{"id":37889,"date":"2023-12-22T06:32:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T11:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=37889"},"modified":"2023-12-21T19:07:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T00:07:35","slug":"reading-railroad-heritage-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/reading-railroad-heritage-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Railroad Heritage Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Perhaps the greatest concentration Reading Company artifacts is at the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum in Hamburg, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to our friend Dan Cupper who arranged a special visit to this citadel of railroad preservation, Dan, Rich Roberts, Kris and I were treated to personal tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were met by the museum’s Rich Brodecki and introduced to a variety of the museum’s volunteers, including archivist Richard Bates. We spent nearly two hours surrounded by vestiges of the late, great Reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Highlights of our tour included the museum’s model railroads, especially the HO-scale interpretation of the Reading, which reminded me of what I’d hoped my own Wee Reading Company could have become. This features a coal mine and several villages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outside, we viewed a variety of former Reading locomotives and cars. We were given a tour of Reading business car No. 15, which is a remarkable relic of the railroad’s past, and I had the opportunity to see the cabs of a Reading Alco C-630 and General Motors NW-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I made these photos using my Nikon Z-series mirrorless cameras. I’m looking forward to another visit in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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See: www.readingrailroad.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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