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Reading Blue Mountain and Northern 2102 (historically known as Reading 2102) is a preserved T-1 class 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive.Originally built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in March 1925 as an "I-10sa" 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type locomotive for the Reading Company (RDG), No. 2102 was rebuilt by RDG's own locomotive shops as a 4-8-4 "Northern" in September 1945, and it was used ...
The Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad operates on 55.53 miles (89.37 km) of SEPTA-owned trackage mostly in Bucks and Montgomery counties to the north of Philadelphia, with some lines extending into northern portions of Philadelphia.
The 8,140-foot (2,480 m) structure runs north-south, over and alongside tracks that serve today's 30th Street Station. Most of the structure is steel, but a 1,045-foot (319 m) section north of the station is made of brick arches; it is the country's longest brick bridge and probably its longest brick building.
By 1871, the Reading was the largest company in the world with $170,000,000 in market capitalization (equal to $4,462,027,778 today). [4] It may have been the first conglomerate in the world. In 1879, the Reading gained control of the North Pennsylvania Railroad , which provided access to the burgeoning steel industry in the Lehigh Valley .
Conrail (reporting mark CR), formally the Consolidated Rail Corporation, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999. The trade name Conrail is a portmanteau based on the company's legal name.
The Northeast Regional is an intercity rail service operated by Amtrak in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States. In the past it has been known as the NortheastDirect , Acela Regional , or Regional .
The creator of Old People Web started the account back in 2019 and is the only person behind it. The creator's name is Sam, and they tell us that the idea to create the page came to them in 2018 ...
In the days of Penn Central the MP54s ventured onto former New Haven tracks solely during railfan charters, in particular a June 14, 1970 fantrip from Penn Station to New Haven which included the New Canaan Branch. Steam-hauled P54 cars served well into the 1950s alongside their MU siblings. While these cars were more commonly seen in commuter ...