Reading Trains and Trolleys (Images of Rail)
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (954 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0093QQASS |
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| Number of Pages | : | 204 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Reading Railroad for us Philly People SanibelMike Wonderful book about the history of the Reading Railroad.a Philly Charm.. Reading Trains Robert Van Pelt It was interesting and covered the Reading, PA area rather well. Well worth the price I paid. more a photo book than a history.. Daisy Mae said For train or history buffs. I bought this for my 11 year old grandson. My husband read it and loved it before giving it my grandson who also loved. Both are train addicts.
He has written and edited Greenberg's guides for toy trains as well as articles for The Historical Review of Berks County, O Gauge Railroading, and Classic Toy Trains. He has written and edited Greenberg's guides for toy trains as well as articles for The Historical Review of Berks County, O Gauge Railroading, and Classic Toy Trains.Philip
He is a member of the Hawk Mountain Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society and the Train Collectors Association. About the Author Philip K. Smith grew up in the village of Berne along the main line of the Reading Company. Smith grew up in the village of Berne along the main line of the Reading Company. He is a member of the Hawk Mountain Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society and the Train Collectors Association. He has written and edited Greenberg's guides for toy trains as well as articles for The Historical Review of Berks County, O Gauge Railroading, and Classic Toy Trains.Philip K. He has written and edited Greenberg's guides for toy trains as well as articles for The Historical Review of Berks County, O Gauge Railroading, and Classic Toy Trains.
Rail transportation has been part of daily life in Reading since the 1830s. The Historical Society of Berks County's collection of rail photographs includes many never-before-published images of diverse scenes in and around Reading.. Reading Trains and Trolleys portrays the good old days of the Philadelphia & Reading Railway (reorganized as the Reading Company in 1923), the Schuykill Valley Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Mount Penn Gravity Railroad, the Neversink Mountain Railroad, the Reading City Passenger Railway, and the Reading Traction Company. The Reading Railroad gained widespread recognition as a property for sale on the Monopoly board, but the history of trains and trolleys in Reading goes well beyond that iconography. Reading Trains and Trolleys documents the impact of railroad and trolley networks on Reading and adjoining communities, including photographs of the interior of the locomotive shop and the carbarn at Tenth and Exeter Streets, views of the Walnut Street yard before and after the Outer Station was constructed, and views from the Swinging Bridge, which spanned the yard by the Outer Station