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Thomas C. Ayers's Collection
 
5/6/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Reading Railroad
Model:BLW 4-6-0Built As:PR 603 (4-6-0)
Serial Number:26280Order No:
Frame Number:22X28 cylinders, 68.5" driversBuilt:8/1905
Notes:BLW 08/1905 as 603, reblt in 1917/1920/1930, re# 616 "Caprotti Valve Gear."
Other locos with this serial:  RDG 616(4-6-0)
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RDG 616, L-6SA, 1939
Title:  RDG 616, L-6SA, 1939
Description:  Burkey. Here is a photo via Earl L. Peschel that was taken near Rutherford, Pennsylvania, on 7 May 1939. Photo Caption: "Only Rdg. Co. loco equipped with Caprotti valve gear." Shown here is Reading Railroad engine #616, an L-6SA (4-6-0) "Ten-Wheeler" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as number "603" in 1905, rebuilt and renumbered "616" in 1928. (#24 of 25)
Photo Date:  5/7/1939  Upload Date: 11/15/2021 9:24:13 AM
Location:  Rutherford, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  RDG 616(4-6-0)
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