Reading BLW 2-8-8-2 1811 at Mahanoy City, PA - ARHS Digital Archive
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Reading

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  1947

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BLW 2-8-8-2

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  Mahanoy City, PA

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RDG 1811

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Reading BLW 2-8-8-2 #1811 with an auxiliary tender is seen shoving an eastbound on Track 2 by signal L322 in Mahanoy City, PA. Signal L322 is 2,015 feet east of St. Nicholas. The breakdown of the signal name is as follows:
  • L - Little Schuylkill
  • 32 - 32 miles from Port Clinton
  • 2 - Track 2

The letter of the Reading Company signals in automatic block territory stood for the first letter of the branch.
  • B - Belt Line
  • E - East Penn Branch
  • L - Little Schuylkill
  • P - Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh
  • V - Lebanon Valley