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THE MARYLAND AND PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
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THE MARYLAND AND PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
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| Builder: EMD | Type: GP7 | Number: 18421 |
| Built: May, 1953 | Acquired: March, 1976 | Retired: See Notes |
| Horsepower: 1500 | Tractive Effort: 61,600 | Weight: 246,400 lbs. |
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Was built as Reading No. 621. Was acquired by the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad in March of 1976. Assigned as No. 86. Was renumbered as No. 1506 in June of 1991. Was assigned by Emons to the Penn Eastern, Perkiomen Branch in late April of 1998, where it was apparently never used. Was retained by John Nolan's newly independent Penn Eastern in 2002. Acquired by the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society. Relocated to Hamburg, Pennsylvania in February of 2008. |
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Data has been gathered from various sources, including Annual Reports, AFEs, the M&PA's Shop Book and photographs.
Information compiled by Charles T. Mahan, Jr.
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Copyright - The Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad Historical Society, 2009.