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| Title: |
RDG 803 |
| Description: |
Reading Company EPa 803 and 838 at Lansdale, Pennsylvania on an unknown day in April 1962, Ektachrome by R. S. Short, Chuck Zeiler collection. These cars were built in or around 1931 by the Harlan and Hollingsworh Division of Bethlehem Steel. They were classed EPa, 72 feet 5 inches in length, weighed 70 tons, and had a capacity of 86 passengers. One truck, slightly longer that the other truck (both are of an unusual Taylor design), was powered with two 300 horsepower motors. The item over the headlight was a bus jumper, allowing the collected current of 11,000 volts to be passed from car to car, permitting the use of just two pantographs per train, reducing wear on both the pantograph and overhead wire. |
| Photo Date: |
4/1/1962 Upload Date: 2/27/2013 10:53:39 AM |
| Location: |
Lansdale, PA |
| Author: |
R. S. Short |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 803(Electric M.U.) RDG 838(Electric M.U.) |
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| Title: |
RDG MU 803 |
| Description: |
RDG MU 803 leads a line of 1931-built Harlan & Worthington MUs serving as coaches backing into 30th Street in April, 1977. Freight GG1 4937 was leading the MUs into the station during the Septa strike. |
| Photo Date: |
5/27/2016 Upload Date: 6/19/2016 6:05:00 PM |
| Location: |
Philadelphia, PA |
| Author: |
Alan Page |
| Categories: |
Yard,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 803(Electric M.U.) |
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140 Comments: 0 |
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