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Thomas C. Ayers's Collection
 
6/15/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Reading Railroad
Model:Alco C424Built As:RDG 5205 (C424)
Serial Number:84734Order No:21193
Frame Number:prime mover # 7972Built:11/1963
Other locos with this serial:  RDG 5205(C424) CR 2494(C424)
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Sperry Rail Service #132, c. 1970
Title:  Sperry Rail Service #132, c. 1970
Description:  SRS. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of Sperry Rail Service Detector Car #132, a "Doodlebug" built by the St. Louis Car Company during April of 1925 and acquired by SRS in 1943. Partially visible at the right is Reading Railroad engine #5205, a C424 built by the American Locomotive Company in November of 1963 and rated at 2,400 horsepower. The photographer's name, the exact date, and the location are not recorded.
Photo Date:  1/23/1970  Upload Date: 12/3/2021 9:22:03 PM
Location:  Bethlehem, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  SRS 132(Doodlebug) RDG 5205(C424)
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