Reading Company 774




Facts and Figures


Current Number774
Railway RepresentedReading Company
BuilderHarlan & Hollingsworth
Built In1925
Builder's order id
Currently in (State)Pennsylvania
--(Locality)Hamburg
Totally out of svc date1976
(Initial retirement date)
Car Typerapid transit car
-subtypecommuter control trailer
-designationClass ETf
Statusstored inoperable
More info
Gauge4'8.5"
Constructionsteel
Roof typeAR
EndedSE
Length72'5"
Width9'10"
Height15'4"
Weight110320
#Seats88
#Wheels/Conf.8
Total HP0
TrucksCommonwealth
BrakesATUE (ME23)
Compressor
ControlWH AB (XM37)
Motors
Voltage (if not 600DC)11000vAC
NotesRebuilt from standard PBn-type coach #1276 in 1949

Car 774 in storage in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, in 2012
Railroad Picture Archives
photo: http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3341034

Car 774 in storage in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, in 2012
Railroad Picture Archives
photo: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3309033



Ownership History


OwnerCar NumFromToPreservation?Loan?
Reading Company (Pennsylvania, Reading)12761925 1949 NO NO
Reading Company (Pennsylvania, Reading)7741949 1976 NO NO
Rail Tours, Inc. (Pennsylvania, Jim Thorpe)7741976 2005? YES NO
Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway (Pennsylvania, Jim Thorpe)7742005? 2017? YES NO
Reading Technical & Historical Society (Pennsylvania, Hamburg)7742017? present NO NO


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