Reading Company 2-8-0 steam locomotive no. 1553 with workers at Allentown, Pennsylvania, on April 5, 1933. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-24-046-01
Reading Company 2-8-2 steam locomotive no. 1752 and no. 1553 at Allentown, Pennsylvania, circa 1935. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-23-009-04
Reading Company 2-8-0 steam locomotive no. 1641 at Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, circa 1935. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-23-045-01
Reading Company gas-electric car no. 73 at Reading, Pennsylvania, circa 1935. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-23-051-02
Reading Company 2-8-0 steam locomotive no. 1552 with a snowplow at Allentown, Pennsylvania, circa 1935. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-23-064-04
Reading Company 2-10-2 steam locomotive no. 3008 at the engine terminal in Allentown, Pennsylvania, circa 1935. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-23-050-04
Reading Company 2-8-0 steam locomotive no. 1528 pulling a short freight train through a crossing at Allentown, Pennsylvania, circa 1935. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-24-090-02
Reading Company 0-6-0 tank steam locomotive no. 1251 at Reading, Pennsylvania, on May 17, 1936. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-08-050-01
Reading Company 2-8-8-2 steam locomotive no. 1827 at Reading, Pennsylvania, on May 17, 1936. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-08-055-02
Reading Company 4-6-2 steam locomotive no. 178 being serviced at the Communipaw facility in Jersey City, New Jersey, on February 18, 1937. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-08-045-02
Reading Company 2-8-0 steam locomotive no. 2011 leads a westbound freight train approaching the east junction of the wye crossing Lehigh River bridges at Allentown, Pennsylvania, in July of 1938. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-08-056-01
Reading Company 2-8-0 steam locomotive no. 2044 pulling a westbound coal train along the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company canal at Allentown, Pennsylvania, on October 16, 1938. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-08-057-01
Reading Company 2-10-2 steam locomotive no. 3007 pulling a westbound "coast to coast" freight train at Allentown, Pennsylvania, on October 17, 1938. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-08-058-03
Reading Company 4-6-0 camelback steam locomotive no. 613 pulling westbound passenger train no. 195 at Allentown, Pennsylvania, in June of 1939. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-08-046-03
Reading Company 4-6-2 streamlined steam locomotive no. 118 pulling westbound passenger train no. 607, "The Crusader," at Jersey City, New Jersey, on September 13, 1939. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-08-043-01
Reading Company 4-6-2 steam locomotive no. 178 pulling eastbound passenger train no. 636, "The Crusader," at Jersey City, New Jersey, on October 13, 1939. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-08-045-03
Reading Company 4-6-2 steam locomotive no. 110 pulling eastbound Baltimore & Ohio train no. 118 under Communipaw Avenue in Jersey City, New Jersey, on October 18, 1939. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-08-038-02
Reading Company 4-6-2 streamlined steam locomotive no. 117 pulling eastbound passenger train no. 636, "The Crusader," at Jersey City, New Jersey, on October 18, 1939. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-08-040-01
Reading Company 2-8-8-2 steam locomotive no. 1829 at Gordon, Pennsylvania, on October 22, 1939. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-08-055-03
Reading Company 4-6-2 steam locmotive no. 111 pulling westbound passenger train no. 1613, the "Philadelphia Express," under the Lehigh Valley bridge near the Communipaw Avenue station at Jersey City, New Jersey, on October 28, 1939. The Manhattan skyline is visible in the distance under the bridge. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-08-039-01
Reading Company 4-6-2 streamlined steam locomotive no. 117 pulling westbound passenger train no. 607, "The Crusader," past the west board of HY Tower near Bayonne at Jersey City, New Jersey, on November 3, 1939. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-08-041-02
Reading Company 4-6-2 steam locomotive no. 105 pulling westbound passenger train no. 1613 under a signal bridge at Jersey City, New Jersey, on November 4, 1939. Three more trains and the Manhattan skyline are visible in the distance. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-08-036-03
Reading Company 4-6-2 streamlined steam locomotive no. 117 pulling westbound passenger train no. 607, "The Crusader," under a semaphore signal bridge at Jersey City, New Jersey, on November 11, 1939. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-08-040-03
Reading Company 4-6-2 no. 176 pulling eastbound passenger train no. 370 (Bethlehem-Philadelphia) past banjo signals at Rock Hill, Pennsylvania, on November 12, 1939. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-08-044-03
Reading Company 4-6-2 steam locomotive no. 178 pulling eastbound passenger train no. 636, "The Crusader," under telltales at Jersey City, New Jersey, on November 16, 1939. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-08-046-01
Reading Company 4-6-2 steam locomotive no. 178 pulling eastbound passenger train no. 636, "The Crusader," at Jersey City, New Jersey, on November 17, 1939. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-08-045-01
Reading Company 4-6-2 steam locomotive no. 105 pulling westbound passenger train no. 1613, the "Philadelphia Express," at Jersey City, New Jersey, on December 10, 1939. Furler-08-038-01
Reading Company, 4-6-2, steam locomotive no. 105, pulling westbound "Philadelphia Express" passenger train past Communipaw Avenue at Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1939. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-24-098-03
Reading Company 4-6-2 no. 105 pulling westbound passenger train no. 1613 at Jersey City, New Jersey, on February 7, 1940. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-08-037-01
Reading Company 2-10-2 steam locomotive no. 3014 pulling a westbound freight train past Hall Disc ("banjo") signals at Allentown, Pennsylvania, circa 1940. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-24-090-04
Reading Company 2-10-2 no. 3011 pulling a westbound freight train past a signal at Emmaus, Pennsylvania, in June of 1940. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-03-113-04
Reading Company 4-4-2 steam locomotive no. 352 pulling eastbound passenger train no. 2032 into Black Rock Tunnel west of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, on June 2, 1940. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-03-106-02
Reading Company 4-6-2 steam locomotive no. 114 with westbound passenger train no. 97 emerging from Black Rock Tunnel west of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, on June 2, 1940. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-03-105-01
Reading Company 2-8-0 steam locomotive no. 2011 with a westbound freight train emerging from Black Rock Tunnel and crossing the Schuykill River near Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, on June 2, 1940. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-03-112-02
Reading Company 4-4-0 camelback steam locomotive no. 269 pulling eastbound passenger train no. 810 at Slatedale, Pennsylvania, on August 10, 1940. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-03-105-04
Reading Company Class M1 2-8-2 steam locomotive no. 1752 pulling an 80-car coal train with Class I9 2-8-0 locomotives nos. 1641 and 1644 pushing up Catawissa Creek at McCauley, Pennsylvania, on November 17, 1940. This was the first of three eastbound trains that ran in close succession every Sunday afternoon on the Catawissa Branch. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-03-110-03
Reading Company 2-8-0 steam locomotives nos. 1641 and 1644 pushing an 80-car coal train (with locomotive no. 1751 leading) up Catawissa Creek at McCauley, Pennsylvania, on November 17, 1940. This was the first of three eastbound trains that ran in close succession every Sunday afternoon on the Catawissa Branch. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-03-108-03
Reading Company 2-8-0 steam locomotives nos. 1641 and 1644 pushing an 80-car coal train (with locomotive no. 1751 leading) up Catawissa Creek at McCauley, Pennsylvania, on November 17, 1940. This was the first of three eastbound trains that ran in close succession every Sunday afternoon on the Catawissa Branch. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-03-108-02
Reading Company 2-8-2 steam locomotive no. 1730 pulling a 58-car eastbound coal train with two additional locomotives pushing at McCauley, Pennsylvania, on November 17, 1940. This was the second of three eastbound trains that ran in close succession every Sunday afternoon on the Catawissa Branch. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-03-109-04
Reading Company 2-8-2 no. 1717 pulling an eastbound freight train with locomotives nos. 1902 and 1695 pushing at Ringtown, Pennsylvania, on November 17, 1940. This was the third of three eastbound trains that ran in close succession every Sunday afternoon on the Catawissa Branch. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-03-109-03
Reading Company 2-8-0 steam locomotives nos. 1902 and 1695 pushing an eastbound freight train led by no. 1717 east of Mainville, Pennsylvania, on November 17, 1940. This was the third of three eastbound trains that ran in close succession every Sunday afternoon on the Catawissa Branch. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-03-111-02
Reading Company 2-10-2 steam locomotive no. 3002 leading a westbound freight near Annville, Pennsylvania in 1941. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-24-114-04.JPG
Reading Railroad 2-10-2 steam locomotive no. 3001 leads an eastbound freight train near Annville, Pennsylvania in 1941. Photography by Donald W. Furler. Furler-24-113-04; © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Reading Company 2-8-0 steam locomotive no. 2012 pulling a 105-car freight train at Hamburg, Pennsylvania on May 3, 1941. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-15-091-01
Reading Company 2-10-2 steam locomotive no. 3004 pulling a westbound freight train en route to Shippensburg, Pennsylvania at Lees Cross Roads, Pennsylvania, on September 2, 1941. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-15-103-02
Reading Company 2-10-2 steam locomotive no. 3005 pulling a westbound freight train at Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania, on September 2, 1941. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-15-104-02
Reading Company 2-8-2 steam locomotive no. 1717 pulling a freight train across the North Branch of the Susquehanna River at Catawissa, Pennsylvania, on October 12, 1941. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-15-081-01
Reading Company 2-8-0 camelback steam locomotive no. 1576, and 4-6-2 no. 178 pulling the annual Catawissa Branch Rail Ramble passenger train westbound on the Catawissa Branch east of Danville, Pennsylvania, on October 19, 1941. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-15-063-02
Reading Company "Rail Ramble" passenger train from rear standing on the fill at Mainville, Pennsylvania, on October 19, 1941. Leading the train are two steam locomotives: 2-8-0 camelback no. 1555 and 4-6-2 no. 201. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-03-107-01
Reading Company "Rail Ramble" passenger train at West Milton, Pennsylvania, on October 19, 1941. Leading the train are two steam locomotives: 2-8-0 camelback no. 1555 and 4-6-2 no. 201. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-03-107-01
Reading Company 2-8-8-2 steam locomotive no. 1826 at Gordon, Pennsylvania, on October 19, 1941. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-03-111-01
Reading Company 2-8-0 steam locomotive no. 1956 pulling a westbound freight train at Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, on January 26, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-15-089-02
Reading Company 2-8-0 steam locomotive no. 1640 pulling a westbound Perkiomen branch freight train with 13 cars at Allentown, Pennsylvania, on January 27, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-15-078-01
Reading Company 4-8-4 steam locomotive no. 2104 pulling a westbound freight train at Allentown, Pennsylvania, on January 27, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-15-097-02
Reading Company FT diesel locomotive no. 256 at Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, on May 30, 1946, Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-15-071-01
Reading Company 2-8-0 steam locomotives nos. 1915 and 2018 at Gordon, Pennsylvania, on July 28, 1946. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-15-089-01
Reading Company 2-10-2 steam locomotive no. 3000 pulling a westbound freight train with 94 cars along the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company canal at Allentown, Pennsylvania, on January 5, 1947. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-15-101-02
Reading Company 2-10-2 steam locomotive no. 3011 pulling a westbound freight train at Emmaus, Pennsylvania, in April 1947. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-15-106-01
Reading Company 2-10-2 steam locomotive no. 3010 pulling an eastbound freight train along the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company canal at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on May 30, 1947. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-15-105-02
Reading Company, 4-6-2, steam locomotive no. 175, pulling a westbound special passenger train along the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company canal at Allentown, Pennsylvania, circa 1940. A roller coaster is visible in the background. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-24-101-04
Reading Company 2-10-2 no. 3015 pulling a westbound freight train with 100 cars along the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company canal at Allentown, Pennsylvania, on June 1, 1947. The train originated at Saucon Creek yards and is en route to Lebanon. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-15-106-02
Reading Company 4-6-2 steam locomotive no. 214 pulling westbound passenger train no. 193, the "Harrisburg Special," through VN interlocking at Allentown, Pennsylvania, on July 18, 1948. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-15-069-02
Reading Company 4-6-2 steam locomotive no. 215 pulling an eastbound passenger train at Allentown, Pennsylvania, on August 28, 1948. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-016-02
Reading Company 4-6-2 steam locomotive no. 216 pulling a westbound passenger train along the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company canal at Allentown, Pennsylvania, on August 28, 1948. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-017-01
Reading Company 4-6-2 steam locomotive no. 210 pulling a westbound passenger train along the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company canal at Allentown, Pennsylvania, on September 19, 1948. Note the second locomotive on the adjacent track in the distance. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-007-02
Reading Company 4-8-4 steam locomotive no. 2121 at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on March 20, 1949. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-15-099-02
Reading Company F3A diesel locomotive no. 261 pulling an eastbound freight train likely on the Catawissa Branch near Ringtown, Pennsylvania, on April 3, 1949. Steam locomotive no. 1749 was pushing this train; see Furler-19-020-01. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-019-02
Reading Company 2-8-2 steam locomotive no. 1749 pushing an eastbound freight train likely on the Catawissa Branch near Ringtown, Pennsylvania, on April 3, 1949. F3 diesel locomotive no. 261 was pulling this train; see Furler-19-019-02. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-020-01
Reading Company 4-6-2 steam locomotive no. 213 pulling an eastbound passenger train along the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company canal as it approaches the Allentown Yard at Allentown, Pennslyvania on April 17, 1949. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-011-02
Reading Company 4-6-2 steam locomotive no. 213 heading westbound with the "Harrisburger" through Emmaus, Pennsylvania on April 17, 1949. The locomotive was home-built in the Reading Shops and was less than a year old when the photo was taken. This was one of the last group of Pacific-type locomotives built in the United States. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-012-01
Reading Company 4-8-4 steam locomotive no. 2100 pulling a westbound freight train along the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company canal at Allentown, Pennsylvania, on May 21, 1949. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-039-01
Reading Company 4-8-4 steam locomotive no. 2100 pulling a freight train near Allentown, Pennsylvania, on May 21, 1949. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-039-02
Reading Company 2-10-2 no. 3014 pulling a westbound freight train west of Gordon, Pennsylvania, on Locust Summit Grade with engine no. 1828 pushing, July 24, 1949. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-058-01
Reading Company 4-6-2 steam locomotive no. 179 with an eastbound passenger train on Reading Main Line south of Hamburg, Pennsylvania en route to Reading in September of 1949. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-005-01
Reading Company 2-8-8-2 steam locomotive no. 1815 pushing a freight train up the grade to Locust Summit from Gordon, Pennsylvania, circa 1950. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-025-02
Reading Company 4-6-2 steam locomotive no. 200 pulling a westbound passenger train along the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company canal at Allentown, Pennsylvania, circa 1950. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-005-02
Reading Company 4-6-2 steam locomotive no. 106 with a westbound passenger train on the East Penn line leaving Allentown, Pennsylvania and approaching the Route 309 overpass, circa 1950. The water tank at the Mack Truck plant is visible at the far left. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-18-110-01
Reading Company 2-10-2 steam locomotive no. 3004 pulling a 65-car eastbound freight train with no. 3011 pushing at the west end of Girardville, Pennsylvania on July 10, 1953. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-053-01
Reading Company T-1 4-8-4s no. 2126 and no. 2125 pulling a Philadelphia-bound freight train at Coopersburg, Pennsylvania on the Bethlehem Branch on May 30, 1949. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-050-01
Reading Company 2-8-0 steam locomotive no. 1951 pulling a freight train through Emmaus Junction, Pennsylvania, which used both Hall Disc and upper quadrant semaphore signals at the time. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-026-02
Reading Company 4-8-4 steam locomotive no. 2125 pulling a westbound freight train through Emmaus Junction, Pennsylvania, circa 1950. Both Hall Disc ("banjo") and upper-quadrant semaphore signals were employed at this location at the time. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-049-02
Reading Company 4-8-4 steam locomotive no. 2102 pulling the westbound "Reading Ramble" passenger excursion train at the Route 309 overpass leaving Allentown, Pennsylvania, on May 20, 1962. Thanks to the "Friends of the Reading Railroad" Facebook group for identifying the location and date of this photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-040-02
Reading Company Class I-10-sa 2-8-0 Consolidation No. 2008 with a westbound empty hopper train approaching the East Mahanoy Tunnel in Barnesville, PA, circa 1950. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-034-02
Reading Company 2-8-0 steam locomotive no. 1966 with an eastbound freight train passes through Maiden Creek, Pennsylvania on the Shuykill and Lehigh branch en route to the city of Reading, circa 1950. Maiden Creek Farm Supply is visible on the left side of the image. Thanks to Robert Wanner for helping to identify this image! Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-029-02
Reading Company 4-6-2 steam locomotive no. 210 pulling an eastbound passenger train along the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company canal at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, circa 1950. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-007-01
Reading Company 4-6-2 steam locomotive no. 215 pulling an eastbound passenger train along the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company canal in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, circa 1950. The old New Street bridge is visible in the background. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-015-02
Reading Company 4-6-2 no. 215 pulling a passenger train at lower Macungie Township, Pennsylvania approximately
halfway between Macungie, PA and Emmaus, PA, circa 1950. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-014-02
Reading Company 2-8-0 steam locomotive no. 2002 at Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, circa 1950. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-032-02
Reading Company 4-8-4 steam locomotive no. 2106 pulling an eastbound freight train at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, circa 1950. 2-8-0 no. 1969 was pushing this train; see Furler-19-043-01. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-042-02
Reading Company 2-8-0 steam locomotive no. 1969 pushing an eastbound freight train at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, circa 1950. 4-8-4 no. 2106 was pulling this train; see Furler-19-042-02. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-043-01
Reading Company 4-6-2 steam locomotive no. 216 with a westbound passenger train leaves Allentown, Pennsylvania, near the "Rock Cut" and 12th and Vultee Streets, circa 1950. Thanks to Friends of the Reading Railroad and Anthracite Railroad Historical Society members for helping identify this image! Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-017-02
Reading Company 4-6-2 steam locomotive no. 211 leads eastbound "Queen of the Valley" east of Freemansburg, Pennsylvania, near where Sculac Road meets Wilson Avenue, circa 1950. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-009-01
Reading Company FT diesel locomotive no. 251 pulling a westbound freight train at Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 1950. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-15-070-01
Reading Company 2-10-2 steam locomotive no. 3012 with a coal train approaches Tamaqua, Pennsylvania from the south on July 10, 1953. This view was shot from Route 309 across the Little Schuylkill River. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-16-003-02
Reading Company 2-8-0 steam locomotives nos. 2002, 2019, 2013, and 2007 at Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, circa 1950. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-060-02
Reading Company 2-10-2 steam locomotive no. 3013 at Gordon, Pennsylvania on June 20, 1953. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-056-01
Reading Company 2-10-2 steam locomotive no. 3008 puling a westbound freight train up the grade to Locust Summit at Gordon, Pennsylvania, circa 1950. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-054-01
Reading Company 4-8-4 T-1 steam locomotive no. 2115 pulling a westbound freight train at East Penn Junction in Allentown, Pennsylvania, circa 1950. Thanks to "Friends of Reading Railroad" Facebook group for helping to identify this image! Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-047-01
Reading Company 4-6-2 steam locomotive no. 179 pulling a westbound passenger train in Allentown, Pennsylvania near what is now Downyflake Lane, circa 1950. Sheesley Redi-Mix Concrete plant is visible on the left side of the image. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-004-02
Reading Company 4-6-2 steam locomotive no. 211 leading an eastbound passenger train along the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company canal at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on January 13, 1952. Note the diesel switch engine and caboose in the distance. Photograph by Donald W. Furler, © 2017, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Furler-19-008-01
