RDG 2-8-0C #1580  Contributor's Pick!       
By this date in 1939, it looks like this and other camelbacks might be sitting in a scrap line having served for more than 30 years after being built in 1906 by the Reading shops. Specifics - class 18a, 61.5" drivers, 210 psi boiler pressure, 22.5x30" cylinders, engine weight of 226,250 lb, tractive effort of 44,081 lb. Forrest W. Trittenbach photo
Date: 9/5/1939 Location: Reading, PA   Map Show Reading on a rail map Views: 359 Collection Of:   Gary Everhart
Locomotives: RDG 1580(2-8-0)    Author:  Gary Everhart
RDG 2-8-0C #1580
Picture Categories: Roster,Steam,Action This picture is part of album:  RDG CAMELBACK STEAM ALBUM
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