Can somebody please explain "river coal operations"...... I know it has something to do with dredging anthracite out of river beds and creeks. Seems in 1954...
... River coal operations were basically salvage operations. The "breaker" process brings the large chunks of mined coal to uniform sizes (pea, buckwheat,...
During the 70/80 Dredging was done at the Kernsville dam North West of Hamburg to. I recived the following explination from my uncle and Grandfather. Coal...
What do you mean by "the river is slowly drying up"? Jeff ... From: "Alfred Fronefield" <alfreact@...> To: <Rdg-RR@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, April...
... From: Alexander D. Mitchell IV [mailto:LNER4472@...] Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 1:48 AM To: Steve Zuiderveen; PRR@yahoogroups.com; Carl Perelman;...
And did you email eBay regarding the auction of potential stolen items? ... From: Tom Gears [mailto:tgears1@...] Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 1:37 PM ...
Good Evening everyone, My name is John and an employee for the RRd division of Septa. Im wondering are there HO models of the RDG Blueliner?Are they currently...
John Which "buff" on SEPTA are you? Anyway,you'll have to assemble a Blueliner yourself. How to start: Bethlehem Car Works coach kit, Eastern Car Works...
Gem Models, in the early 1970's, offered the Budd Silverliner II cars in brass. At the time, the two car set, labelled as PRR/RDG Silverliners, was $79.99. I...
Hi List Does anyone know of an on-line Reading steam roster or have loco information circa 1903? (I "Googled" without success.) I'm interested in roster-type...
... ============================= According to Edward Wisswesser's "Steam Locomotives of the Reading and P&R Railroads", #27 was a 4-4-2 built in 1898, P1-b...
... Hi Dave Thanks for the information. BTW, when I noticed it had been three weeks since the last message in this group I decided it might be wise to...
I joined the Group just to post this link, which I thought you might enjoy seeing. This car was spotted and photographed in Dover, NH on 07/07. I might have to...
I just tried that URL from here, and it kept dumping me to a different page on the NERail Photo Archive. This one, with the word "photo" added, seems to work: ...
... different page on the NERail Photo Archive. This one, with the ... ========================= Or remove the carot(>) from the end of the original URL and it...
Guys, check out this new auction site that started up just this month. It's strictly for MR stuff and is much better for us than ebay. The part I like is...
i checked out the site and it appears that they are in early stages of development as they only had about 100 items glad to learn of another site. thanks ... ...
October 11, 2003 Pacific Northwest Anthracite Railroads and Erie Lackawanna meet, jointly sponsered by the ARHS and ELHS. Scheduled presenations on CNJ, LV and...
BLACK RIVER RAILROAD SYSTEM RE: below --- does anyone know when the last passenger service ran on the PRR Bel-Del line? BLACK RIVER & WESTERN R.R. RIDE THE...
Prototype Question: Where did the Reading obtain typical track ballast for mainline use? What kind of stone, cinders, or slag was used? I "assume" it was...
... Dyers Quarry in Birdsboro. Another type of ballast material was spent limestone flux from Bethlehem Steel. This stuff looked like moon rocks, riddled...
FYI - Black River & Western RR website ... From: Kean Burenga Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 9:54 PM To: [snipped] Subject: www.brwrr.com web site had a record...
In the Fall 2003 issue of Classic Trains there is an article on the Great Western Railroad (previous owner of #60). The article has some info on #60: "Of Great...
If there is anyone out there that knows of vendors who are planning to participate next weekend in the Railroadianna and Craft Fair and who need a table, I...
Doug, This event, Mixed Freight http://www.brwrr.com/CC/Mixed%20Freight/mixedfr.html has been going on for about ten years + from what I know. Info below....
Hi! I'm John Johnson, and I'm interested primarily in the freight cars that Conrail inherited from the Reading. I also railfan former Reading lines; I'm often...
Hi John, I too am a RDG fan, but I also model PC and CR. I live in Sunbury Pa. Used to watch the PC trains on the Buffalo line, and the RDG on the Shamokin...
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