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The Hill Track |
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In July 1984 the Blandon lowgrade was taken out of service when the wall of a quarry gave way to the weight of a train, as a result Temple Hill was placed back into service to carry many trains through Reading. It was used as a shoofly of sorts. This originally was the first leg of the East Penn branch of the Reading from Pike in Reading to Blandon till the Blandon Lowgrade was built in 1956. It was then single tracked and reduced to a backup track should the lowgrade need to be bypassed. Ultimately, after the lowgrade was returned to service in November of 1984, this line was permanently cut off then pulled up and a few years later became a trail in the Rails and Trails system. This line was once stomping grounds for Reading 4-8-4's, 2-10-2's with 'malley' helpers. This shot was taken from the Elizabeth Ave bridge looking toward Blandon. |
| Photo Date: |
10/29/1984 Upload Date: 5/16/2014 4:04:42 AM |
| Location: |
Laureldale, PA |
| Author: |
Mark Hoffman |
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Track |
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| Title: |
Returning helpers. |
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CR 8173 leads a set of helpers back to Reading from Blandon on the 'Hill Track' during it's brief return to service in 1984. The shot was taken just west of the Elizabeth Ave overpass in Laureldale. |
| Photo Date: |
10/31/1984 Upload Date: 5/16/2014 3:30:32 AM |
| Location: |
Laureldale, PA |
| Author: |
Mark Hoffman |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 8173(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
Downgrade to Reading |
| Description: |
On a drizzly and overcast afternoon CR 6409 leads a train downgrade on the 'Hill Track' through Laureldale. The Hill track was being used as a shoofly line to get around the out of service Blandon lowgrade. |
| Photo Date: |
11/5/1984 Upload Date: 5/16/2014 3:41:57 AM |
| Location: |
Laureldale, PA |
| Author: |
Mark Hoffman |
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Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6409(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
Yet another set of helpers |
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CR9621 leads a helper set to Reading from Blandon. One additional note to this shot is the grassy area in the immediate foreground is what remains of the right of way of the Allentown and Reading Transit Company interurban line that was abandoned in 1934. |
| Photo Date: |
11/5/1984 Upload Date: 5/16/2014 3:57:41 AM |
| Location: |
Laureldale, PA |
| Author: |
Mark Hoffman |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 9621(MP15DC) |
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| Title: |
Returning helpers |
| Description: |
CR3266 and partner return to Reading after a push to Blandon. The Elizabeth Ave overpass can just be seen on the right center of the shot. |
| Photo Date: |
11/5/1984 Upload Date: 5/16/2014 3:48:52 AM |
| Location: |
Laureldale, PA |
| Author: |
Mark Hoffman |
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Action |
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CR 3266(GP40) CR 7740(GP38) |
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| Title: |
We're not in Texas anymore. |
| Description: |
ATST 2068 sits quietly in the Reading PA locomotive shops. 2068 was part of the large used locomotive purchase by Andy Muller of Reading and Northern fame in 1985 for clean up and resale. The old Reading shops is where the work took place. Date approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1986 Upload Date: 5/19/2014 6:51:42 PM |
| Location: |
Reading, PA |
| Author: |
Mark Hoffman |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
ATSF 2068(GP7u) |
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398 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Westbound |
| Description: |
Conrail 6374 storms westbound through West Lawn during a beautiful November day |
| Photo Date: |
11/18/1987 Upload Date: 5/20/2014 9:41:21 AM |
| Location: |
West Lawn, PA |
| Author: |
Mark Hoffman |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CR 6374(SD40-2) |
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