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Title:
RDG 803
Description:
Reading Company EPa 803 and 838 at Lansdale, Pennsylvania on an unknown day in April 1962, Ektachrome by R. S. Short, Chuck Zeiler collection. These cars were built in or around 1931 by the Harlan and Hollingsworh Division of Bethlehem Steel. They were classed EPa, 72 feet 5 inches in length, weighed 70 tons, and had a capacity of 86 passengers. One truck, slightly longer that the other truck (both are of an unusual Taylor design), was powered with two 300 horsepower motors. The item over the headlight was a bus jumper, allowing the collected current of 11,000 volts to be passed from car to car, permitting the use of just two pantographs per train, reducing wear on both the pantograph and overhead wire.
Photo Date:
4/1/1962
Upload Date:
2/27/2013 10:53:39 AM
Location:
Lansdale, PA
Author:
R. S. Short
Categories:
Roster,Yard
Locomotives:
RDG 803(Electric M.U.)
RDG 838(Electric M.U.)
Views:
975
Comments:
0
Title:
RDG 805
Description:
Reading Company EPa 805 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on an unknown day in June 1964, Kodachrome by R. S. Short, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:
6/1/1964
Upload Date:
3/11/2013 12:52:31 PM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
R. S. Short
Categories:
Signal,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:
RDG 805(Electric M.U.)
Views:
2539
Comments:
1
Title:
RDG 806
Description:
Reading Company 806 at Lansdale, Pennsylvania on an unknown day in March 1962, Kodachrome by unknown photographer, Chuck Zeiler collection. This car was built in or around 1931 by the Harlan and Hollingsworh Division of Bethlehem Steel, classed EPa, 72 feet 5 inches in length, weighed 70 tons, and had a capacity of 86 passengers. One truck, slightly longer that the other truck (both are of an unusual Taylor design), was powered with two 300 horsepower motors. The item over the headlight was a bus jumper, allowing the collected current of 11,000 volts to be passed from car to car, permitting the use of just two pantographs per train, reducing wear on both the pantograph and overhead wire.
Photo Date:
3/1/1962
Upload Date:
3/10/2016 6:47:32 PM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
unknown
Categories:
RollingStock,Transit
Locomotives:
RDG 806(Electric M.U.)
Views:
468
Comments:
0
Title:
RDG 808
Description:
Reading Company EPa 808 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on an unknown day in October 1958, Kodachrome by R. S. Short, Chuck Zeiler collection. The slide is marked, 'Chestnut Hill', if that is not Philadelphia, please leave a comment and I will correct it, thanks.
Photo Date:
10/1/1958
Upload Date:
3/11/2013 3:38:17 PM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
R. S. Short
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
RDG 808(Electric M.U.)
Views:
848
Comments:
2
Title:
RDG 812
Description:
Reading Company EPa 812 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on an unknown day in February 1964, Kodachrome by R. S. Short, Chuck Zeiler collection. Note the sign in the lower left, 4400 volts. That looks like a railroad bridge crossing overhead in the background.
Photo Date:
2/1/1964
Upload Date:
4/14/2013 6:14:13 PM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
R. S. Short
Categories:
Passenger
Locomotives:
RDG 812(Electric M.U.)
Views:
792
Comments:
2
Title:
RDG EPa 813
Description:
Reading Company EPa 813 and NW2 100 at West Trenton, New Jersey on an unknown day in July 1962, Kodachrome by R. S. Short, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:
7/1/1962
Upload Date:
4/20/2013 10:32:16 AM
Location:
West Trenton, NJ
Author:
R. S. Short
Categories:
Yard
Locomotives:
RDG 813(Electric M.U.)
RDG 100(NW2)
Views:
1125
Comments:
1
Title:
RDG EPa 826
Description:
Reading Company EPa 826 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on an unknown day in July 1964, Kodachrome by R. S. Short, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:
7/1/1964
Upload Date:
4/29/2013 1:00:42 PM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
R. S. Short
Categories:
Transit
Locomotives:
RDG 826(Electric M.U.)
Views:
632
Comments:
0
Title:
RDG EPa 834
Description:
Reading Company EPa 834 at West Trenton, New Jersey on an unknown day in May 1962, Kodachrome by R. S. Short, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:
5/1/1962
Upload Date:
4/29/2013 3:51:43 PM
Location:
West Trenton, NJ
Author:
R. S. Short
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
RDG 834(Electric M.U.)
Views:
776
Comments:
1
Title:
RDG EPa 835
Description:
Reading Company EPa 835 at Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, slide mount date stamped November 1962, Kodachrome by R. S. Short, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:
11/1/1962
Upload Date:
5/22/2013 1:43:51 PM
Location:
Jenkintown, PA
Author:
R. S. Short
Categories:
Track
Locomotives:
RDG 835(Electric M.U.)
Views:
630
Comments:
0
Title:
RDG 836
Description:
Reading Company EPa 836 at 16th Street Junction in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on an unknown day in July 1964, Ektachrome by R. S. Short, Chuck Zeiler collection.
Photo Date:
7/1/1964
Upload Date:
7/4/2013 1:32:59 PM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
R. S. Short
Categories:
Track
Locomotives:
RDG 836(Electric M.U.)
Views:
591
Comments:
0
Title:
RDG 865
Description:
Reading Company EPa 865 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on an unknown day in July 1964, Kodachrome by R. S. Short, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 781 is an unpowered control trailer but equipped with buss jumpers to pass the 11,000 volts between cars.
Photo Date:
7/1/1964
Upload Date:
2/27/2013 1:50:55 PM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
R. S. Short
Categories:
Station,Track
Locomotives:
RDG 865(Electric M.U.)
Views:
833
Comments:
0
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