Nostalgia & History > Early Reading & Northern

Back when the Blue Mountain Reading & Northern ran out of Temple, PA. Over the former Pennsylvania RR. Schuylkill Division. Now that line is used for idle car storage.
Ed K. cp Laurel Run

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Ed K. cp Laurel Run

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I remember seeing that van painted in the Pennsy pinstripes around alot during the late to mid 80's along the BM&R (my dad was a trainman, brakeman, and eventually a conductor for the BM&R up until probably 1994 or 1995 while I was in the Air Force).

There was also a van painted to look like a Reading FP7.

What ever happened to those? Anyone know who owned them? Were they TO members?

I wish I knew. If memory serves, I believe the Reading painted van was a Dodge.
Ed K. cp Laurel Run

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That's the coolest van I've ever seen.

Heck Yea ! I love the hood mounted headlight!

Speaking of "whatever happened".......whatever happened to those Pennsy units?????

Jon

resqjon Wrote:
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> Speaking of "whatever happened".......whatever
> happened to those Pennsy units?????
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> Jon

Still out there running. Ben

It's GM....Like the Es.

ns2557 Wrote:
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> > Speaking of "whatever happened".......whatever
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> Still out there running. Ben


I don't think that they are physically running. I thought that they both were in storage
and one of them was worse off than the other rusting away. Use the search as there was a topic on both units sometime back.
James

Both still exist but only one as a locomotive. one ended up as a dentist office I believe. ----- Ken McCorry

Didn't the other go to the St. Louis Rail Museum?

Doug Wetherhold
Macungie, PA

m1bprr Wrote:
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> I wish I knew. If memory serves, I believe the
> Reading painted van was a Dodge.
> Ed K. cp Laurel Run


Wow, a hood mounted headlight and grab-'arns on the side! And the running lights have numberboards, waaaay cool. I wonder if he had a steering wheel or a throttle (or even if it was right-hand drive);-) Show up at a railfan event in that thing and you'd be as popular as Pam Anderson in a wet T-shirt contest.

Most definitely!
What a great idea!
I gotta do one in NYC two tone grey and pinstripes!