Reading Company's 4-8-4 No. 2124, a recipient of a recent cosmetic restoration, is seen in the yard at Steamtown parked next to the Philadelphia Chapter of the NRHS's FP7 #903 (mated to the Reading Company Technical and Historical Society's FP7 #902). No. 2124 is a T-1 class 4-8-4 locomotive, originally built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1924 as a 2-8-0, and rebuilt in 1947. No. 2124 worked until 1956, when all steam was retired on the Reading. In 1959, No. 2124 re-entered active service on the first of the "Iron Horse Rambles", also known as the "Reading Rambles", on April 16, 1960. The paint scheme she wears today reflects that time period. The locomotive was sold to F. Nelson Blount in 1962 and joined the Steamtown collection, before eventually being moved to Scranton.
From a hint of "Bee" (NKP 765), colorful "Bees" (KCS), "Bees" w/ "attitude", to "Bees" that "sting" your eyes, in their own way they have "Bee" on display! Equipment that "Buzzes" with Yellow & Black colors! ("Bees" can still "Bee" entering this "hive"!)
Photos of North America's favorite First Generation locomotives. EMD, ALCO, Baldwin; essentially anything that represents the OG wide cab diesel locomotive
