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Nostalgia & History > Reading FP7's Bethlehem BranchDate: 05/27/23 08:05 Reading FP7's Bethlehem Branch Author: RDG630 Date: 05/27/23 08:26 Re: Reading FP7's Bethlehem Branch Author: NPEDDIE Was there a locomotive on both ends? No turning facilities?
Ed Burns Date: 05/27/23 08:31 Re: Reading FP7's Bethlehem Branch Author: jgilmore Nice set...
JG Date: 05/27/23 09:27 Re: Reading FP7's Bethlehem Branch Author: E25 #2 is a classic view!
Greg Stadter Phoenix, AZ Date: 05/27/23 10:57 Re: Reading FP7's Bethlehem Branch Author: CPMorris RDG630 - Your pictures are both fascinating and intriguing!
Was this a special excursion? By the 1970's, The Reading(SEPTA) used RDC's on the Bethlehem branch. The "push-pull" set pictured here operated as a weekday only Reading-Philadelphia round-trip. Also, at Lansdale(3rd photo), why is the train on the Doylestown branch instead of the Bethlehem mainline to the left of the photo? Interesting! Thank You. Date: 05/27/23 11:33 Re: Reading FP7's Bethlehem Branch Author: RDG630 The push pull substitution happened on trains 312/313 on a turn to Bethlehem during their layover time in Philadelphia once and a while. The photo with them on the Doylestown Branch was a SEPTA transit strike special in 1971.
Posted from iPhone Date: 05/27/23 12:54 Re: Reading FP7's Bethlehem Branch Author: CPMorris RDG630 - Good. Thanks for the information. Those infamous SEPTA Strikes
in the 70's resulted in creative and interesting equipment assignments. Ah, yes, forgot about the mid-day Bethlehem turn (312/313). Thanks. Date: 05/27/23 19:00 Re: Reading FP7's Bethlehem Branch Author: Gonut1 Neat, I never saw the FP7s anywhere other than the Reading Main. I did however catch a special demo/test train with an Amtrak AEM-7 pulling an assortment of Septa passenger cars.
Not to hijack the post but I'm posting the terrible scans from the color prints which were on that textured paper Kodak offered to make up for the Insta"tragic" camera images. If I had the negatives I'd reprint them on smooth paper but alas they left the building when I divorced the first wife. Go |