Other Reading Company Items
The following is a grab-bag of various Reading Company equipment that exists outside the Wanamaker, Kempton & Southern.
The three photographs below show Reading business car #10 located at the Strasburg Railroad. For many decades this car had a yellow Strasburg paint scheme. Thankfully it's been returned to elegant Reading olive and gold. These pictures were taken around 2004.
The two pictures below are from 2005 and show American Freedom Train locomotive #1 (Reading #2101) at the B&O Museum in Baltimore Maryland.
Below are another pair of pictures from my 2005 trip to the B&O Museum. These are of CNJ #1000. Of all the stuff at the B&O Museum, this is my favorite piece. I like its cobbled together, pioneering look. Fortunately, this locomotive was not damaged by the roundhouse collapse in 2003. CNJ #1000 is here on my Reading page because the Reading had two similar models #50 and #51. There's a huge article about these IR-powered boxcabs in the December 1970 issue of Trains magazine.
The following three pictures are from a 2008 stop at Strasburg. Reading #902 & #903 were found outside the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. And the carcass of Reading #1187 was found outside the Strasburg shops. Rumor has it that the #1187 may someday be restored to service.
The pictures below show Reading T1, 2124 snapped at Steamtown, May 2009.
Photo by Gary Zweizig.
Photo by Gary Zweizig.
Also at Steamtown that visit was Reading RS3 #467.
Photo by Gary Zweizig.
The following pictures are from a 2013 visit to Strasburg and the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
Doesn't look like #1187 will be restored anytime soon.
Doesn't look like #1187 will be restored anytime soon.
Reading car #1189. I believe the car is on its way to the RCT&HS.
Reading car #10 is now run with the half-hour train. Fun ride and neat to see the inside.
Inside Reading #10.
Inside Reading #10.
The three six-axle coaches have been moved to the far east end of the line behind the Cho Cho Barn. One of these is the old B&O car from the WK&S.
Crusader #1.
Crusader #1.
Reading hopper.
MU #800.
#1251.
Okay, this has nothing to do with the WK&S or the Reading Company. These next two pictures are from the late 1990s when my wife and I were making our way toward the Grand Canyon aboard the Southwest Chief. Our train was running ahead of schedule until it T-boned a chemical toilet truck somewhere east of Albuquerque.
February 1996; Amtrak's Capitol Limited versus MARC 286 at Silver Spring, MD.
Shown below is a pre-Amtrak Auto-Train brochure (1972) I received from an old family friend. Click each image for larger view. Check out those fares!
