Reading Railroad Heritage Museum Explained

Reading Railroad Heritage Museum
Coordinates:	40.547°N -75.9812°W
Established:	2008
Location:	Hamburg, Pennsylvania
Type:	Rail museum
Collections:	Vintage Reading Railroad rolling stock
Owner:	Reading Company Technical & Historical Society

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
  1. 902
  (on loan to Steamtown National Historic Site)
• 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)

See also

• Reading Company

Notes and References

1. Web site: Reading Railroad Heritage Museum offers nostalgic Christmas display. Lewis. Jim. 2018-12-31. Reading Eagle. en. 2019-08-13.
2. Web site: The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania highlights historic Reading Railroad. 2019-07-01. WPMT FOX43. en. 2019-08-13.
3. Web site: Home Page - Reading Railroad Heritage Museum - Reading Company Technical & Historical Society.
4. Web site: Laepple . Wayne . 2019-10-10 . Former Reading locomotive arrives at Reading Co. museum NEWSWIRE . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230927082654/https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/03-former-reading-locomotive-arrives-at-reading-co-museum/ . 27 September 2023 . 2024-03-15 . . en-US.
5. Web site: GP39-2 News Release . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220820050737/http://www.readingrailroad.org/news/news.shtml . 20 August 2022 . 2024-03-15 . Reading Company Technical & Historical Society.