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Welcome
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TAKE A RIDE ON THE READING!
Made famous as a name from the Monopoly board, the Reading (pronounced Red-ding) Railroad grew from a 94-mile coal hauling line into a 1,300 mile railroad system in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. For a time in the 19th Century, Reading was the largest corporation in the world. As the coal business declined and truck competition increased, Reading's revenues signficantly declined. Reading entered bankruptcy in 1971 and became a part of Conrail in 1976. Today, segments of the Reading are an important part of the Norfolk Southern and CSX freight networks.
Reading Railroad Online is designed to be a resource of information on the history, equipment and operations of the Reading Company. Contributions of material from site visitors are welcomed.
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Announcements
26 April, 2009:
Yahoo has announced the pending closure of all GeoCities websites. In preparation for the closure, the Reading Railroad Online site has been relocated to www.readingrr.com. Please update your bookmarks to the new site. Thank you for visiting!
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What's New
20 April, 2009:
Additional content has been added to the gondola, covered hopper, and the non-revenue equipment pages.
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19 April, 2009:
Additional content has been added to the hopper car page.
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15 April, 2009:
Most of the original content has been now been transferred over from the old site and several new pages have been added.
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15 February, 2009:
The Ironhorse Image Gallery has been updated with new galleries of contemporary railroad photography.
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