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Reading 2101
| Power type |
Steam |
| Builder |
Baldwin Locomotive Works |
| Build date |
1923 |
| Configuration |
2-8-0 as built, 4-8-4 as rebuilt |
| Gauge |
4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) |
| Driver size |
70 in (1.78 m) diameter |
| Length |
110 ft 6 in (33.7 m) |
| Weight on drivers |
278,200 lb (126,200 kg) |
| Total weight |
441,300 lb (200,200 kg) |
| Locomotive and tender combined weight |
809,000 lb (367,000 kg) with full tender |
| Tender capacity |
19,000 U.S. gal (71,900 L) water, 26 short tons (24 t) coal |
| Boiler pressure |
240 psi (1.65 MPa) |
| Fire grate area |
94.5 ft² (8.78 m²) |
| Cylinders |
2 |
| Cylinder size |
27 in dia. x 32 in stroke (686 by 813 mm) |
| Tractive effort |
68,000 lbf (302 kN), 79,100 lbf (352 kN) with booster |
| Career |
Reading Company |
| Class |
I-10a as built, T-1 as rebuilt |
| Number in class |
20 |
| Nicknames |
AFT #1 |
| Retired |
1956 |
| Restored |
1975 |
| Disposition |
static display at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum |
Reading 2101 is a 4-8-4 steam locomotive originally operated by the Reading Company. In 1975, the locomotive was the first to pull the second American Freedom Train, which began touring the continental United States on April 1.
The locomotive is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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