Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The B&O's 8,000 Mile Birthday Party is a 1977 Promotional Film produced by Avanti Productions that documents the 1977 Season of the Chessie Steam Special (the 1st of 2 seasons of the Chessie Steam Special, that crisscrossed the Chessie System Railroad to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.) pulled by Reading T1 2101. 2101 Pulled the American Freedom Train of 1975-76 & the Chessie Steam Special of 1977-78. On March 26th, 1979, The 2101 was damaged in a roundhouse fire in Russell, Kentucky & was traded to the B&O Railroad Museum for C&O 614 (which went onto to run excursions in 1980-81, Pulling Freight Trains in January of 1985 & pulling excursions over NJT Trackage in 1996, 1997 & 1998. 614 is now on display at the C&O Railway Heritage Center In Clifton Forge, Virginia.) & 2101 was placed on display at the B&O Museum. 2101 is currently in the process of undergoing a cosmetic restoration, due to be completed by 2026. This is a much better quality copy of this film sourced from an old DVD set from the early 2000s.
Nickel Plated Productions does not lay claim to the ownership & copyright of this film. Ownership & copyright belongs to Avanti Productions. This has been uploaded in an effort to preserve the historic contents of this video.
The B&O's 8,000 Mile Birthday Party is a 1977 Promotional Film produced by Avanti Productions that documents the 1977 Season of the Chessie Steam Special (the 1st of 2 seasons of the Chessie Steam Special, that crisscrossed the Chessie System Railroad to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.) pulled by Reading T1 2101. 2101 Pulled the American Freedom Train of 1975-76 & the Chessie Steam Special of 1977-78. On March 26th, 1979, The 2101 was damaged in a roundhouse fire in Russell, Kentucky & was traded to the B&O Railroad Museum for C&O 614 (which went onto to run excursions in 1980-81, Pulling Freight Trains in January of 1985 & pulling excursions over NJT Trackage in 1996, 1997 & 1998. 614 is now on display at the C&O Railway Heritage Center In Clifton Forge, Virginia.) & 2101 was placed on display at the B&O Museum. 2101 is currently in the process of undergoing a cosmetic restoration, due to be completed by 2026. This is a much better quality copy of this film sourced from an old DVD set from the early 2000s.
Nickel Plated Productions does not lay claim to the ownership & copyright of this film. Ownership & copyright belongs to Avanti Productions. This has been uploaded in an effort to preserve the historic contents of this video.
