T1 2101 in Freedom Train duties

[erielackawanna]

I posted this on the NJ list, but realized it might be of interest to guys on this list that don't go to that list.

It's a slide my dad took of the Freedom Train T1 at Morris Plains in 1976.

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 077&nseq=0

[uhaul]

Here she is 31 years later.
www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=219357

[Tom Jacobs]

Very sad to see this locomotive in such a sorry state. She deserves much better, not only as one of the Reading's surviving T-1's but also for representing all that was bright and beautiful about our Nation when she toured the country hauling the AFT...

[RDGTRANSMUSEUM]

Any body care to work on getting 2101 home?

[geep39]

Wouldn't count on it. Ain't gonna happen. Got LOTSA money? I was told that they applied for a grant to refurbish it.

[RDGTRANSMUSEUM]

We would hope to see some sort of important RDG locomotive displayed in Reading,Pa.......someday.

[kp5308]

Parts were salvaged from 2101 to make 2100 operational. On a trip to the B&O Museum in the 80's, I watched a few guys goin' at it with a torch, but I don't know what, or how much, was taken. I do know that it's one of the few items that was at the same location in the museum when I returned in 2007. Not a good sign....