The Reading Railroad Heritage Museum is a

railroad museum A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate historic equ ...

located at 500 S 3rd Street in

Hamburg, Pennsylvania Hamburg (Pennsylvania German: ''Hambarig'') is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,270 at the 2020 census. The town is thought to have been named after Hamburg, Germany, but this is likely to have been a c ...

dedicated to the preservation of the

Reading Railroad The Reading Company ( ) was a Philadelphia-headquartered railroad that provided passenger and commercial rail transport in eastern Pennsylvania and neighboring states that operated from 1924 until its 1976 acquisition by Conrail. Commonly call ...

, owned and operated by the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society. It features several pieces of retired

rolling stock The term rolling stock in the rail transport industry refers to railway vehicles, including both powered and unpowered vehicles: for example, locomotives, freight and passenger cars (or coaches), and non-revenue cars. Passenger vehicles can ...

, including Blueliners and Budd Rail Diesel Cars, plus a few model train layouts as well other railroad memorabilia. The museum is open year-round on Saturdays and Sundays.

Collection

All equipment built for the Reading and listed by original road number, unless specified.

Diesel Locomotives/Multiple Units

* ALCO C424 #5204 * ALCO C630 #5308 *

ALCO RS-3 The ALCO RS-3 is a , B-B diesel-electric locomotive manufactured from May 1950 to August 1956 by American Locomotive Company (ALCO) and its subsidiary Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW). A total of 1,418 were produced: 1,265 for American railroads, ...

#485 * Baldwin DS-4-4-1000 #702 * Budd RDC-1 #9152- Last RDC Built by Budd * Budd RDC-1 #9162 *

EMD FP7 The EMD FP7 is a , B-B dual-service passenger and freight-hauling diesel locomotive produced between June 1949 and December 1953 by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division and General Motors Diesel. Final assembly was at GM-EMD's La Grange, ...

#900 *

#902 (on loan to Steamtown National Historic Site) *

EMD GP7 The EMD GP7 is a four-axle ( B-B) diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division and General Motors Diesel between October 1949 and May 1954.Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973) pp. 53 Power was provided by an EMD 567B ...

#621 *

EMD GP30 The EMD GP30 is a four-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois between July 1961 and November 1963. A total of 948 units were built for railroads in the United States and Canad ...

#5513; First production model built *

EMD GP35 The EMD GP35 is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between July 1963 and December 1965 and by General Motors Diesel between May 1964 and January 1966. 1251 examples were built for American railro ...

#3640; Last locomotive overhauled and painted by the Reading * EMD GP39-2 #3412; Operational https://www.facebook.com/groups/108009319236542/permalink/2389354731101978/ *

EMD NW2 The EMD NW2 is a , B-B switcher locomotive manufactured by General Motors Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois. From February 1939 to December 1949, EMD produced 1,145 NW2s: 1,121 for U.S. and 24 for Canadian railroads. Starting in ...

#103; Operational *

EMD SW1200 An EMD SW1200 is a 4 axle diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between January 1954 and May 1966. Power is provided by an EMD 567C 12-cylinder engine which generates . Additional SW1200 production was comp ...

#2719 *

GE U30C The GE U30C is a six-axle locomotive built by General Electric from 1966 to 1976. With 600 units sold, the U30C proved to be a viable alternative for customers who were unable to purchase SD40s from Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) due to production ba ...

#6300 *

Norfolk Southern The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad in the United States formed in 1982 with the merger of Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. With headquarters in Atlanta, the company operates 19,420 route miles (31, ...

Road Slug #9905; rebuilt from FM H-24-66 Wabash #552.

Electric Multiple Units An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number ...

*Class EPB #863; Only surviving EPB EMU with its original seats *Class RER "Blueliner" #9104 (ex-#305) *Class RER "Blueliner" #9110; Last Car on the final train to depart Reading Terminal (ex-#839) *Class RER "Blueliner" #9111 (ex-#827) *Class RER "Blueliner" #9113 ( ex-#833 ) *Class RER "Blueliner" #9131 ( ex-#881)

References

{{authority control Museums in Berks County, Pennsylvania Railroad museums in Pennsylvania Model railroads Museums established in 2008 Reading Company

Collection

Diesel Locomotives/Multiple Units

Electric Multiple Units An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number ...

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