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Discussion Related to the Reading Company 1833-1976 and it's predecessors Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road and then the Philadelphia and Reading Railway.

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 #500904  by Otto Vondrak
 
I would like to welcome all members of the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society! Not a member? Check them out...
The Reading Company Technical & Historical Society (RCT&HS), was incorporated July 16, 1976 to preserve the rich history of a pioneering railroad. As an all-volunteer, non-profit, educational corporation, the RCT&HS is a repository for knowledge, artifacts, and memorabilia related to keeping alive the memory of one of America's greatest transportation institutions. Now over 30 years old, the Society is composed of about 1000 members inmany areas of the USA and even abroad.

At the beginning of the new millennium the Society began planning for a larger permanent museum site to display its unique collection. Meetings were held with paid consultants and goals were established. A plan has emerged from these sessions to develop a three fold approach. An anchor site would be created at South Hamburg, Pa. using existing former industrial buildings. Two satellite sites would also be developed, one at Temple, Pa. and the other at Schuylkill Haven, Pa. These additional sites would benefit the museum plan by adding additional storage/display space and provide destinations for possible excursion train operations from South Hamburg. The RCT&HS continues to meet its goal of making known the heritage of one of the most influential railroads in the history of the eastern United States.
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