Nostalgia & History > OTD 39 years ago ex-RDG 3640 on Conrail BERU

On 1/16/80 I caught CR (ex-RDG) 3640 leading BERU (Bethlehem,PA. - Rutherford,PA.) westbound at Wyomissing,PA., on the former Reading.  This was the last Reading unit to get overhauled in the Reading Shops in 1974 before the Conrail takeover. It was also the only RDG GP35 to get repainted in the solid green scheme. By the time I took this shot it was looking a little worse for wear. It was given a coat of Conrail blue in 1981. It is now part of the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society collection at Hamburg,PA. and is in the process of being restored back to the solid green scheme it was given in 1974.

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Nice. Looks like CR is getting their money out of it.