Belt Line_1
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The remaining drawings in this series highlight the Reading Belt Line, the "way around Reading" constructed in the early part of the 20th Century to allow freight traffic to avoid the numerous grade crossings in downtown Reading. Here we see the line heading east, diverging from the Main Line at Belt Line Junction, across the Schuylkill River and past the Carpenter Steel plant (which interestingly enough had sidings on both sides of the river) towards the Tulpehocken Creek approaching Lebanon Valley Junction.
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A variety of Reading Company operations related documents, etc. that may be of use in your modeling efforts.
A variety of Reading Company operations paperwork, such as train orders, clearance forms, etc. that will help you operate your Reading layout in a prototypical manner.
Public Timetables, Employe Timetables, and Rulebooks that provide much useful operational information.
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Downloadable reference documents on the various classes of Reading Company Freight and Passenger rolling stock.