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| Title: |
Reading GP7 #621 |
| Description: |
Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Ektachrome transparency. Coming off the Reading & Columbia Branch |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1972 Upload Date: 11/17/2006 7:27:37 PM |
| Location: |
Sinking Spring, PA |
| Author: |
Kim Piersol |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
RDG 621(GP7) |
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942 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
RDG GP7 #621 - Reading Co |
| Description: |
A note on the back from photographer Paul Kuehner states that "Reading GP7 #621 + TR wb, switching (31 cars)". |
| Photo Date: |
5/6/1973 Upload Date: 9/25/2020 6:01:04 AM |
| Location: |
Allentown, PA |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 621(GP7) |
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197 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Reading Alco RS3 #466 |
| Description: |
Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Agfachrome transparency |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1973 Upload Date: 8/2/2006 8:56:54 PM |
| Location: |
West Wyomissing, PA |
| Author: |
Kim Piersol |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
RDG 466(RS3) RDG 621(GP7) |
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637 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Reading GP7 #621 |
| Description: |
Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1973 Upload Date: 4/14/2006 6:54:23 PM |
| Location: |
Sinking Spring, PA |
| Author: |
Kim Piersol |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
RDG 621(GP7) |
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570 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
rdg 621 |
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| Photo Date: |
2/1/1974 Upload Date: 9/16/2011 7:14:49 PM |
| Location: |
Reading, PA |
| Author: |
bob gottschall |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 621(GP7) |
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352 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RDG 621 |
| Description: |
567 B The Heart of Ex RDG 621 |
| Photo Date: |
12/30/2004 Upload Date: 2/25/2008 9:54:55 PM |
| Location: |
East Greenville, PA |
| Author: |
Tim Weidner |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
RDG 621(GP7) |
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524 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RDG 621 |
| Description: |
Cab Interior of 621 its like going back in time to 1953 |
| Photo Date: |
12/6/2005 Upload Date: 2/25/2008 9:48:03 PM |
| Location: |
East Greenville, PA |
| Author: |
Tim Weidner |
| Categories: |
InCab |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 621(GP7) |
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709 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RDG 621 |
| Description: |
EX RDG 621 getting ready for shipment to Hamburg |
| Photo Date: |
8/11/2007 Upload Date: 2/25/2008 9:37:27 PM |
| Location: |
East Greenville, PA |
| Author: |
Tim Weidner |
| Categories: |
Night |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 621(GP7) RPCX 1506(GP7) |
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553 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RDG 621 |
| Description: |
Ex RDG 621 on it's way way to the RCT&HS Museum in Hamburg PA |
| Photo Date: |
1/17/2008 Upload Date: 2/24/2008 11:42:54 PM |
| Location: |
Emmaus, PA |
| Author: |
Tim Weidner |
| Categories: |
Winter |
| Locomotives: |
MPA 1506(GP7) RDG 621(GP7) MPA 86(GP7) RPCX 1506(GP7) |
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1405 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RDG 621 |
| Description: |
Ex RDG 621 on home rails going through CP Belt on its way to Hamburg |
| Photo Date: |
1/22/2008 Upload Date: 2/25/2008 10:10:23 PM |
| Location: |
Reading, PA |
| Author: |
Tim Weidner |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 621(GP7) NS 3039(GP40-2) |
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633 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RDG 103 |
| Description: |
103 zooms through Shoemakersville on her way back to Hamburg and the RCT&HS's Museum, now with the 621 (MA&PA 1506) along for the ride. |
| Photo Date: |
2/9/2008 Upload Date: 8/29/2008 9:30:43 PM |
| Location: |
Shoemakersville, PA |
| Author: |
Justin Mengel |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
RDG 103(NW2) RDG 621(GP7) |
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631 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RDG 103 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
2/9/2008 Upload Date: 9/16/2008 8:57:11 PM |
| Location: |
Shoemakersville, PA |
| Author: |
Justin Mengel |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
RDG 103(NW2) RDG 621(GP7) MPA 1506(GP7) |
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752 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RDG 103 |
| Description: |
103 passes through Five Locks and is almost home. |
| Photo Date: |
2/9/2008 Upload Date: 8/29/2008 9:34:52 PM |
| Location: |
Five Locks, PA |
| Author: |
Justin Mengel |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
RDG 103(NW2) RDG 621(GP7) |
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683 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
At Her New Home |
| Description: |
621 (1506) is at her new home now. (Was on Museum property with permission; Please DO NOT trespass) |
| Photo Date: |
2/9/2008 Upload Date: 8/29/2008 9:50:30 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Justin Mengel |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
RDG 621(GP7) RDG 5308(C630) |
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461 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RDG 621 |
| Description: |
RDG 621 At its new home in Hamburg PA Plans for this locomotive are to eventually return it to service and repaint it in its RDG colors. |
| Photo Date: |
2/20/2008 Upload Date: 2/25/2008 2:21:05 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Tim Weidner |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 621(GP7) MPA 1506(GP7) |
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802 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
New Geep for the Reading Museum |
| Description: |
The Reading Museum at Hamburg has just recently taken delivery of former Reading 621 donated by the East Penn Railway. The unit will be repainted into the livery similar to the switcher in front. |
| Photo Date: |
3/27/2008 Upload Date: 3/31/2008 6:39:20 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
RDG 103(NW2) MPA 1506(GP7) RDG 621(GP7) RDG 5308(C630) |
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919 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
RDG 621 |
| Description: |
The Ex Reading Geep at night |
| Photo Date: |
4/19/2008 Upload Date: 5/9/2008 3:49:25 AM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Tim Weidner |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
RDG 621(GP7) MPA 1506(GP7) |
| Views: |
505 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
MPA 1506 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
6/22/2008 Upload Date: 7/28/2008 10:17:45 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Tim Weidner |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MPA 1506(GP7) RDG 621(GP7) |
| Views: |
513 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MPA 1506 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
6/22/2008 Upload Date: 7/28/2008 10:18:56 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Tim Weidner |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MPA 1506(GP7) RDG 621(GP7) |
| Views: |
339 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MPA 1506 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
6/22/2008 Upload Date: 7/28/2008 10:19:29 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Tim Weidner |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MPA 1506(GP7) RDG 621(GP7) |
| Views: |
432 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MPA 1506 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
7/27/2008 Upload Date: 7/28/2008 9:51:34 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Tim Weidner |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MPA 1506(GP7) RDG 621(GP7) |
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314 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RDG 621 |
| Description: |
Geep at night |
| Photo Date: |
7/27/2008 Upload Date: 7/28/2008 9:52:15 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Tim Weidner |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
RDG 621(GP7) MPA 1506(GP7) |
| Views: |
283 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MPA 1506 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
7/27/2008 Upload Date: 7/28/2008 9:52:51 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Tim Weidner |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MPA 1506(GP7) RDG 621(GP7) |
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304 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MPA 1506 |
| Description: |
Geep posing at night |
| Photo Date: |
7/27/2008 Upload Date: 7/28/2008 9:53:30 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Tim Weidner |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MPA 1506(GP7) RDG 621(GP7) |
| Views: |
326 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MPA 1506 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
7/27/2008 Upload Date: 7/28/2008 9:54:03 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Tim Weidner |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MPA 1506(GP7) RDG 621(GP7) |
| Views: |
333 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MPA 1506 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
7/27/2008 Upload Date: 7/28/2008 9:54:53 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Tim Weidner |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MPA 1506(GP7) RDG 621(GP7) |
| Views: |
308 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MPA 1506 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
9/7/2009 Upload Date: 9/9/2009 8:34:36 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Brandon Kaback |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
MPA 1506(GP7) RDG 621(GP7) |
| Views: |
328 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MPA 1506 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
9/7/2009 Upload Date: 9/8/2009 6:21:33 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Eric Kreszl |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MPA 1506(GP7) RDG 621(GP7) |
| Views: |
451 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MPA 1506 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
9/7/2009 Upload Date: 9/8/2009 6:21:53 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Eric Kreszl |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MPA 1506(GP7) RDG 621(GP7) |
| Views: |
446 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MPA 1506 / RDG 621 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
5/21/2011 Upload Date: 5/24/2011 11:53:02 AM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Greg Wiltsie |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MPA 1506(GP7) RDG 621(GP7) |
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431 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MPA 1506 / RDG 621 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
5/21/2011 Upload Date: 5/24/2011 11:51:25 AM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Greg Wiltsie |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MPA 1506(GP7) RDG 621(GP7) |
| Views: |
480 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MPA 1506 / RDG 621 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
5/21/2011 Upload Date: 5/24/2011 11:51:58 AM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Greg Wiltsie |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MPA 1506(GP7) RDG 621(GP7) |
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442 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RDG 621 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
6/26/2016 Upload Date: 6/26/2016 7:29:01 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Kevin Painter |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
RDG 621(GP7) |
| Views: |
360 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
RDG 621 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
2/17/2018 Upload Date: 2/17/2018 8:42:17 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Kevin Painter |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
RDG 621(GP7) |
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528 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Fresh Restoration |
| Description: |
Our first stop of the day was the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum, taking advantage of the sun's position providing favorable lighting at this earlier hour of the day. Greeting us upon entering the yard is this former RDG GP7, restored within the last year to its as built appearance from the 1950s. |
| Photo Date: |
3/17/2018 Upload Date: 4/18/2018 2:50:10 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
RDG 621(GP7) |
| Views: |
347 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
First Generation Long Hood Nose Detail |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
3/17/2018 Upload Date: 4/18/2018 2:54:33 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
RDG 621(GP7) |
| Views: |
173 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Front End Comparisons |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
3/17/2018 Upload Date: 4/18/2018 2:56:09 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
RDG 621(GP7) RDG 5308(C630) |
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225 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RDG 621 |
| Description: |
Reading Company 621 is a GP7, constructed as part of an order of sixteen units ordered from EMD by the railroad in the spring of 1953. This would be the largest order of these units acquired, the total number of GP7s operated being forty four. Number 621 came equipped with dynamic braking for freight service and served throughout the RDG system that stretched through Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and a small part of Delaware. Unlike many of its sister units, the 621 would never make it to Conrail, having been sold off to Emmons controlled shortline Maryland & Pennsylvania a month before the official startup of Big Blue. Operated around York, PA for a little over twenty years, the locomotive would be reassigned to home rails along the Perkiomen Branch with the takeover of the Penn Eastern Rail Lines by Emmons in the late 1990s. Never operated on the Perk due to some mechanical issues the ex-RDG unit, by this time numbered as MPA 1506, was stored and soon acquired for preservation by the museum. It is currently the only member of the Reading's GP7 fleet in preservation, although a few more exist in operation of various shortlines around the country. Like many GP series units from the 1950s, the 621 is set up for long hood forward operation. |
| Photo Date: |
3/17/2018 Upload Date: 4/18/2018 2:58:41 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Koprowski |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
RDG 621(GP7) |
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293 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RDG 621 |
| Description: |
RDG 621 lays dormant under cloudy skies at the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/2019 Upload Date: 4/23/2019 12:57:07 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Ryne Birdsong |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 621(GP7) |
| Views: |
272 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
RDG 621 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
9/22/2019 Upload Date: 7/10/2023 11:30:28 AM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Matt Petersen |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
RDG 621(GP7) |
| Views: |
49 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
RDG 9123 is ready to roll |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
5/20/2020 Upload Date: 5/20/2020 9:26:21 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Kevin Painter |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
RDG 621(GP7) |
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199 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Control Stand for RDG 621 |
| Description: |
Interior shot of control stand fro RDG 621, An EMD GP 7, Built 5/1953, 1,500hp, Serial # 18421, Order# 5250, Frame# 5250-13. This model of locmotive was used in main line and local freight service. The Reading had 37 GP 7's in freight service to replace steam engines. The GP7's were amongst the group know as First Generation Diesels. It could attain a speed of 65mph operating cab or long hood forward. The long hood was designated as the front, noted by the F painted next to the steps (long hood). The paint on this locomotive si actually dark green not black. Sources; Reading Railroad Heriatge Museum Guide and rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id= 59483, , |
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11/11/2023 Upload Date: 5/6/2024 8:07:51 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Steve Coraggio |
| Categories: |
Roster,Winter,InCab,Yard,Track |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 621(GP7) |
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73 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Second Shot of Control Stand/Cab Interior RDG 621 |
| Description: |
Second cab interior shot of Reading 621 (RDG 621), showing part of engine control stand, seats for crew. This shot and the first shot taken from a platform outside of the cab window of this locmotive. |
| Photo Date: |
11/11/2023 Upload Date: 5/6/2024 8:08:51 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Steve Coraggio |
| Categories: |
Roster,Winter,InCab,Yard,Track |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 621(GP7) |
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44 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Third and Closer Shot of Control Stand RDG 621 |
| Description: |
Third and closer shot of control stand in RDG 621 |
| Photo Date: |
11/11/2023 Upload Date: 5/6/2024 8:09:46 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Steve Coraggio |
| Categories: |
Roster,Winter,InCab,Yard,Track |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 621(GP7) |
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65 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Partial Nose Shot RDG 621 |
| Description: |
Partial nose shot of RDG 621. The platform I was standing for the interior cab shots is also seen. . The paint is actually dark green which was used on Reading Switching locomotives between 1926 and 1962, ssource, my copy of Reasding R.r. Heritage Museum Visitor's Guide |
| Photo Date: |
11/11/2023 Upload Date: 5/6/2024 8:10:22 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Steve Coraggio |
| Categories: |
Roster,Winter,Yard,Track |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 621(GP7) |
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60 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
RDG 621 Second Broadside Shot |
| Description: |
A second shot (copy) of RDG 621 (broadside) .The platform seen is where I stood to get the interior cab shots of this locomotive. |
| Photo Date: |
11/11/2023 Upload Date: 5/25/2024 9:51:30 AM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Steve Coraggio |
| Categories: |
Roster,Winter,Yard,Track |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 621(GP7) |
| Views: |
61 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
RDG 621 |
| Description: |
First broadside shot of RDG 621. |
| Photo Date: |
11/11/2023 Upload Date: 5/25/2024 9:50:34 AM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Steve Coraggio |
| Categories: |
Roster,Winter,Yard,Track |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 621(GP7) |
| Views: |
50 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
RDG 621 & RDG 5513 |
| Description: |
Front to cab shot of RDG 621 and long hood to can shot of RDG 5513 |
| Photo Date: |
11/11/2023 Upload Date: 5/25/2024 10:16:58 AM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, PA |
| Author: |
Steve Coraggio |
| Categories: |
Roster,Winter,Yard,Track |
| Locomotives: |
RDG 621(GP7) RDG 5513(GP30) |
| Views: |
56 Comments: 4 |
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