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Reading Railroad
Model:
UNKNOWN Electric M.U.
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Title:
RDG 806
Description:
Reading Company 806 at Lansdale, Pennsylvania on an unknown day in March 1962, Kodachrome by unknown photographer, Chuck Zeiler collection. This car was built in or around 1931 by the Harlan and Hollingsworh Division of Bethlehem Steel, classed EPa, 72 feet 5 inches in length, weighed 70 tons, and had a capacity of 86 passengers. One truck, slightly longer that the other truck (both are of an unusual Taylor design), was powered with two 300 horsepower motors. The item over the headlight was a bus jumper, allowing the collected current of 11,000 volts to be passed from car to car, permitting the use of just two pantographs per train, reducing wear on both the pantograph and overhead wire.
Photo Date:
3/1/1962
Upload Date:
3/10/2016 6:47:32 PM
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Author:
unknown
Categories:
RollingStock,Transit
Locomotives:
RDG 806(Electric M.U.)
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