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"RDG 94004 was the first Reading Company caboose to be painted in the green and yellow paint scheme in October, 1964.",
"<i>The Reading Railroad Hour</i> was a weekly radio program broadcast in New York on WJZ beginning in March, 1927.",
"The first issue of the <i>Reading Railroad Magazine</i> was published in September, 1925.",
"The longest distance between two passenger stations on the Reading system was 199.1 miles, from Reading Terminal to Williamsport, Pa.",
"Reading became a common carrier on January 1, 1924",
"RDG 105 was the first 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive built by Reading Shops.",
"March 31, 1976 was the last full day of Reading railroad operations, ending 138 years of service.",
"The last train to stop at Reading's Outer Station was on March 16, 1969.",
"The Reading Company Choral Society performed public concerts in Reading Terminal during the Christmas and Easter seasons.",
"More than 13,000,000 passengers rode the Reading in 1957.",
"The grain elevator at Port Richmond had a capacity of 2,500,00 bushels.",
"The first all-steel coaches were in service on the Reading in 1913.",
"The streamlined <i>Crusader</i> made its inital run in 1937.",
"The Westinghouse air brake system was in use on the Reading as early as 1876.",
"The first locomotives used by the Reading and predecessor Little Schuylkill were imported from England.",
"The last covered bridge on the Reading system, near Pine Grove, was removed in 1956.",
"The Reading carried over three million troops during World War I.",
"The original station of the Reading and Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia, became a military hospital in December of 1861. It had accommodations for 650 patients.",
"The first train ran from Pottsville to Philadelphia on January 1, 1842, pulled by the locomotive <i>Hichens and Harrison</i>.",
"RDG 2124 is the only surviving T1 steam locomotive that has not operated under its own power since leaving the Reading roster",
"The largest group of surviving Reading cabooses in one location is at the Red Caboose Motel in Strasburg, Pa.",
"The entire Main Line was double tracked in 1843-44.",
"A head-on collision between an express and a troop train near Exeter resulted in the death of 27 people on May 13, 1899.",
"Reading built a tank engine No. 1 in 1879 at Reading shops. No, it was not named <i>Thomas</i>.",
"The standard color for coaches in the 1870s was yellow.",
"Norfolk Southern still uses the 1857-vintage Skew Bridge, crossing Sixth Street in Reading on what was the south leg of the wye at Reading's Outer Station.",
"The first class fare between Philadelphia and Pottsville in 1842 was 3.50.",
"The fare from Philadelphia to Norristown in 1842 was 40 cents;. As of 2010, it will cost you 5.50 on SEPTA.",
"Black Rock Tunnel near Phoenixville is the oldest railroad tunnel in the United States that is still in use.",
"Reading acquired the final group of RDCs produced by the Budd Company in 1962.",
"The Philadelphia and Reading was the first railroad to use concrete crossties, at Germantown, Pa.",
"The Reading Terminal Market opened for business on February 22, 1892 with 795 stands.",
"The total cost for the Reading Terminal project was $7,676,584.79.",
"The first revenue train to depart Reading Terminal was No. 139, the Harrisburg and Shamokin Express, which left at 4:00 a.m. on January 30, 1893.",
"The original Philadelphia station at Broad and Cherry Streets became a hospital for the Union army in the Civil War.",
"The first electrified train operated by the Reading was West Trenton Train No. 532, which departed Reading Terminal at 3:01 a.m. on June 26, 1931.",
"There were 3,959 Reading employees known to have served in the armed forces in World War II. Unfortunately, 81 died in action.",
"Pacific No. 134 was the last steam locomotive to pull a revenue train into Reading Terminal on May 6, 1952. It was filling in for a diesel that had broken down on a train from Newtown.",
"Reading Company declared bankruptcy on November 23, 1971 - for the fourth time in its history."

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