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Posted by kp5308 on Sun Feb 17 16:03:22 2013 Before leaving Jersey we shot Q418 at Cove Road in Pennsauken: And stopped in Birdsboro PA to shoot the ex-PRR freight station (somebody please save me!):  When we entered the show we were greeted by the Pete Larrow Jr. artwork "table"...friggin' fantastic:  Off to the layouts. Strasburg Model Railroad Club was the first stop. Recognize the site?  Capital PenNscalers:  The East Penn Traction Club HO scale modular features working overhead:  South Eastern Garden Railway Society was present:  The Alleghney Western Lines HO setup has an HO-sized Auto Train Lorton VA terminal:  Reading Company Technical & Historical Society has a MONSTER HO scale modular. For this show they set up at 120' x 30':  It is made up of scenes along the Reading Lines, like this one of East Penn Junction near Allentown:  IMO the show stopper was PennLUG & their layout completely done with LEGO!  How 'bout a LEGO L5:  We also took in some Reading PA points of interest. The biggest hit was the Skew Bridge spanning N 6th St:  It has the nickname of "Soap & Whiskey Bridge" because Osborn made a model of soap to demonstrate the viability of the concept & some of the Irish immigrants who helped build it were paid in whiskey for their efforts:  It has never had a problem supporting anything that has crossed it:  We caught up with power for the oil cans at Neversink Road in Exeter Township:  Double track since opening in 1847:  The first Philadelphia & Reading shops still stand at 7th & Chestnut in Reading & are visible here across the street from the renovated Franklin St. station. This site is where it all began for the P&R in 1832: 
A good place to stop for lunch if you are in the area is Five Guys on the 5th St. Highway. The parking lot runs right up to the NS main artery for traffic to & from North Jersey:  |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Sun Feb 17 16:08:16 2013, in response to PHOTOS: Reading Greenberg Train Show, posted by kp5308 on Sun Feb 17 16:03:22 2013. Who owns that freight station ?Bill Newkirk |
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Posted by Grand concourse on Sun Feb 17 16:23:33 2013, in response to PHOTOS: Reading Greenberg Train Show, posted by kp5308 on Sun Feb 17 16:03:22 2013. Excellent! Loved the Lego stuff as well. I'd buy a set if they were detailed as that. |
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Posted by Train Dude on Sun Feb 17 17:39:04 2013, in response to PHOTOS: Reading Greenberg Train Show, posted by kp5308 on Sun Feb 17 16:03:22 2013. Very nice shots - all of them |
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Posted by RockParkMan on Sun Feb 17 17:53:15 2013, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Reading Greenberg Train Show, posted by Train Dude on Sun Feb 17 17:39:04 2013. KP knows his shit. I like him. |
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Posted by RockParkMan on Sun Feb 17 17:53:15 2013, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Reading Greenberg Train Show, posted by Train Dude on Sun Feb 17 17:39:04 2013. KP knows his shit. I like him. |
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Posted by chud1 on Sun Feb 17 18:46:31 2013, in response to PHOTOS: Reading Greenberg Train Show, posted by kp5308 on Sun Feb 17 16:03:22 2013. 5 stars out of 5 stars on these pictures.it is to foam. chud1 |
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Posted by kp5308 on Sun Feb 17 18:55:34 2013, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Reading Greenberg Train Show, posted by Newkirk Images on Sun Feb 17 16:08:16 2013. Who owns that freight station ?It was last used as a antique store but I don't think the business owned the building. Fortunately the other side looks a little better. Next time I go I'll hafta see if there still is a "for sale" sign on the building. |
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Posted by kp5308 on Sun Feb 17 19:00:39 2013, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Reading Greenberg Train Show, posted by Grand concourse on Sun Feb 17 16:23:33 2013. Loved the Lego stuff as well. I'd buy a set if they were detailed as that.I never even knew it existed, but it is a whole 'nuther world ! |
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Posted by Jersey Mike on Sun Feb 17 19:48:03 2013, in response to PHOTOS: Reading Greenberg Train Show, posted by kp5308 on Sun Feb 17 16:03:22 2013. Shame PennDoT is ruining the Birdsboro location. |
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Posted by kp5308 on Sun Feb 17 21:21:33 2013, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Reading Greenberg Train Show, posted by Jersey Mike on Sun Feb 17 19:48:03 2013. Shame PennDoT is ruining the Birdsboro location.Have you seen plans of the new bridge? If you have share them with us. |
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Posted by Jersey Mike on Mon Feb 18 18:28:34 2013, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Reading Greenberg Train Show, posted by kp5308 on Sun Feb 17 21:21:33 2013. I doubt it will look like the 1930's one with the concrete arch or the ramp down to the track area. |
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Posted by kp5308 on Mon Feb 18 20:03:26 2013, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Reading Greenberg Train Show, posted by Jersey Mike on Mon Feb 18 18:28:34 2013. Again....do you know what the plan is? |
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Posted by Jersey Mike on Mon Feb 18 21:08:07 2013, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Reading Greenberg Train Show, posted by kp5308 on Mon Feb 18 20:03:26 2013. If it was going to be what was already there they wouldn't have knocked the original bridge down. |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Mon Feb 18 21:27:08 2013, in response to PHOTOS: Reading Greenberg Train Show, posted by kp5308 on Sun Feb 17 16:03:22 2013. very nice photos |
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Posted by kp5308 on Tue Feb 19 07:55:27 2013, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Reading Greenberg Train Show, posted by Jersey Mike on Mon Feb 18 21:08:07 2013. If it was going to be what was already there they wouldn't have knocked the original bridge down.Again....have you seen the plans? But since you refuse to say something along the lines of "no Kevin, I have not" I will not elaborate on the story behind this project & what will replace said bridge. |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Tue Feb 19 11:11:54 2013, in response to PHOTOS: Reading Greenberg Train Show, posted by kp5308 on Sun Feb 17 16:03:22 2013. Nice!!! |
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Posted by kp5308 on Tue Feb 19 14:40:20 2013, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Reading Greenberg Train Show, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Tue Feb 19 11:11:54 2013. Thanks gang! This coming Saturday Karen & I will be visiting Jim's layout in Lancaster County. Funky tells me it is quite the deal. We'll see..... |
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Posted by PSCTfan on Wed Feb 20 01:58:46 2013, in response to PHOTOS: Reading Greenberg Train Show, posted by kp5308 on Sun Feb 17 16:03:22 2013. KP (KeeP) up the great photographic coverage, Kevin. |
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