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Originally built by Baldwin as a 2-8-0 around 1923- 1925. Rebuilt by the Reading Company, outshopped January 1947 as a 4-8-4, class T-l, Northern. This heavy freight engine pulled long trains of anthracite coal, the Readings main cargo. Used in the Reading Companys Reading Rambles excursions. Purchased by Nelson Blount in 1963. One of nine remaining Reading Company locomotives.
Technical details
Series | Reading T-1 |
Set-up | 2'D2' (4-8-4) |
Length | 33680 mm |
Diameter driving wheels | 1778 mm |
Weight full | 367 ton |
Grate area | 9 m2 |
Gear | Walschaerts |
Cilinders | 2: 686x813 mm |
Fuel capacity | coal: 24 ton |
Water capacity | 72 m3 |
Power | 4100 kW |
Remarks | Engines were rebuilt from I-10sa engines build by Baldwin. |
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