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By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/1978 - 1/1/1978
Album Info:Railfan excursions I either rode or chased.
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Bucolic view
Title:  Bucolic view
Description:  The train has left Tamaqua and is now rolling through the rural beauty of the anthracite region as the happy riders head home.
Photo Date:  6/1/1991  Upload Date: 3/5/2015 2:21:27 AM
Location:  Tamaqua, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  RDG 5513(GP30) RDG 5308(C630)
Views:  339   Comments: 0
We know where this is
Title:  We know where this is
Description:  The sign says so. The Reading fantrip is at Zehners, with the unmistakeable face of a GP 30 leading past the CR block limit sign there.
Photo Date:  6/1/1991  Upload Date: 3/11/2015 2:00:34 AM
Location:  Zehners, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RDG 5513(GP30) RDG 5308(C630)
Views:  439   Comments: 0
Mixed meet
Title:  Mixed meet
Description:  The Reading Co THS trip meets RDG 2102 at Port Clinton with a healthy crowd on hand to witness the event.
Photo Date:  6/1/1991  Upload Date: 3/11/2015 2:04:35 AM
Location:  Port Clinton, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RDG 5513(GP30) RDG 5308(C630) RDG 2102(4-8-4)
Views:  611   Comments: 0
Reading power in anthracite country
Title:  Reading power in anthracite country
Description:  The Blue Mountain & Reading ran several fan trips out of Hamburg PA during June 1991 with restored RDG 5308 and 5513, a C630 and GP 30. Here they are on a photo freight that was arranged for the occasion.
Photo Date:  6/15/1991  Upload Date: 6/19/2011 4:21:46 AM
Location:  New Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RDG 5308(C630) RDG 5513(GP30)
Views:  653   Comments: 0
Race train
Title:  Race train
Description:  One of the groups in New Jersey sponsored a trip to Monmouth Racetrack with the Erie painted (they were ex NYC units, as I recall. Erie's last E was 833, which eventually became CR 4022)E 8s 834 and 835. We see it crossing the Raritan River at South Amboy.
Photo Date:  8/18/1991  Upload Date: 2/26/2015 3:55:45 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  ERIE 834(E8A) ERIE 835(E8A)
Views:  520   Comments: 1
Tugging along
Title:  Tugging along
Description:  The Erie E 8 led excursion train approaches the Raritan River bridge as some maritime traffic chugs past.
Photo Date:  8/18/1991  Upload Date: 2/26/2015 3:58:03 PM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  ERIE 834(E8A) ERIE 835(E8A)
Views:  308   Comments: 0


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