Being a railfan in Chicago certainly does have it's occasional "Perks" of some kind or another.I took this photo last year in December of 2006. seen here passing through town on an eastbound Canadian Pacific freight train, is this black and orange hopper car from the Reading & Northern Railroad, wich operates former pre Conrail -Reading Railroad lines in the State of Pennsylvania.
During the early to mid 1980's, this was originally known as The Blue Mountain & Reading Railroad. The B,M & R originally operated freight trains on a few acquired lines, as well as steam powered passenger excursion trains between Hamburg and Temple Pennsylvania. The freight business grew by leaps and bounds, and the railroad eventually left the steam excursion train business. The railroad still has two steam locomotives on their property today. Former Gulf, Mobile & Northern 4-6-2 Pacific Type # 425, and also former Reading Railroad T-1 Class 4-8-4 Type # 2102 in Pennsylvania.
No comments:
Post a Comment