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Locust Summit in 1:160 9 years 6 months ago #3619

Turboboost910 OFFLINE Conductor Posts: 250 Thank you received: 17	I'm scouring archives across the internet, not having much luck. I am in AZ, so no good trying to visit local archives there for info. Does anyone know where I might be able to find blueprints, or shcematics of the various buildings with references for measurements?
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Locust Summit in 1:160 9 years 6 months ago #3623

2771-chris OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 634 Thank you received: 94	Hey Turbo...on pages 86 & 87 of Mr. Holton's book The RR History of a Coal Age Empire Vol.II there is a great aerial shot of the whole complex taken in the 50's.Not much help for measurement references,but it does give a good idea of the HUGE operation that LS once was.
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Locust Summit in 1:160 9 years 4 months ago #3845

johnhowell5383 OFFLINE Apprentice Posts: 13 Thank you received: 1	I was fortunate to purchase on ebay several weeks ago a map of the Locust Summit yards dated March, 1936. I've scanned them into four sections; let me see if I can upload them. Best regards, John
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Locust Summit in 1:160 9 years 4 months ago #3846

johnhowell5383 OFFLINE Apprentice Posts: 13 Thank you received: 1	Here are the scans... Attachments: LocustSumm...1of4.jpg (28KB) LocustSumm...2of4.jpg (42KB) LocustSumm...3of4.jpg (32KB) LocustSumm...4of4.jpg (29KB)
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Locust Summit in 1:160 9 years 4 months ago #3847

Turboboost910 OFFLINE Conductor Posts: 250 Thank you received: 17	John, that helps tremendously!!! I have a similar map of the Tamaqua yard in this format, and it really helps to get the whole picture of what was there. Thanks so much!
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Locust Summit in 1:160 9 years 4 months ago #3852

johnhowell5383 OFFLINE Apprentice Posts: 13 Thank you received: 1	Now, if somebody has a similar print of the Gordon facility, and could scan and post that yard diagram, many of us would have a complete "picture" of Reading's operations in coal country in its hay-day. John
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January 1, 1955

The Reading begins Trailer-on-Flatcar (TOFC) service between Philadelphia and Chicago in cooperation with the WM, P&WV, and NKP (the "Alphabet Route").

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