How the Reading ran a steamer on the Atlantic City boardwalk

Mike Tillger · **Posted:** Sun Aug 15, 2010 4:20 pm

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http://talesofthejerseyshore.blogspot.c ... magic.html

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tomgears · **Posted:** Sun Aug 15, 2010 5:01 pm

Mike,

Thanks for posting! What an amazing story. I wonder what ever happened to the model.

dinwitty · **Joined:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:18 pm **Posts:** 2226

comments say it was likely dismantled after the parade. 15 minutes of fame!

That was cool.

GSpro · **Posted:** Sun Aug 15, 2010 9:47 pm

That would be the day I spend all that time building it, just to dismantle it right after.

tomgears · **Posted:** Mon Aug 16, 2010 7:58 am

At one time there was also a 1/12th scale model of a G-3 on display in Reading Terminal. Apparently is might still exist. Does anyone know more about it?

G. W. Laepple · **Joined:** Mon Aug 23, 2004 5:10 pm **Posts:** 1182

I believe it's actually a model of a G-1, built by boilermaker apprentices at Reading Shops, and it's now on display at the Franklin Institute.

At one time, there was also a model of a K-5s on display at Broad Street Station on the PRR. It was built by Harry Weaver of Sunbury. It was connected to an electric motor, and if you put a nickel in, the wheels went around. The funds went to a relief fund for railroaders injured in World War II, I believe. When Broad Street Station was demolished, the model disappeared.

How the Reading ran a steamer on the Atlantic City boardwalk

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