Reading #2124

Reading #2124 (HMD3U)

Location: Scranton, PA 18503 Lackawanna County
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Country: United States of America
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N 41° 24.501', W 75° 40.407'

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Originally built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works during the mid 1920s as a 2-8-0, the Reading Company rebuilt #2124 among thirty other engines, as a 4-8-4 Northern in January 1947.

Reading Northerns were heavy-duty freight locomotives assigned most often to coal traffic. Their wide fire-boxes burned culm, a wast product of anthracite coal. Together, the engine and tender weighed 405 tons and easily pulled 150 loaded coal hoppers.

Retired from freight service in 1956, #2124 was rescued from the scrap heap. During the early 1960s, at a time when steam had all but disappeared from America's railroads, #2424 pulled Reading trains filled with steam enthusiasts on the famous "Reading Rambles."
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HM NumberHMD3U
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Placed BySteamtown Nataionl Historic Site - National Park Service
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Date Added Monday, October 13th, 2014 at 2:41am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 443712 N 4584308
Decimal Degrees41.40835000, -75.67345000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 24.501', W 75° 40.407'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 24' 30.06" N, 75° 40' 24.42" W
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Area Code(s)570
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 307 Cliff St, Scranton PA 18503, US
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