Bringing in train from Hagerstown, MD

The Reading's first Alco Century C630, christened as the "Rocket II" (with a nameplate below the cab) heads west in this scene scanned from a slide from the collection of the late Hen We... (more)

5300 was the flagship of the RDG Alco 630s.

First of the big units. This order had the usual trimount trucks while the later units had hy-ad trucks. By the old coaling tower.