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Promotional print material, as well as the film Clear Track Ahead shows the T1's being the new face of the railroad, alongside the GG1 electrics and recently acquired diesels. As per the prototypes, two of the production T1's were involved in comparative tests with foreign motive power, though this time the duplexes were visiting.
The London and South Western Railway T1 class was a class of fifty 0-4-4T steam tank locomotives designed for suburban passenger work by William Adams and built between 1888 and 1896. History [ edit ]
Between 1923 and 1925, the Baldwin Locomotive Works constructed fifty I-10sa class locomotives (Nos. 2000-2049) for the Reading Company (RDG) in Pennsylvania. The I-10sa’s generated a tractive effort of over 71,000 pounds (32 tonnes), as compared to 19,390 pounds (8.80 tonnes) of the railroad's 2-8-0s built in the 19th century. [2]
No. 2124 was originally constructed by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in December 1924 as an I-10sa class 2-8-0 "Consolidation", and it was originally numbered 2024. [1] [2] Beginning in 1945, Reading Company (RDG) began rebuilding thirty of their I-10sa's at their Reading, Pennsylvania shops and converted them into T-1 class 4-8-4 "Northerns", and they were renumbered as the 2100 series. [2]
Reading 2101 is a preserved T-1 class 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive constructed in September 1945 for use by the Reading Company. Constructed from an earlier "I10SA" 2-8-0 "Consolidation"-type locomotive, 2101 was originally built in March 1923 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, the 2101 handled heavy coal train traffic for the Reading until being retired from revenue service in 1959.
Reading Blue Mountain and Northern 2102 (historically known as Reading 2102) is a preserved T-1 class 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive.Originally built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in March 1925 as an "I-10sa" 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type locomotive for the Reading Company, No. 2102 was rebuilt by the Reading's own locomotive shops as a 4-8-4 "Northern" in September 1945, and it was ...
Reading 2100 is a T-1 class 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotives constructed in September 1945 for use by the Reading Company (RDG). Constructed from an earlier 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type locomotive, No. 2100 was originally built in May 1923 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, No. 2100 pulled heavy freight and coal trains for the Reading until being retired from revenue service in 1956.
The T-1s could haul trains of the same length as an H-7 class 2-8-8-2 at a faster speed. The locomotives mainly operated between Russell, Kentucky and Toledo, Ohio, with a few being assigned in eastern Virginia. They were rated at 13,500-short-ton (12,200 t; 12,100-long-ton) loaded coal hoppers.