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Show Us 9 years 10 months ago #5011
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Added five more gons to the roster.Again I used the Walthers car for my GHy stand-ins to compliment 38789.
38723  38734  38745  38752  High angle of all five units loaded with Walthers steel coils.  The fifth addition was the remaining MTH car that was originally factory painted for the RDG.I modeled a GHu referencing a picture I have in my collection. Side 1 38012  Side 2  Bailed scrap load.  |
Show Us 9 years 10 months ago #5012
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Another completed project was my 2777.I never really liked the shade of green applied by Atlas.I ordered a couple of undecorated shells and 77 is my first redo.2771/72 are waiting in the wings.
Side 1 2777  Side 2 The decals still need to be applied to the numberboards.  77/80  Pulling back caboose 94119  Coal heading east.  |
Show Us 9 years 8 months ago #5095
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Added an LOr to my roster.The LOr class consisted of 150 cars 78750 to 78899.According to Bobb Losse's book 81 of the cars had plastic linings dedicated to sugar service and at least one 78825 had the Savings Bond logo.I modeled that particular car years ago using a Con Cor offering so this unit has a different number and also the logo.Was the logo applied to this unit? Couldn't find any photo evidence one way or the other.
The model is a Walther's offering that was originally painted in the GN scheme.I removed the lettering and painted the model with SCII D&H gray along with the trucks.HK decals were applied and the weathering was done using pan pastels. Side one  Side two  Not completely prototypical but it will do. |
Show Us 9 years 8 months ago #5096
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Another recent addition is the Atlas 50ftr factory painted in the banner scheme.My model came with a broken stirrup step so I replaced all of them with A-line stirrups.I added some extra decals from the RDG modeler line and painted and re-painted all the ladder rungs and grabs.Kadee's were added and the unit was weathered with pan pastels.
Side left  Side righr  Atlas classed this car as XMd,according to Bossler's book this car number 115457 was classed XMz.The other RDG road number offered by Atlas is correctly classed XMd...just pointing it out.The unit did not come with tack boards for the doors so I'll have to fix that later. Pictures of both recently added units   |
Show Us 9 years 8 months ago #5098
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Images of road freight units 7501/7605
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Show Us 9 years 8 months ago #5099
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Did You Know?
September 6, 1945
#2100, the first T-1 4-8-4 steam locomotive, is outshopped at Reading.
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Operations Information
A variety of Reading Company operations related documents, etc. that may be of use in your modeling efforts.
Operations Paperwork
A variety of Reading Company operations paperwork, such as train orders, clearance forms, etc. that will help you operate your Reading layout in a prototypical manner.
Timetables, Rulebooks, Etc.
Public Timetables, Employe Timetables, and Rulebooks that provide much useful operational information.
Modeling Goodies
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Rolling Stock Reference
Downloadable reference documents on the various classes of Reading Company Freight and Passenger rolling stock.