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The train was built in 1923 but modified in Reading shops in 1945, the first of 30 engines made to assist with the World War ...
The suspensions of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company and the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, which were officially announced to-day, will be far-reaching in their effects.
Before there was the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), there were the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR or “the Pennsy”) and the Philadelphia & Reading, generally known as the ...
The freights and tolls on anthracite coal by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, are this day advanced 15 cents, per ton, as advertised by the Company. All statements to the contrary are ...
Originally, Reading served as a processing point for coal and iron. The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company -- a corporation made immortal by its inclusion on the Monopoly board game ...
Erected in the late 19th century at the height of the Gilded Age, the estate known as "DeepDene" was built for Franklin Gowen, a controversial president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Co ...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS)--It closed decades ago, but now developers plan to turn the old Reading Railroad line into a park. Now, a rocky patch of land runs through the city of Philadelphia and it needs ...
The Reading Railroad Heritage Museum in Hamburg is opening two new exhibition areas. The ribbon cutting for the Race Street ...