Reading Railroad Bridge, Harrisburg

These pictures are of the old Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road Bridge crossing the Susquehanna River in Harrisburg. I took these pictures last weekend while I was at the Pump Primers muster. The Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road ran from 1833 until 1896 when it became the Philadelphia and Reading Railways. In 1924 it became the Reading Company and became part of Conrail in 1976 which became part of Norfolk Southern Railway in 2000. This bridge was opened in 1924 and contains 51 concrete arches. If you look at the numbers on the pier on the right of the picture and see a "33", the line above it was from Hurricane Agnes in June 1972. If you think you've heard of The Reading Railroad before you more than likely have, it is the first Railroad you come to after you pass GO and collect your $200 dollars in Monopoly.