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Reading 902 and 903 were among of the first six FP7s ordered by the railroad in March 1950 to replace passenger steam locomotives. The two units were completed on June 1 of that year and delivered to the Reading via the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The pair pulled their first train on June 6.
The Reading Railroad Heritage Museum is a railroad museum located at 500 S 3rd Street in Hamburg, ... Diesel Locomotives/Multiple Units. ALCO C424 #5204; ALCO C630 #5308;
The Reading's Company's locomotive shops behind Reading Blue Mountain and Northern locomotives gp30 No. 5513, 4-6-2 No. 425, and 4-8-4 No. 2102 in Reading in 1985 On April 1, 1976, the Reading Company sold its railroad assets to the newly formed Consolidated Railroad Corporation (Conrail), leaving it with 650 real estate assets, some coal ...
The first generation of PRSL diesel locomotives were all from the nearby Baldwin Locomotive Works, which was the vendor of choice for the parent PRR in both the steam and early diesel era. The PRSL's diesel locomotives were almost all painted in what is commonly referred to as Brunswick Green which was so dark it seemed almost black. The paint ...
No. 1251 is a unique locomotive design, as no identical copies of the B-4as were ever made. It is also the only one of the 830 locomotives built new by the Reading to be preserved. The locomotive also holds the distinction of being the last standard gauge steam locomotive to ever daily operate for a class 1 railroad in the United States. [3]
The ALCO Century 630 is a model of six-axle, 3,000 hp (2.2 MW) diesel-electric locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) between 1965 and 1967. It used the ALCO 251 prime mover.
Reading Blue Mountain and Northern 2102 (historically known as Reading 2102) is a preserved T-1 class 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive.Originally built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in March 1925 as an "I-10sa" 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type locomotive for the Reading Company, No. 2102 was rebuilt by the Reading's own locomotive shops as a 4-8-4 "Northern" in September 1945, and it was ...
In 1941 Budd built the Prospector for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. This was a two-car diesel multiple unit. [9] Each car had a pair of 192 horsepower (143 kW) diesel engines and was capable of independent operation. The cars were constructed of stainless steel and included a mix of coach and sleeping accommodations.