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By:John Hepp
Dates:1/1/1975 - 7/31/2002
Album Info:The Reading was Philadelphia's second railroad but by the 1960s was better run than the larger Pennsylvania-Penn Central. The Penn Central bankruptcy caused the Reading to declare bankruptcy and disappear into Conrail.
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Reading 6304
Title:  Reading 6304
Description:  A GE U30C on a westbound freight, at Abrams Yard, photographed using the light supplied by the yard office at dusk in August 1976.
Photo Date:  8/17/1976  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 7:16:13 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Night,Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 6304(U30C)
Views:  245   Comments: 0
Reading 3633
Title:  Reading 3633
Description:  An EMD GP35 on the old Reading line at Fairless Jct., photographed from the Crusader in August 1976.
Photo Date:  8/18/1976  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 4:56:43 PM
Location:  Fairless Junction, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RDG 3633(GP35)
Views:  241   Comments: 0
Reading 2612
Title:  Reading 2612
Description:  An EMD SW1001 at Wayne Junction in August 1976.
Photo Date:  8/18/1976  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 7:24:41 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 2612(SW1001)
Views:  366   Comments: 0
Reading 2755
Title:  Reading 2755
Description:  An EMD SW1500 at Wayne Junction in October 1976.
Photo Date:  10/11/1976  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 7:27:28 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  RDG 2755(SW1500)
Views:  279   Comments: 0
Reading 635
Title:  Reading 635
Description:  An EMD GP7 at Abrams Yard in February 1977.
Photo Date:  2/12/1977  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 7:34:09 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 635(GP7)
Views:  201   Comments: 0
Reading 2770
Title:  Reading 2770
Description:  A switcher and caboose, both still in Reading livery, almost a year after the formation of Conrail at Abrams Yard in February 1977.
Photo Date:  2/15/1977  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 10:25:59 AM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  RDG 2770(SW1500)
Views:  357   Comments: 0
Reading 2766
Title:  Reading 2766
Description:  Ten months after Conrail, little has changed for this EMD SW1500 at Abrams Yard in February 1977.
Photo Date:  2/15/1977  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 4:18:03 PM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 2766(SW1500)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
Reading 2621
Title:  Reading 2621
Description:  An EMD SW1001 photographed from the Crusader at Wayne Junction in February 1977.
Photo Date:  2/15/1977  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 10:09:06 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 2621(SW1001)
Views:  192   Comments: 0
Reading 2767
Title:  Reading 2767
Description:  Switching at Abrams Yard in February 1977.
Photo Date:  2/23/1977  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 10:30:09 AM
Location:  Upper Merion, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  RDG 2767(SW1500)
Views:  176   Comments: 0
Reading 2772
Title:  Reading 2772
Description:  An EMD MP15 at Pottsville, PA, on the eve of Conrail in March 1976.
Photo Date:  3/12/1977  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 4:20:44 PM
Location:  Pottsville, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 2772(MP15DC)
Views:  494   Comments: 0
Reading 900
Title:  Reading 900
Description:  An EMD FP7 at Reading Terminal on April 4, 1977.
Photo Date:  4/4/1977  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 7:35:54 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  RDG 900(FP7A)
Views:  403   Comments: 0
Reading 2758
Title:  Reading 2758
Description:  An EMD SW1500 at the Wayne Junction shops in April 1977 photographed from a passing train.
Photo Date:  4/15/1977  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 9:28:41 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  RDG 2758(SW1500)
Views:  235   Comments: 0
Reading 5308
Title:  Reading 5308
Description:  An ALCO C630, owned by the Reading CT&HS, is at Steamtown in Scranton in July 2002.
Photo Date:  7/6/2002  Upload Date: 8/20/2013 10:11:48 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RDG 5308(C630)
Views:  126   Comments: 0


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