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The Reading Company (/ ˈ r ɛ d ɪ ŋ / RED-ing) was a Philadelphia-headquartered railroad that provided passenger and freight transport in eastern Pennsylvania and neighboring states from 1924 until its acquisition by Conrail in 1976.
The train's first schedule and the contest to name it. The Crusader at Reading Terminal in 1968, shortly before the train began operating with Rail Diesel Cars. By the 1930s, the Reading Company offered hourly expresses from Reading Terminal to the Central Railroad of New Jersey's Jersey City Communipaw Terminal via the Reading's New York Branch to Bound Brook where it connected with the CNJ.
The former railroad network Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines operated in New Jersey from 1933, serving Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Camden and Cape May. Timetables were introduced in June 1934 and June 1941.
The Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines was a railroad that operated in South Jersey in the 20th century. It was created in 1933 as a joint consolidation venture between two competing railroads in the region: the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Reading Company .
In 1889, the Philadelphia and Reading Railway decided to build a train depot, passenger station, and company headquarters on the corner of 12th and Market Streets. The move came eight years after the Pennsylvania Railroad opened its Broad Street Station several blocks away at 15th and Market Streets, and one year after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad opened its 24th Street Station at 24th and ...
Reading & Northern, meanwhile, was founded in 1983 and has developed a substantial freight and passenger excursion business through acquisition of railroad lines throughout the region, including ...
Aside from Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad excursion service, the former Reading main line hosts no scheduled passenger service. The last vestige of the Reading's passenger service on the line was SEPTA's commuter service between Reading Terminal and Pottsville. SEPTA discontinued the service, with its other non-electrified routes ...
The Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad (reporting mark RBMN), sometimes shortened to Reading and Northern Railroad, is a regional railroad in eastern Pennsylvania. With a headquarters in Port Clinton , the RBMN provides freight service on over 400 miles (640 km) of track.