Big Boy stops announced: Pennsylvania playing major role in No. 4014 locomotive’s East Coast tour

Big Boy No. 4014 has several Pennsylvania stops during its America's 250th anniversary tour, marking the first time the ...
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Reading & Northern Railroad to host biggest steam locomotive in the world

The Reading & Northern Railroad plans to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary by bringing the biggest steam engine in the world to its tracks. On June 14, Union Pacific’s “Big Boy” #4014 will take a ...
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Restoration of Reading Railroad locomotive on track to finish soon

An original Reading Railroad locomotive may soon be back on the tracks. After more than a decade of work, a project to restore Locomotive No. 2100 is wrapping up, according to representatives of ...
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Steam locomotives of the Reading and P & R railroads : the complete history from the 10-ton Pioneer engines of 1837 to the last giant 220- ton T1s of the 1970s / Edward H ...

Steam locomotives of the Reading and P & R railroads : the complete history from the 10-ton Pioneer engines of 1837 to the last giant 220- ton T1s of the 1970s / Edward H. Wiswesser Smithsonian ...