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By:Gary Everhart
Dates:6/1/1951 - 6/1/1970
Album Info:Three older photos of Reading Co Alco units.
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RDG RS3 #504
Title:  RDG RS3 #504
Description:  This appears to be a builder's or a Reading Co photo of the newly built RS3 unit for the Reading Llines. Specifics - 1600 hp, engine weight of 248,000 lb, tractive effort of 62,000 lb. No photographer listed.
Photo Date:  6/1/1951  Upload Date: 11/12/2015 8:02:23 AM
Location:  Unknown, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
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Views:  329   Comments: 1
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  According to a note on the bach, a string of RS3 units are moving "Freight on the bypass". The RR3 units were built between 1950-56. Specifics -1600 hp, engine weight?: ?247,100 lb, ?56 ft 6 in length, prime mover was ?ALCO 244-D, ?B-B wheel arrangement. No date or photographer listed.
Photo Date:  6/1/1960  Upload Date: 11/12/2015 8:02:47 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
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Views:  155   Comments: 0
RDG 5304 & RDG 3615
Title:  RDG 5304 & RDG 3615
Description:  Working together is a 1966 Alco "Century" C630 unit and an EMD GP30 unit, both representing two of the competing locomitve builders at the time. No exact date was given for this photo but from the clean, sharp lines of the C630, it appears to be late 1960's. No photographer listed.
Photo Date:  6/1/1968  Upload Date: 11/12/2015 8:02:19 AM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RDG 5304(C630) RDG 3615(GP30)
Views:  459   Comments: 0


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