Post by brgp302300 on Feb 24, 2013 9:42:22 GMT -5
Hi All,
This is a short basic story of my road the Birdsboro & Reading.
The
Also a major industry in the hometown of Birdsboro PA is the Birdsboro Corporation........makers of heavy industrial machinery used in the steel industry and also manufacturing a line or railroad parts (Birdsboro 50 ton railroad trucks found under most northeastern cabooses).
More info and system map to follow as time permits.
This is a short basic story of my road the Birdsboro & Reading.
The
Birdsboro & Reading Railroad started out by acquiring the northern
half of the Wilmington & Northern from Coatsville, PA north to
Birdsboro,PA around 1931.
Then they acquired the Pennsylvania
Railroad`s Schuylkill division from Phoenixville, PA west to Reading ,PA
(from Penn Central) in 1968 as a condition of the Penn Central merger.
In 1971 The southern half of the Wilmington & Northern was
purchased from the Reading Co., which gave it a tidewater terminal in
the state of Delaware.
Also a major industry in the hometown of Birdsboro PA is the Birdsboro Corporation........makers of heavy industrial machinery used in the steel industry and also manufacturing a line or railroad parts (Birdsboro 50 ton railroad trucks found under most northeastern cabooses).
More info and system map to follow as time permits.
