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Reading, PA roundhouse turntable 11 years 2 months ago #569

HoboPiker OFFLINE Conductor Posts: 227 Thank you received: 53	Am looking for a good side view photo(s) of the last roundhouse turntable used at Reading. Can anyone direct me to such a photo? Photo will be used to make a scale drawing to make a model of this table. Also, the manufacturer of this turntable would be helpful. Thank you, Evan Leisey
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Reading, PA roundhouse turntable 11 years 2 months ago #580

rdg-barry OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 378 Thank you received: 44	wish I could help you Evan, but Welocme to the Reading Modeler!
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Reading, PA roundhouse turntable 11 years 2 months ago #585

t1nut OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 323 Thank you received: 55	I remember seeing a photo of the Reading wreck crane lifting one end of the turntable in Reading, so some repairs could be made. it might have been in a "BEE-LINE" issue dealing with wreck trains.
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Reading, PA roundhouse turntable 11 years 1 month ago #841

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Evan,

American Bridge Co. built the 100-ft turntables for Reading, Rutherford, Erie Avenue, Tulip Street, Saucon Creek, and Darby Creek all in the 1917-1919 time period, if not to identical plans, then very close to identical. Reading enginehouse turntable was rebuilt in the 1940s from a "balanced" turntable to a 2-point suspension table. The rebuilding may have involved swapping for another turntable since that is what happened at Saucon Creek and Erie Avenue.

The RCT&HS archives has voluminous files on turntables if someone has the time to research them.

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-- Rick Bates

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