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By:Gary Everhart
Dates:4/3/1931 - 5/1/1932
Album Info:Nice group of older, sepia colored photos of Philadelphia & Reading 2-10-2 Santa Fe type steam locomotives. The same photographer took them but no name was given. The sepia scans were converted to gray scale photos.
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RDG 2-10-2 #3008 - Reading
Title:  RDG 2-10-2 #3008 - Reading
Description:  Here is another example of Reading Shops ingenuity when they rebuilt RDG 2-8-8-2 #1803 (serial #45278) into this sleeker 2-10-2 #3008. It lasted until being scrapped in 1954. A note on the back of the photo by the photographer states "Reading Co #3008., Santa Fe, (2-10-2) on cleaning pit, Reading shops." No photographer was listed but this may be an Alton E. Bowers photo
Photo Date:  4/3/1931  Upload Date: 6/8/2022 6:38:36 AM
Location:  Reading, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  RDG 3008(2-10-2)
Views:  162   Comments: 0
RDG 2-10-2 #3001 - Reading
Title:  RDG 2-10-2 #3001 - Reading
Description:  Excellent example of a repurposed older loco, the Reading Shops rebuilt RDG 2-8-8-2 #1801 (serial #44890) into this 2-10-2 Santa Fe type loco in 1927. It lasted until being scrapped in 1954 when diesels arrived. A note on the back of the photo by the photographer states "RDG Co #3001 (2-10-2) class K-1-sa, on coal train on East Penn line, Reading to Allentown, starting up Blandon hill from Reading yard." No photographer was listed but this may be an Alton E. Bowers photo.
Photo Date:  5/1/1932  Upload Date: 6/8/2022 6:38:24 AM
Location:  Reading, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  RDG 3001(2-10-2)
Views:  165   Comments: 0
RDG 2-10-2 #3010 - Reading
Title:  RDG 2-10-2 #3010 - Reading
Description:  Reading 2-10-2 #310 seen here actually started out as RDG 2-8-8-2 #1810 (serial #49487) but was rebuilt by the Reading shops in June of 1930 into the 2-10-2 Santa Fe configuration. The loco lasted on the roster until being scrapped in May of 1954. A note on the back of the photo states RDG Co #3010 (2-10-2) class K-1-sc, Caprotti valve gear, on ash pit at Reading engine terminal." No photographer was listed but this may be an Alton E. Bowers photo
Photo Date:  5/1/1932  Upload Date: 6/8/2022 6:38:48 AM
Location:  Reading, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  RDG 3010(2-10-2)
Views:  186   Comments: 0
RDG 2-10-2 #3012 - Reading
Title:  RDG 2-10-2 #3012 - Reading
Description:  Built by Baldwin in March of 1931, RDG 2-10-2 #3012 (serial #61618, class K-1-sb) lasted until being scrapped 24 years later in February of 1955. A note on the back of the photo by the photographer states "RDG Co #3012 (2-10-2), class K-1-sb, arriving Allentown with tonnage train, about to cross over to CNJ connection." No photographer was listed but this may be an Alton E. Bowers photo.
Photo Date:  5/1/1932  Upload Date: 6/8/2022 6:39:00 AM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  RDG 3012(2-10-2)
Views:  167   Comments: 0


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