Two C630's and five C424's - with an EMD pup on the end for good measure- make up a deadline of stored power at the Reading Lines backshop late in 1975. 5302 would become Conrail 6755 about a year... (more)
Okay, maybe it's a DS 44-10 but it's a beauty nevertheless. I was always impressed with how quickly BLWs loaded and how there must only be about 50 RPM difference between idle and wide open.
The hottest train on the railroad rolls through CP Tulp towards CP Dunkle and the connection to the Harrisburg Line at CP-Wyomissing Junction.
R&N train QA-RG (Tamaqua to Reading) is backing their train into their track at Reading Yard.
R&N train QA-RG (Tamaqua to Reading) has made a set off, and are ready to go the last mile into NS Reading Yard, while NS power pumps up the air on a unit coal train for Quebec Iron & Titanium.
A friendly NS employee talks with a fellow railfan while waiting for the signal to continue east towards Morrisville.
Enroute to Philadelphia with a Christmas Shoppers Special, #2102 passes through CP-BELT.
One of the few Conrail units on NS with the class lights still in the nose.
Open House night photo session, left to right:CNJ Alco RS3 #1554, RDG 4-8-4 #2102, and PRR E8A #5706.
Open House night photo session, left to right:CNJ BM&R Pacific #425, RDG 4-8-4 #2102, and Reading GP30 #5513.
Restored by the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society.
On display at Open House
NS 35A prepares to begin working with picking up and setting off cars at Spring Street Yard in Reading under beautiful skies.
Still in glorious blue, this pair of ex Conrail switchers featuring GP15-1 1413 on point drills cars in the NS Spring Street Yard in Reading on a nice afternoon.
