RDG AS-16 #543  Contributor's Pick!       
This appears to be a Baldwin builder's photo of the recently built AS-16 unit for the Reading Co in 1951. This unit was the fourth one built out of the 43 units ordered. Specifics - Reading class RS2, 1600 hp, 2 axle trucks, B-B wheel arrangement, engine weight of 248,000 lb, tractive effort of 62,125.
Date: 6/1/1951 Location: Eddystone, PA   Map Show Eddystone on a rail map Views: 678 Collection Of:   Gary Everhart
Locomotives: RDG 543(AS16)    Author:  Gary Everhart
RDG AS-16 #543
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