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Owner: Reading Railroad
Model:BLW DS44-1000Built As:RGG 712 (DRS4-4-1000)
Serial Number:73786Order No:
Frame Number: Built:10/1948
Notes:RDG Class DS44-1000.
Other locos with this serial:  RDG 712(DS44-1000) UMP 11(Yard Slug)
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"Zoo Junction," Page 74, 1958
Title:  "Zoo Junction," Page 74, 1958
Description:  Here is page eight of a nine-page article entitled "Zoo Junction ~ A Super Plan For A Club." Text by Paul Borthwick, photos by Aaron Fryer. It was published originally in the December 1958 issue of "Model Railroader" magazine, page 74. Photo Caption: "Here is the Reading end of the Belmont Branch interchange at Fairmount Park. A Reading crew is returning after delivering cars to the Pennsy. Shown here is Reading Railroad engine #712, a DS44-1000 switcher built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in October of 1948 and rated at 1,000 horsepower.
Photo Date:  12/1/1958  Upload Date: 4/29/2022 8:13:20 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  RDG 712(DS44-1000)
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