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RDG 4-6-0C #560 - Philadelphia & Reading (Reading) |
| Description: |
Both RDG 560 & its sister #556 are sitting in the Newton, PA, yard with steam up and ready to roll. Built by Burham, Wms & Co (Baldwin) in 1890, this was originally an L1-a class. Original specifics - 61.5" drivers, modest 145 psi boiler pressure for its double set of 20x24" cylinders, engine weight of 136,525 lb, modest tractive effort of 19,239. Between 1921-29, the class was rebuilt by Reading shops and reclassified as their L-3se class as it appears here. Superheated, it produced an impressive 200 psi boiler pressure and delivered an improved tractive effot of 34,785 lb. No photographer listed for this photo. I have to admit, I find the camelback locos weird but fascinating creatures in the history of railroading! |
| Photo Date: |
6/22/1933 Upload Date: 1/27/2015 6:45:17 AM |
| Location: |
Newton, PA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 560(4-6-0) |
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649 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RDG 4-6-0C #601 - Philadelphia & Reading |
| Description: |
This is the original sepia colored photo of Philadelphia & Reading (RDG) 4-6-0C #601 built by Baldwin in June of 1903 (serial #22277). The loco was rebuilt in 1905 and again between 1917-22 as a camelback. After serving for 43 years, the loco was retired and scrapped in July of 1946. Original specs - L5-a class, 68.5" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 22x28" cylinders, engine weight of 167,000 lb, tractive effort of 33,633 lb. R.P. Morris photo |
| Photo Date: |
6/18/1938 Upload Date: 6/7/2022 5:41:39 PM |
| Location: |
Reading, PA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 601(4-6-0) |
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143 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RDG 4-6-0C #601 - Philadelphia & Reading |
| Description: |
This is the grayscale conversion of the previous original sepia colored photo in the album taken by R. P. Morris. |
| Photo Date: |
6/18/1938 Upload Date: 6/7/2022 5:42:19 PM |
| Location: |
Reading, PA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 601(4-6-0) |
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135 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RDG 4-6-0C #605 - Philadelphia & Reading (Reading) |
| Description: |
This 1905 Burnham, Wms & Co (Baldwin) built ten wheel camelback sits idle at an unknown location. 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 listed for this older reprint. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1935 Upload Date: 8/31/2016 5:06:38 AM |
| Location: |
unknown, NJ |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 605(4-6-0) |
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346 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RDG 616, L-6SA, 1939 |
| Description: |
Burkey. Here is a photo via Earl L. Peschel that was taken near Rutherford, Pennsylvania, on 7 May 1939. Photo Caption: "Only Rdg. Co. loco equipped with Caprotti valve gear." Shown here is Reading Railroad engine #616, an L-6SA (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as number "603" in 1905, rebuilt and renumbered "616" in 1928. (#24 of 25) |
| Photo Date: |
5/7/1939 Upload Date: 11/15/2021 9:24:13 AM |
| Location: |
Rutherford, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 616(4-6-0) |
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198 Comments: 0 |
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