Reading Railroad Heritage Museum

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Reading Railroad Heritage Museum

Established	2008
Location	Hamburg, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°32′49″N 75°58′52″W / 40.54702°N 75.98115°W / 40.54702; -75.98115
Type	Rail museum
Collections	Vintage Reading Railroad rolling stock
Owner	Reading Company Technical & Historical Society
Website	www.readingrailroad.org

The Reading Railroad Heritage Museum is a railroad museum located at 500 S 3rd Street in Hamburg, Pennsylvania dedicated to the preservation of the Reading Railroad, owned and operated by the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society. It features several pieces of retired rolling stock, including Blueliners and Budd Rail Diesel Cars, plus a few model train layouts as well other railroad memorabilia. The museum is open year-round on Saturdays and Sundays.^[1]^[2]

Collection

All equipment built for the Reading and listed by original road number, unless specified.^[3]

Diesel Locomotives/Multiple Units

ALCO C424 #5204
ALCO C630 #5308
ALCO RS-3 #485
Baldwin DS-4-4-1000 #702
Budd RDC-1 #9152- Last RDC Built by Budd
Budd RDC-1 #9162
EMD FP7 #900
EMD FP7 #902 (on loan to SMS Rail Lines)
EMD GP7 #621
EMD GP30 #5513; First production model built
EMD GP35 #3640; Last locomotive overhauled and painted by the Reading
EMD GP39-2 #3412; Operational ^[4]^[5]
EMD NW2 #103; Operational
EMD SW1200 #2719
GE U30C #6300
Norfolk Southern Road Slug #9905; rebuilt from FM H-24-66 Wabash #552.

Electric Multiple Units

Class EPB #863; Only surviving EPB EMU with its original seats
Class RER "Blueliner" #9104

(ex-#305)

Class RER "Blueliner" #9110; Last Car on the final train to depart Reading Terminal

(ex-#839)

Class RER "Blueliner" #9111

(ex-#827)

Class RER "Blueliner" #9113

( ex-#833 )

Class RER "Blueliner" #9131

( ex-#881)

SEPTA Silverliner II #9001 (has yet to be delivered)

See also

Reading Company

References

^ Lewis, Jim (2018-12-31). "Reading Railroad Heritage Museum offers nostalgic Christmas display". Reading Eagle. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
^ "The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania highlights historic Reading Railroad". WPMT FOX43. 2019-07-01. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
^ "Home Page - Reading Railroad Heritage Museum - Reading Company Technical & Historical Society".
^ Laepple, Wayne (2019-10-10). "Former Reading locomotive arrives at Reading Co. museum NEWSWIRE". Trains. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
^ "GP39-2 News Release". Reading Company Technical & Historical Society. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 2024-03-15.