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PBn Coach sale 7 years 4 months ago #5674

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What facilitated the ability of the Reading to sell so much passenger equipment to the B&M and MEC after WWII? Efficiency of electrification? Schedule or volume reductions?

More of a curiosity question. Thanks in advance.
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PBn Coach sale 7 years 4 months ago #5675

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in the rolling stock reference page, under the PBn coach page, it lists 8 coaches converted to M.U. trailers #772-779 in 1949, these were used with the 8 M.U. coaches #889-896 built in 1949, making 8 sets of "married pair"M.U. trains. plus the Reading discontinued passenger service on alot of branchlines after WWII. so it is probably safe to say that between new and rebuilt M.U. equipment, and branchline passenger service reductions, yes there was surplus passenger equipment. Butch Curll
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PBn Coach sale 7 years 4 months ago #5676

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Excess equipment due to the abandonment of red ink branch line service, bus and auto inroads into the long haul and commuter passenger share and finally the loss of express and mail contracts. While the Reading sold coaches, the company also bought a few Budd RDC from other roads to complement the purchase of new RDCs with the view of replacing all of the locomotive pulled trains. A few locomotive pulled trains survived as the cost of new RDCs was more than that of maintaining the existing equipment. Dwindling passenger miles also favored continued use of the older equipment.
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PBn Coach sale 7 years 4 months ago #5677

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Looking at John Hall's recap on the PBn fleet, it looks like there were 145 cars total.

83 of the coaches went to the B&M: 63 in 1947 and 20 in 1952.

8 went to the MEC in 1946.

Additional combines went the the B&M (looks like 16 total.)

This was in addition to the cars that were converted to electric trailers. I cannot see that the Reading got any supplemental equipment to offset. The RDCs arrived in the early 1960's and resulted in further downsizing of locomotive hauled equipment that was phased out.

That's a pretty remarkable reduction in equipment.

Since I don't have a firm grasp on Reading train offs, I am supposing it was pretty dramatic.

Interesting to think the Reading reduced passenger miles that dramatically.
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PBn Coach sale 7 years 4 months ago #5678

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Allan; you missed 10 CVl combines to the Boston & Maine in Feb,1947. also there were 7 PBh and 1 PBj coach, and 2 CVg and 1 CVh combine to Ortner in Cincinnati, which shipped them to Havanna,Cuba 10-12-51. I wonder if these are still running in Cuba. also Mexico got some coaches and combines through dealers, and some cars went to Panama. Butch Curll
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