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| Author: | Mike Tillger [ Sun Aug 15, 2010 4:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | How the Reading ran a steamer on the Atlantic City boardwalk |
Click on link: http://talesofthejerseyshore.blogspot.c ... magic.html For some unknown reason the image is not displaying, click on pic in link and a larger pic will open. Mike Tillger |
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| Author: | tomgears [ Sun Aug 15, 2010 5:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How the Reading ran a steamer on the Atlantic City boardwalk |
Mike, Thanks for posting! What an amazing story. I wonder what ever happened to the model. |
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| Author: | dinwitty [ Sun Aug 15, 2010 7:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How the Reading ran a steamer on the Atlantic City boardwalk |
comments say it was likely dismantled after the parade. 15 minutes of fame! That was cool. |
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| Author: | GSpro [ Sun Aug 15, 2010 9:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How the Reading ran a steamer on the Atlantic City boardwalk |
That would be the day I spend all that time building it, just to dismantle it right after. |
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| Author: | tomgears [ Mon Aug 16, 2010 7:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How the Reading ran a steamer on the Atlantic City boardwalk |
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? |
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| Author: | G. W. Laepple [ Mon Aug 16, 2010 8:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How the Reading ran a steamer on the Atlantic City boardwalk |
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. |
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