The Reading Company was a Philadelphia-headquartered railroad that provided passenger and freight transport in eastern Pennsylvania and neighboring states from 1924 until its acquisition by Conrail in
Reading Terminal in Philadelphia, c. 1893
A Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company $50 bill, issued in 1842
A Reading Class M1sa showing the cab behind the wide Wootten firebox in 1914, a first for the Reading Company
Reading Railway 2-10-2 no. 3000, c. 1931
Conrail, formally the Consolidated Rail Corporation, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999. The trade name Conrail is a portmanteau based on the comp
Reading Company
…railroad that provided passenger and freight transport in eastern Pennsylvania and neighboring states from 1924 until its acquisition by Conrail in 1976. Commonly called the Reading Railroad and logotyped as Reading Lines, the Reading Company was a railroad holding company for most of its…
CR 6256 and 6469 at former Erie Yard in Gang Mills, New York on October 4, 1987
The 1975 Final System Plan left major parts of the Erie Lackawanna Railway and Reading Company out of Conrail
Conrail transfer caboose 18065 brings up the rear of a local freight passing Porter, Indiana, in the early 1990s
Conrail Shared Assets is jointly owned by CSX and NS, and uses locomotives from both companies