Nostalgia & History > Iconic Reading Railroad Image

February 7, 1976 Abrams Yard near Bridgeport, Pa. Knowing that the Reading would be swallowed up by Conrail April 1, 1976 I made am effort to capture on film as much of the Reading as possible. One of my favorite images is this pair of EMD GP39-2's westbound with a little snow on the ground under the big signal bridge at Abrams. Spent many a day there until moving away from home in the mid 1960's. The signal bridge was torn down by Conrail a few years later but the GP39-2's still toil for CSX.

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Looks like five tracks and four signals? Was the middle track not signaled?

Belated Christmas present. Thanks for posting all these Reading nuggets!

Yard lead

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Like it. Thanks!