Lionel Maintenance of Way Bunk Car ~ Reading Lines ~ Rd# 6426

Description: We try to be Friendly to our international customers especially with our: UPS Standard to Canada,Last photo is an interior photo of an atual 1943 Santa Fe Bunk-car used by railroad Maintenance of Way crews, bunk cars provide a place to sleep when working in remote areas. I would not consider it a replacement for a caboose. It is, however a key piece for your work train. The "bucket" near the bed may have been from paint or solvent. There was also a custom in the day of putting cans of kerosene under bedposts to prevent bugs from getting into the beds, perhaps this sleeper was saving up for that. The Reading Railroad (pronounced "Redding"), officially known as the Reading Company, was another of the many Northeastern anthracite carriers and arguably the most famous. When the clean-burning fuel, known as anthracite coal, was discovered in northeastern Pennsylvania during the mid-18th century individuals began studying ways of transporting the product for commercial use. The first to do so successfully was the Lehigh Coal Mine Company of 1792. To overcome the obstacles of frozen canals in winter the state legislature authorized construction of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad on April 4, 1833. This newfangled technology could run in every type of weather as the Baltimore & Ohio, Mohawk & Hudson, South Carolina Canal & Rail Road, and others were all proving.The Philadelphia & Reading }the P&R}, had to fight the local canal interests for years until opening its first segment between Reading and Pottstown in 1838. As time passed and railroads proved their superiority the resistance evaporated. One year later, on December 5, 1839, the P&R completed its line into Philadelphia while the final extension to Pottsville opened in 1842. Interestingly, this 93-mile route was the only true main line the Reading ever operated. The rest of its network consisted primarily of branch and secondary lines.Unfortunately, despite its celebrity the carrier relied heavily on a commodity which precipitously declined after World War II. Before it's fall, it was a powerful system that, at one point, nearly cornered the lucrative coal market by holding stakes in virtually all of the region's major railroads. Its goal in this endeavor ultimately failed and the company settled into operating a haphazard, tentacled network radiating out of Reading, Pennsylvania. Its system was largely devoid of a main line except for a small spine west of Philadelphia. Following Penn Central's collapse the Reading fell into bankruptcy in 1971. With a reeling situation in the Northeast, Conrail was formed to clean up the mess. The Reading was included in the new government-sponsored operation, which ultimately retained many of its principle lines. - American Rails To see all our listings, visit: Ikas Train StoreNote #1: I will combine shipping for multiple items. Please purchase the items but do *NOT* pay. I will review and calculate shipping as close as to what I have to pay. I will then forward an invoice with the adjusted shipping. If you do pay ahead of this recalculation I will refund the shipping difference as part of preparing the items for shipment. Note #2: I want you to be happy with your purchase and would appreciate you leaving positive feedback. In the event you are not, please contact me immediately before leaving feedback so we may resolve it. Thank you. Note #3: If not previously stated item(s) come from a smoke-free environment with cats. Note #4: This is a Grandma & Grandpa shop. We have a 4 business day shipping window (this means that if you pay for your order on a Friday it may not get shipping until the following Thursday). We do combine shipping especially when we are asked about it.If you want combined shipping, please purchase all your items in one order. If you purchase items in more than one order, send us a message so that we know about the additional items and box the orders together. (When items are bought in multiple orders, we do not always notice they were bought by the same person unless we are notified by the buyer.) We refund extra shipping charges when combined shipping is requested. If we ship items separately, we do not issue a shipping refund.For our International customers: YES!! we do combine shipping. The most economical way for you to buy multiple items from us is for you to send us a list of the items you want to buy. Do not purchase them as they are listed!! (This leads to higher than necessary fees & shipping.) Send us a complete list of all the items you want. Then we will cancel the listings for the items and turn them into a special listing just for you (We'll send you the listing named before making it active). It will have your full purchase with the correct shipping box size and weight. This saves you on the international fees & shipping.

Price: 19 USD

Location: London, Ohio

End Time: 2024-08-27T00:33:01.000Z

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