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Reading Automobile Boxcar

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I had the chance today to take a drive up into the Schuylkill Haven area today. It was a nice day for a drive and I wanted to get some first hand information about what would be visible in the backgrounds for the two “town walls” for the layout.

Coming back from West Cressona I found this beauty today. I wish I had my tape measure with me, next time I will.

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Prototype: Reading RS-2 #539 two photos

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Reading 539 2/15/52
Reading 539 in Catawissa, PA 8/56

Just when you think you know something, you don’t!

 I’ve been looking at photographs and marking down the detail differences on the RS-2 page.
 
Before tonight I had only seen one photo of a Reading AS-16 without louvers on the Engineer’s side below the air intakes on the long hood. Tonight I found three more photos which clearly showed the panel on #538, 539 and 533 without louvers.
 
What is really making my head spin is that a photo of #539  dated 2/15/52 shows enginge number 539 without louvers and then less then four years lateer in 8/56 the same locomotive has the louvers.
 
Time to find more images of the locomotives in 1952!
 
 

Prototype: Reading RS-2 #583 Philadelphia, PA

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One of the models on the progect list is the Baldwin AS-16’s with dynamic brakes.

Information on the short hood has been hard to come by. They spent most of their lives working were few photographers went. Also they were often MU’ed with short hoods together. He is a negative of Reading 583 later in life, looks like mid 60’s based on the green and yellow locomotive in the background.

While this isn’t the sharpest image in the world, it is another piece in the puzzle.