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 #23515  by trainspot
 
I recieved the following email, can anyone furnish any details and a photo? (RR, model, etc.)? Thanks!

This past week i was working in a railroad yard in Boyertown,PA.,there is a switcher getting new wheels as it sits now ,one side is on jacks without a
truck underneath. it would be a cool photo,unfortunetly i don't have a
digital camera,if you know someone in that area,maybe they can get the
photo. directions:100n,73w,behind pizza shop
 #25439  by jrevans
 
trainspot wrote:I recieved the following email, can anyone furnish any details and a photo? (RR, model, etc.)? Thanks!

This past week i was working in a railroad yard in Boyertown,PA.,there is a switcher getting new wheels as it sits now ,one side is on jacks without a
truck underneath. it would be a cool photo,unfortunetly i don't have a
digital camera,if you know someone in that area,maybe they can get the
photo. directions:100n,73w,behind pizza shop
It could be the East Penn 52, which I shot in Boyertown last year:
Image

It's an former Bethlehem Steel locomotive, an ex-PB&NE SW900M if I recall correctly.