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Reading T-1 4-8-4 Premium Kit Now Available for Pre-Order

After several months of hard work, challenges, and setbacks, our first steam locomotive and first full kit is now available for pre-order. It’s been quite a journey to get here. We’ve learned a lot in getting the kit ready and we’re excited to move this project into the next phase.

Our instructions are currently being finalized, prices and costs have been taken into account, and we’re ready to start taking orders.

Our model of Reading 2100 sitting in front of the real Reading 2100.
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Event Report, AN EVENING WITH A LEGEND OF STEAM: ROSS ROWLAND, And an Update On Our T-1 Kit Launch Date

On Saturday, September 21st, 2019, American Steam Railroad Preservation Association, Inc hosted an event, An Evening with a Legend of Steam: Ross Rowland, to benefit the ASR’s “Fire Up 2100” campaign for the restoration of Reading T-1 class steam locomotive 2100. Brick Model Railroader attended the event to display our soon to be released custom LEGO® model of 2100 and support the restoration.

Two T-1’s, of drastically different scales, meet in a historic roundhouse.
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Event Benefiting Reading 2100: An evening with a Legend of Steam: Ross Rowland, and a Brief T-1 Kit Update

On Saturday, September 21st, 2019, American Steam Railroad Preservation Association, Inc will be hosting an event, An Evening with a Legend of Steam: Ross Rowland, to benefit the ASR’s “Fire Up 2100” campaign for the restoration of Reading locomotive 2100. Brick Model Railroader will be attending the event to display our LEGO® model of 2100 and support the restoration.

From the American Steam Railroad Website:

“Join American Steam Railroad on Saturday, September 21, 2019, starting at 4:30 pm for an extraordinary event. Legend of steam, Ross Rowland will give a presentation about his career in railroad preservation from his early days to the American Freedom Train and Chessie Steam Special, along with how he was involved with our locomotive, Reading 2100. Tickets are $99.00.”

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Reading T-1 Steam Locomotive Kit Update

Earlier this year we announced the first official locomotive kit from Brick Model Railroader, the Reading T-1 4-8-4 steam locomotive. Since then we have be a bit quiet about this project, only releasing a few minor updates, but this does not mean that progress hasn’t been made. Today we have big, and hopefully informative, update to share.

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The prototype model for our T-1 kit with newly applied graphics at Brickworld this year.
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