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Laurys Station, PA, USA: Garrigues House Publishers, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 124 Pages with Black/White Photos. Since the R&N's creation in 1983 as just a little thirteen-mile shortline connecting Temple and Hamburg, Pennsylvania it has grown nearly 300% and today operates an efficient and profitable railroad being named the Regional Railroad Of The Year in 2002 by Railway Age, the fabled industry publication. To give a brief history of Reading and Northern Railroad's heritage the Reading Railroad (pronounced Redding ), officially known as the Reading Company, was another of the many anthracite carriers of the Northeast and perhaps the most famous . Unfortunately, while the Reading was the most famous anthracite carrier it was also relied the heaviest on the commodity and when demand began to disappear following WWII so did the Reading's profits. While the railroad was one of several that collapsed in the wake of the Penn Central disaster to be absorbed into Conrail it…
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Anthracite Rebirth: Story of the Reading and Northern Railroad Hardcover - 1998
by Mike Bednar
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- Title Anthracite Rebirth: Story of the Reading and Northern Railroad
- Author Mike Bednar
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Garrigues House, U.S.A.
- Date 1998
- ISBN 9780962084492 / 0962084492
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98022453
- Dewey Decimal Code 385.097
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