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a small town near Reading PA 10 years 3 months ago #2469

phillyreading OFFLINE Apprentice Posts: 15	My dad mentioned a small town nearby to Leesport, on the west side if I am correct, it is called Garfield. The size might be like Riverveiw Park a part of Muhlenberg Township in north Reading PA. Has anybody ever heard of Garfield PA? Lee Fritz
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a small town near Reading PA 10 years 3 months ago #2470

Rob OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 393 Thank you received: 57	Garfield, - Kind of sounds familiar. It is not an incorporated municipality at all, but I seem to recall hearing it. I will do some research when I can. (At work currently) There is definitely a Greenfield in range of Leesport and it could even be a Leesport post office "R.D." area. Although there is no rail service to it. That would be the area immediately south of the Reading Airport.
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a small town near Reading PA 10 years 3 months ago #2471

JoannaBill OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 422 Thank you received: 63	I think its between Leesport and Bernville, probably just a few homes at a crossroad. Rob's correct that there wouldn't be any rail service, at least none that I am aware of.
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a small town near Reading PA 10 years 3 months ago #2473

DSpohn OFFLINE Brakeman Posts: 37 Thank you received: 7	I'll add a vote to what was already expressed. I've lived in Leesport for 20+ years. Never heard of Garfield. Certainly no rail service. As Rob stated, the area around the Reading Airport is Greenfields.
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a small town near Reading PA 10 years 3 months ago #2474

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Yes Bill, exactly..... Back from Bern Church on 183, at the intersection of Plum Creek Road and Garfield Road. There is (or was) a private fishing pond there owned by a guy named Mike Duchan, who worked at Carpenter. He was one of the locomotive engineers at Carpenter Technology on their 24 inch industrial railroad. I think he bought one of the "dinkey's" as they called the Plymouth switchers, or at least he tried to buy it, he was going to run a track around the pond...... (I have not seen evidence of that when I pass through) He also bought Carpenter's old fire truck (probably a 40's era Mack, ex Reading FD truck) to aerate the pond.

I pass through there on my way to my brother's, who lives on Rake Road near Bootleg Road.

And there are no other railroads in that neighborhood either - although there is a trolley near there on "Trolley Road" that was converted to a bungalow.

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a small town near Reading PA 10 years 3 months ago #2476

phillyreading OFFLINE Apprentice Posts: 15	Interesting that my dad would know of a small place called Garfield, even if it is Garfield Road. Also my dad worked at Carpenter Steel before they went to Car/Tech. My dad said it was near the Cross Keys bridge and the turn-off for Bernville on the backside of Dauberville RR 2(rural route 2 for mails service). Thank you for the info! Lee Fritz
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