10-21-2011, 09:49 AM
Speaking of FP7s and short passenger cars, here is another snazzy commuter train that might be fun- The Reading Company Push-Pull.
It ran between Reading Terminal in Philadelphia and continued to Reading, Pa. Starting in the late 60s, the train used 5 "shorty" steam hauled coaches with an FP7 on each end. MU cables were run across the tops of the cars to each locomotive. They ran like this into the beginning of Conrail. In 1978, there was a derailment, which resulted in the set being totally rebuilt, and arriving in Philadelphia as SEPTA units. They continued to run until the early 1980s when SEPTA discontinued all non-electric passenger service.
These FP7s were the last Reading Passenger diesels left by this time. Everything else was RDC or EMU in terms of passenger service.
Atlas and Athearn both made FP7As in Reading paint, and I think Bethlehem car works makes the necessary cars.
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It ran between Reading Terminal in Philadelphia and continued to Reading, Pa. Starting in the late 60s, the train used 5 "shorty" steam hauled coaches with an FP7 on each end. MU cables were run across the tops of the cars to each locomotive. They ran like this into the beginning of Conrail. In 1978, there was a derailment, which resulted in the set being totally rebuilt, and arriving in Philadelphia as SEPTA units. They continued to run until the early 1980s when SEPTA discontinued all non-electric passenger service.
These FP7s were the last Reading Passenger diesels left by this time. Everything else was RDC or EMU in terms of passenger service.
Atlas and Athearn both made FP7As in Reading paint, and I think Bethlehem car works makes the necessary cars.
Modeling New Jersey Under the Wire 1978-1979.
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