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Reading Railroad Heritage Museum
Established 2008
Location Hamburg, Pennsylvania
Type Rail museum
Collections Vintage Reading Railroad rolling stock
Owner Reading Company Technical & Historical Society

The Reading Railroad Heritage Museum is a railroad museum located at 500 S 3rd Street in Hamburg, Pennsylvania dedicated to the preservation of the Reading Railroad, owned and operated by the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society. It features several pieces of retired rolling stock, including Blueliners and Budd Rail Diesel Cars, plus a few model train layouts as well other railroad memorabilia. The museum is open year-round on Saturdays and Sundays.

Collection

All equipment built for the Reading and listed by original road number, unless specified.

Diesel Locomotives/Multiple Units

  • ALCO C424 #5204
  • ALCO C630 #5308
  • ALCO RS-3 #485
  • Baldwin DS-4-4-1000 #702
  • Budd RDC-1 #9152
  • Budd RDC-1 #9162
  • EMD FP7 #900
  • EMD FP7 #902 (on loan to Steamtown National Historic Site)
  • EMD GP7 #621
  • EMD GP30 #5513; First production model built
  • EMD GP35 #3640
  • EMD GP39-2 #3412; Operational
  • EMD NW2 #103; Operational
  • GE U30C #6300
  • Norfolk Southern Road Slug #9905; rebuilt from FM H-24-66 Wabash #552.

Electric Multiple Units

  • Class EPB #863
  • Class RER "Blueliner" #9104 (ex-#827)
  • Class RER "Blueliner" #9111 (ex-#833)
  • Class RER "Blueliner" #9113
  • Class RER "Blueliner" #9115
  • Class RER "Blueliner" #9119
  • Class RER "Blueliner" #9123
  • Class RER "Blueliner" #9127
  • Class RER "Blueliner" #9128
  • Class RER "Blueliner" #9131
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