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RDG 4-4-0C #269 - Philadelphia & Reading |
| Description: |
Nice side view of the Burnham, Wms & Co 4-4-0C American camelback built for the Philadelphia & Reading (RDG) in April of 1901 (bldr #18924). Specs - class D-5f, 68.5" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 21x22" cylinders, engine weight of 141,291 lb, tractive effort of 24,078 lb. Most noticeable about this camelback design was its almost-square bore/stroke ratio. Seems likely to have been required by the hilly profiles over which these engines had to pull passenger trains. The class was retired between 1928-36. Albert A. Schrum photo |
| Photo Date: |
10/24/1934 Upload Date: 4/10/2016 4:44:06 PM |
| Location: |
Bridgeport, PA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 269(4-4-0) |
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394 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RDG 4-4-0 #269 camelback - Philadelphia & Reading |
| Description: |
Built by the Burnham, Wms & Co (Baldwin) in 1901-02, this 4-4-0 class D-5f camelback sits in the Reading PA yard on this unknown sunny day. The loco had 68.5" drivers, produced 200 psi boiler pressure, and had a total tractive effort of 24,078 lb. Date is approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1936 Upload Date: 12/10/2013 9:47:40 PM |
| Location: |
Reading, PA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 269(4-4-0) |
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847 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
"Railroads Of Pennsylvania," Page 25, 1942 |
| Description: |
Here is page 14 of a 22-page article by William Moedinger, Jr., entitled "Railroads Of Pennsylvania." It was published originally in the October 1942 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 25. Top Photo Caption: "Reading's run from Slatington to Reading is locally known as the 'Berksie' and is usually made by a motor. Here No. 269, one of the few remaining 4-4-0's, is at the head of train 810." Bottom Right-Hand Photo, Implied Caption: In this photo taken from ARSENAL Tower in July of 1936, Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4815 accelerates a southbound passenger train away from Philadelphia's 30th Street Station. #4815 is a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during April of 1935 and rated at 4,620 horsepower; it's the very first GG-1 constructed in Altoona. |
| Photo Date: |
10/1/1942 Upload Date: 10/19/2019 10:19:53 AM |
| Location: |
Philadelphia, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 269(4-4-0) PRR 4815(GG1) |
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333 Comments: 0 |
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