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Reading Lines Tugs 11 years 2 months ago #703

Rick Abramson OFFLINE Fireman Posts: 58 Thank you received: 1	The Brandywine and Schuykill look very similar to the NH's Bumble Bee and Cordelia, and Erie's Marion which were built by Jakobson Shipyard in Oyster Bay, NY. The Walther's model represents this tug. You have a good start with the Walthers model.
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Reading Lines Tugs 11 years 2 months ago #708

rdg-barry OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 378 Thank you received: 44	Rick - thanks for the encouragement! and thanks for the additional photo! I view this model as a start point and will modify what I can to try to match the photos I have and what's posted here. have to review the BEELINE issues... thinking there was some info or pictures in there over the last 30 years!
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Reading Lines Tugs 11 years 2 months ago #709

rdg-barry OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 378 Thank you received: 44	OH... and I DID notice... the decal sheet with the model has EVERY railroad in the area... BUT the Reading!! Are they trying to tell me something? Yikes! I'm up for the challange!
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Reading Lines Tugs 11 years 2 months ago #710

Rick Abramson OFFLINE Fireman Posts: 58 Thank you received: 1	Barry: Looks like the RDG diamond is on a plate attached to the funnel. As a point of interest, many years ago, in a galaxy far, far away. . . they used to have RR tugboat races up the North River in NYC. From what I was told, the RDG Shamokin won all the time. Probably the only tug with "Wooten Crankcase." LOL
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Reading Lines Tugs 11 years 2 months ago #711

JoannaBill OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 422 Thank you received: 63	FYI, I believe that the Shamokin and her two sisters had Alco, 1600HP, model 244 engines, similar to the FA-1 and RS-3. Pottsville, Shamokin and Tamaqua if I'm not mistaken.
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Reading Lines Tugs 11 years 2 months ago #712

rdg5310 OFFLINE Conductor Posts: 265 Thank you received: 39	Barry, I found the Reading Railroad Magazine with the tugs. It's issue 1, volume 25 Jan, 2009. Bernhart published it. It does have the drawings and some dimensions. I don't have the 2nd part of the article. I bought this issue on Ebay a year ago. Thats what started my gears turning on modeling one of these.
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