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(Courtesy of Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company) Harold L ... Photo courtesy The Reading Modeler. In 1939, EMD introduced the FT, a 1,350-hp diesel-electric locomotive. The “F” stood for Fourteen ...

Built in 1945 by the Reading Company at their shops in Reading, 2102 is one of four surviving T-1 class locomotives ... its freight and steam- and diesel-powered passenger excursions over 400 ...