Reading BLW 2-8-0 2007 at Mintzers, PA - ARHS Digital Archive
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BLW 2-8-0

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  Mintzers, PA

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RDG 2007

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This view is looking south, down grade, at a train headed for East Mahanoy Junction. Just south of this location is the only level spot between Tamaqua and East Mahanoy Junction. The breakdown of the signal name is as follows:
  • L - Little Schuylkill
  • 23 - 23 miles from Port Clinton
  • 4 - 4 Storage

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