Clinician: Dick Foley – Philly Express

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CLINIC: Post-war Reading Boxcars, 1946-1956
DAY: Thursday	TIME: 7:00-8:00 PM	ROOM: Berwyn
DESCRIPTION: From 1935 to 1945, The Reading scrapped 7300 boxcars, and added only 900. A plan was put in place to restore the fleet to prewar strength with modern all steel cars. Starting in 1946, through 1956, the company added 3900 cars to their fleet. They were a combination of 40’ and 50’ length, all 10”6’ height. Some series were built in house, others by ACF. The cars were similar in construction, with 4/4 dreadnaught ends, and 8’ 7 panel Superior doors. The clinic will cover all seven series, with emphasis on details of interest to modelers.

About the Clinician...

Dick is a fan of Reading freight cars, especially house cars. He has previously presented on a series of auto cars the Reading constructed in house in the '30s, and worked with Steve Funaro who produced resin kits of four of these cars. He is presently building an industrial switching layout that is based on Reading operations in Philadelphia in the '50s.