RailPictures.Net Photo: RDG 23 Reading EMD SW1 at Altoona, Pennsylvania by Doug Lilly

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» Reading (more..)
» EMD SW1 (more..)

» Unknown
» Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA (more..)
» March 31, 1978

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» RDG 23 (more..)
» Unknown

» Doug Lilly (more..)
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Faded, and with yellow safety paint added to the handrails and journal box covers, this Reading SW1 looks otherwise the same as when it rolled out of LaGrange in 1941. It survived as one of the older members of the Conrail roster, but that distinction didn’t last for long. The prewar switcher is in the Altoona dead line on the second anniversary of Reading Company’s last day of existence.

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