{"id":33055,"date":"2022-03-24T06:10:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=33055"},"modified":"2022-03-23T22:26:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T02:26:07","slug":"reading-company-800","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/reading-company-800\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Company 800"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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A week ago (March 17, 2022), Kris and I visited the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania at Strasburg, where we saw a variety of finely preserved locomotives and rolling stock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the most interesting and unusual pieces on display was Reading Company 800, a perfect example of an overhead electric multiple unit car that once operated on suburban lines in the Philadelphia area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the thousands of locomotives and railcars preserved across the United States, there are relatively few electric multiple units in their as-built condition, which is what makes this display so unusual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I got a kick out of seeing this car again because it is a Reading Company car and thus relates to our model railroad enterprise in Kris’s basement (although we don’t delve into electrified territory on the wee pike.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photos exposed using my Nikon Z6 digital camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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