The steam you see around the firebox is the exhaust from 2102's booster engine, which was needed to assist traction to get the train rolling up the Hometown hill grade on wet rails. Booster engine steam does not exhaust through the stack |
Date:
4/26/2022 |
Location:
Nesquehoning, PA Map ![Show Nesquehoning on a rail map](/images/map_us.gif) |
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![RBMN 2102 enters the Nesquehoning "Tunnel" westbound](/pictures\144248\Nesquehoning%20Tunnel%20C.jpg) |
Picture Categories: Scenic,Tunnel,Steam,Action |
This picture is part of album: Reading & Northern Steam Locomotive 2102 coal train |