| Built in
1975 by Bethlehem Steel for the Reading Railroad, this GHY-Class
gondola with Barber Roller Bearing trucks was 2,263 cubic feet
in capacity. Reading can be traced back to 1833 as the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad, one of the first railroads in the United
States. Over time it became just 'Reading', and remained profitable
through World War 1. By the 1960s, the declining profits led to
bankruptcy in 1971, and in 1976, the remaining assets were merged
with other railroads to form Conrail. |
