 50 in Sunset with Our Purple Van
Title:  RDG 2101 & BLA 50 in Sunset with Our Purple Van
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/28/2004  Upload Date: 4/25/2014 11:53:03 PM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4) AFT 1(4-8-4) BLA 50(70Tonner) BO 1961(RDC2)
Views:  1141   Comments: 0
RDG 2101 + B&A 50
Title:  RDG 2101 + B&A 50
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/28/2004  Upload Date: 12/27/2024 10:28:00 PM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Andrew Goblirsch
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  AFT 1(4-8-4) BA 50(70Tonner) RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  9   Comments: 0
Reading #2101
Title:  Reading #2101
Description:  4-8-4 T-1 American Freedom Train #1
Photo Date:  7/5/2005  Upload Date: 5/22/2011 10:42:05 PM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Larry Mowery, Jr
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  358   Comments: 0
Reading #2101
Title:  Reading #2101
Description:  painted for Freedom Train, paint degrading
Photo Date:  7/5/2005  Upload Date: 5/22/2011 10:43:00 PM
Location:  Baltimore B&O Museum, MD
Author:  Larry Mowery, Jr
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  301   Comments: 0
American Freedom Train
Title:  American Freedom Train
Description:  Former Reading T1 2101 was restored by Ross Rowland in the 1970s to pull the American Freedom Train across the United States during the Bicentenial year. It is now the property of the B&O Museum.
Photo Date:  11/12/2005  Upload Date: 5/25/2008 8:57:22 PM
Location:  Baltimore, MD
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4) AFT 1(4-8-4)
Views:  777   Comments: 1
RDG 2101
Title:  RDG 2101
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/22/2007  Upload Date: 7/13/2017 11:42:13 PM
Location:  Baltimore, MD
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Steam,Track
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4) AFT 1(4-8-4) BLA 50(70Tonner) CTN 32(VO-1000) BOMX 9733(H-12-44)
Views:  812   Comments: 0
Reading 2101
Title:  Reading 2101
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/22/2007  Upload Date: 11/8/2016 5:55:12 PM
Location:  Baltimore, MD
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Steam,Track
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4) AFT 1(4-8-4)
Views:  583   Comments: 0
RDG 2101
Title:  RDG 2101
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/25/2011  Upload Date: 10/24/2011 9:31:30 AM
Location:  , PA
Author:  bob gottschall
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  431   Comments: 0
RDG 2101
Title:  RDG 2101
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/25/2011  Upload Date: 10/24/2011 9:32:16 AM
Location:  , PA
Author:  bob gottschall
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  414   Comments: 0
RDG 2101
Title:  RDG 2101
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/13/2012  Upload Date: 10/13/2012 10:06:11 PM
Location:  Baltimore, MD
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  657   Comments: 1
RDG 2101
Title:  RDG 2101
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/25/2014  Upload Date: 10/27/2014 12:31:54 PM
Location:  Baltimore, MD
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RDG 2101(4-8-4)
Views:  261   Comments: 0


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