RCT&HS MP&RE

RCT&HS MP&RE Reading Company Technical & Historical Society (RCT&HS) Motive Power & Rolling Equipment (MP&RE) com

The MP&RE committee is responsible for restoring and maintaining the locomotives and rolling stock owned by the RCT&HS. We use this page to update its viewers on the status of our projects and to offer them a chance to provide constructive feedback. You can find project details under within our ALBUMS under PHOTOS. Restoration is a big part of the work our volunteers do at our museum in H

amburg. We are always looking for new volunteers who want to get involved in this regards. Special skills are not required as we will help you find the role or roles that will make this work as rewarding to you and it is to us.

Just a reminder! Lego is coming to the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum in Hamburg PA. Bring the Kids and Grand Kids. ...
06/15/2026

Just a reminder! Lego is coming to the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum in Hamburg PA. Bring the Kids and Grand Kids. Combine it with a trip to Cabala's. We are three miles apart.

06/14/2026
Here is the other hot project our volunteers are working on. Ed Zabiegalski is heading up this project. This is our ba...
06/14/2026

Here is the other hot project our volunteers are working on. Ed Zabiegalski is heading up this project. This is our baggage car Reading 1715. Inside it is set up as a grill car/ ice cream car. Outside it's been neglected. Don did some metal work on the vestibule ends a few years ago. Other projects got the priority so it sat. Ed tackled it again. Broke out the pot sprayer, and look at the difference.

We rolled the Hershey caboose out in the sun today. We needed to do some metal work on the platform. It's been six mont...
06/14/2026

We rolled the Hershey caboose out in the sun today. We needed to do some metal work on the platform. It's been six months since the caboose saw the light of day.

Lettering guy worked on our caboose yesterday and today. The first three pictures were first thing this morning showing...
06/09/2026

Lettering guy worked on our caboose yesterday and today. The first three pictures were first thing this morning showing yesterday's work. Steve worked again this afternoon. Looking good Steve!

Time to move inside and get the interior walls painted. Rumor has it that the lettering guy will show up this afternoon...
06/06/2026

Time to move inside and get the interior walls painted. Rumor has it that the lettering guy will show up this afternoon. He'll want the outside to himself. We better get out of the way.

We had several teams working today. Team one went searching for some items needed to finish our caboose. Steve found t...
05/23/2026

We had several teams working today. Team one went searching for some items needed to finish our caboose. Steve found the missing grab irons for the roof, and started cleaning and paint prepping them. John finished prepping the interior for paint and got some primer on part of the walls. Paul and Don got the stencils for the lettering and numbering in place and outlined the lettering with white acrylic paint pens. I think we got the fonts correct this time. 🚂🎨👍💪🔨🚧👏💥🔩🔧

Our dedicated volunteers were at it again today. The focus was on the roof, and things were looking up (pun intended).T...
05/16/2026

Our dedicated volunteers were at it again today. The focus was on the roof, and things were looking up (pun intended).

The only thing we could not finish was the grab irons that go at the top of each end ladder. I hope we can find two that will fit.

Something a little different today. I brought our parade locomotive home today, to get it parade worthy. It got re-eng...
05/13/2026

Something a little different today. I brought our parade locomotive home today, to get it parade worthy. It got re-engined over the winter, to take care of an overheating issue. So this was its road rest.

It was a good Saturday morning. We met and exceeded our goal of reaching the half way point at installing new siding on...
01/10/2026

It was a good Saturday morning. We met and exceeded our goal of reaching the half way point at installing new siding on one side of the cabin.

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500 S 3rd Street
Hamburg, PA
19526

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Sunday 12pm - 4pm

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