Reading Trains and Trolleys (Images of Rail)

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Reading Trains and Trolleys (Images of Rail)

Rail transportation has been part of daily life in Reading since the 1830s. Reading Trains and Trolleys portrays the good old days of the Philadelphia & Reading Railway (reorganized as the Reading Company in 1923), the Schuykill Valley Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Mount Penn Gravity Railroad, the Neversink Mountain Railroad, the Reading City Passenger Railway, and the Reading Traction Company. The Reading Railroad gained widespread recognition as a property for sale on the Monopoly board, but the history of trains and trolleys in Reading goes well beyond that iconography. Reading Trains and Trolleys documents the impact of railroad and trolley networks on Reading and adjoining communities, including photographs of the interior of the locomotive shop and the carbarn at Tenth and Exeter Streets, views of the Walnut Street yard before and after the Outer Station was constructed, and views from the Swinging Bridge, which spanned the yard by the Outer Station. The Historical Society of Berks County's collection of rail photographs includes many never-before-published images of diverse scenes in and around Reading.

Country	USA
Author	Philip K. Smith
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781439631805
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Arcadia Publishing
Manufacturer	Arcadia Publishing
NumberOfPages	128
PublicationDate	2004-03-16
Publisher	Arcadia Publishing
ReleaseDate	2004-03-16
Studio	Arcadia Publishing

Reading Trains and Trolleys (Images of Rail)

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