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| Title: |
Reading Railroad 556 |
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| Photo Date: |
11/10/2012 Upload Date: 2/12/2013 8:27:35 PM |
| Location: |
Newtown, PA |
| Author: |
Daniel Barnett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 556(4-6-0) |
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520 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RDG 4-6-0C #609 - Philadelphia & Reading (Reading) |
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Patterned after the four built in 1905 by Burnham, Wms & Co (Baldwin), the Reading shops produced 10 more 4-6-0 camelbacks like them. If anyone can identify the location, please let me know. Specs - class L7-a, 68.5" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 22x28" cylinders, engine weight of 198,000 lb, tractive effort of 33,633 lb. No location, date or photographer was listed for this older reprint. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1935 Upload Date: 8/31/2016 5:06:49 AM |
| Location: |
unknown, NJ |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 609(4-6-0) |
| Views: |
397 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
RDG 4-6-0C #615 - Reading Co |
| Description: |
Action shot of the 1915 4-6-0C ten wheeler camelback being prepped by a crew member for another passenger run. Built by the Reading shops, it was a class L-7 camelback, an odd but still interesting locomotive that allowed the Reading to burn less fuel efficient coal than the traditional locomotives. This appears to be an older reprint and didn't list the location, date or photographer. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1935 Upload Date: 11/11/2018 4:36:59 AM |
| Location: |
Unknown, PA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 615(4-6-0) |
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399 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RDG 4-6-0C #653 |
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The fate of this 1911 Reading shops built ten wheel camelback is uncertain. Missing its bell which would be between the smokestack and sand dome makes me think it might be in a scrap line. No location or date was given for this older reprint. Specifics - L-8-se class, 68.5" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 22x24" cylinders, engine weight of 198,300 lb, tractive effort of 28,828 lb, superheated around 1920. Unknown photographer |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1935 Upload Date: 11/12/2015 5:52:52 AM |
| Location: |
Unknown, PA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 653(4-6-0) |
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358 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RDG 4-6-0C #653 - Reading Co |
| Description: |
Nice photo of the 1911 Reading Shops built 4-6-0C ten wheeler camelback, class L-8se. Notable on this unusual locomotive is the mammoth Wooten firebox which allowed the Reading to burn less efficient coal than traditionally shaped fireboxes, hence making these camelbacks a financial success at the sacrifice of human safety and comfort. The entire class remained in service until after WW II. No exact date or photographer listed for the photo. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1936 Upload Date: 11/11/2018 4:37:21 AM |
| Location: |
Allentown, PA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 653(4-6-0) |
| Views: |
365 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
RDG 4-6-0C #675 |
| Description: |
Nice stubby example of a 1911 Reading Shops built ten wheel Mother Hubbard or more commonly known as a camelback. No date or location was ghven for this older reprint. Specifics - L-10 class, 74" drivers, 215 psi boiler pressure, 19x24" cylinders, engjne weight of 226,750 lb, tractive effort of 32,095 lb. Rebuilt later with increased cylinder size but no apparent increase in bohler pressure was made. No photogrpaher listed. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1935 Upload Date: 11/12/2015 5:52:53 AM |
| Location: |
Unknown, PA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 675(4-6-0) |
| Views: |
318 Comments: 0 |
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