| After a very nice and informative tour around the main part of the museum yard, we were given permission by our guide to view and photograph other pieces not normally seen on the main tour. One of these was former Reading grill car number 2060. The grill car was once an important part of the Reading's long distance service, first serving on the Philadelphia-Pottsville "Schuylkill" before moving to the "Wall Street" between Philly and Jersey City/New York. Rebuilt from a standard commuter coach, number 1337, the car featured a kitchen for prepping small meals, and both counter and table seating. After retirement it became part of a restaurant and was later acquired by the museum. It is one of the few food service cars original to the Reading that survive, although some former RDG coaches have since been converted to dining cars on some tourist railroads post retirement from the former anthracite hauler. |