With your help, we’re delighted to say that last month we passed a significant milestone with the restoration of Reading 2100. Thanks to your donations, over 550 staybolts were welded into the firebox of the locomotive. In this video update, Jason Johnson of Gemini Industrial Machine explains the welding process. Other work done by volunteers … May 2021 Update
The month of March proved to be a productive one for American Steam Railroad volunteers. April is planned to be a busier one yet, with the welders from Gemini Industries scheduled to install the staybolts into the firebox. Much of the highlighted work in the past month includes: Continued work on the ultrasound survey of … April 2021 Update
The month of February has kept American Steam Railroad volunteers busy at work on select projects.
This year has been full of challenges and is one like no other we’ve experienced in a long time. For American Steam Railroad, it was one where you, the supporters, have shown through these difficult times. In the past 12 months, volunteers have given over 1,800 hours to help with the restoration of Reading … Fire Up 2100! Year in Review: 2020
CLEVELAND – A private jet of the gilded age has now found a new home, along with helping the restoration of a steam locomotive at the same time. American Steam Railroad has sold former Frisco business car 1100 to Allied Rail Corporation of Ludlow, Kentucky. The heavyweight car, formerly named Arkansas, was built at the … Private Car Sale to Help with Reading 2100’s Firebox
Below are text and photos from the October 1945 edition of the Reading Company’s magazine. It details the construction of Reading 2100, and many of the technical refinements from the late period of steam locomotive design. We are grateful to the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum for furnishing this issue to use for 2100’s 75th birthday … A Look Back When 2100 Rolled Out of the Shop
Here is the mid-month update on what’s been accomplished by American Steam Railroad volunteers. The forging and machining of the 560 staybolts has been completed by our great volunteers, who have given many hours and days to this project. The next process is to sand blast all of them to remove mill scale so they … September 2020 Restoration Update
