SEC filings of Reading Entertainment Inc. SEC filings of Reading International Inc. Reading Company employment and real estate records, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reading_Company&oldid=1136665308. All of our awards are in recognition of our strong and effective development efforts in attracting new business and customers to the Reading and Northern Railroad. [9], In 1873, the P&R extended its reach southward by leasing 10.2 miles of track from the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. [5] The regular excursion consists of a 16-mile (26km), 70-minute round-trip out of Jim Thorpe, following the Lehigh River to Lehigh Gorge State Park. With this agreement in place, we were able to guarantee good long-term rail service to the many customers located there. Every weekend and holiday from May to Christmas, hundreds of visitors to Jim Thorpe board our passenger coaches for a ride into the Gorge. The railroad started life in 1983 after Conrail began the abandonment process of about 13 miles of Ex-Pennsylvania Railroad trackage from Hamburg, PA to Temple, PA. The event began in 1959 when the railroad kept four of its powerful 4-8-4's (#2100, #2101, #2102, and #2124) to host excursions. The Lehigh Valley Railroad was leased on December 1, 1891, under the presidency of Archibald A. McLeod, but that lease was canceled on August 8, 1893, when the Reading went into receivership, an event associated with the Panic of 1893. The early Philadelphia and Reading Railroad named all of its locomotives with names such as Winona or Jefferson, as did most American railroads following in the British precedent, but in December 1871 the P&R replaced all the names with numbers. Bought the 19-mile rail line from Carbon County for 4.7 million dollars. In the 1920s, the Reading operated a dense network of commuter lines branching off of the Ninth Street Branch mostly powered by small 4-4-0s, 4-4-2s and 4-6-0 camelbacks. Having worked to ensure a steady stream of customer business along our Lehigh Division, we turned our attention to reaching agreements for the use of the line as a key transportation corridor. The Reading and Northern Railroads commitment to protecting the environment has also led us to seek servicing opportunities such as the transportation of coal waste in Schuylkill and Luzerne counties to Co-Gen facilities in Carbon County. Through the mid to late 1990s, the Reading and Northern Railroad acquired more lines to service new customers and reestablish rail service relationships in Lackawanna and Wyoming counties. According to Matt Fisher, general manager/passenger department with Reading & Northern Railroad, owner Andy Muller plans to spend $4 million to $5 million to upgrade the 19.5-mile line he is. 425 is crossing a Stone Bridge. Ephraim Railway, and the Kaighn's Point Terminal Railroad in southern New Jersey into The Atlantic City Railroad. Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC is the parent company of the BNSF Railway (formerly the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway). The Reading and Northern Railroad, with corporate headquarters in Port Clinton, Pennsylvania, is a privately held railroad company servicing customers in eight counties in Eastern Pennsylvania. EMD F7PA 903 - Built by EMD in 1950. Today, the railroad (now known as Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad) runs about 320 miles from Reading PA to Mehoopany PA and operates a 7 mile rail line from Towanda to Monroeton in Marcellus Shale territory. The RBMN system expanded again with the addition of the seven-mile Towanda line near the New York state border. In Philadelphia, the Reading also built Port Richmond, the self-proclaimed "Largest privately owned railroad tidewater terminal in the world",[3] which burnished the P&R's bottom lines by allowing anthracite coal to be loaded onto ships and barges for export. For twenty years the Reading Company, the holding company created for the P&R and the P&R Coal and Iron Company, only controlled the P&R after the sale of the P&R Coal and Iron Company. That's our philosophy and it is all done through people. [7], Between 2009 and 2010, RBMN expanded operations due to the emergence of Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling in northeastern Pennsylvania. That was a huge concern of the public, Nothstein said. 425 with diesel helpers. [19] LGSR trains are usually diesel-powered and consist of an open-air car, standard coaches, a gondola car that allows passengers to transport the bicycles aboard the train and ride their bicycles back to Jim Thorpe, and a caboose. On April 1, 1889, the Philadelphia and Reading Railway consolidated the Philadelphia and Atlantic City Railway, Williamstown & Delaware River Railroad, Glassboro Railroad, Camden, Gloucester and Mt. The commissioners also approved the motion unanimously. Reading and Northern takes over service within Humboldt Industrial Park and its 11 new customers on Jan 1, 2016. Combined, these two carriers use the Lehigh Line to move over eighty thousand carloads a year. $80,000 - $120,000 a year. The Reading and Columbia Railroad was chartered in 1857 to build from Reading southwest to Columbia on the Susquehanna River. Working with NS we were able to provide P&G with an excellent service and rate package, which ensured that inbound raw material continued to move by rail. TIMES NEWS FILE PHOTO. The billionaire investor's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Tuesday agreed to buy Burlington Northern Santa Fe . [3] In 1901, the Reading gained a controlling interest in the Central Railroad of New Jersey, allowing the Reading to offer seamless, one-seat rides from Reading Terminal in Philadelphia to the Central New Jersey's Jersey City Communipaw Terminal by way of Bound Brook onto the Central New Jersey mainline. The Great Northern Railway serves a vast, diversified and productive region -- the great Northwest. After the militia and Coal and Iron Police went to retrieve a train carrying coal that was blocked in a railroad cut, they fired on rioters and protesters, killing at least 10 and wounding more than 40. Purchased a building in Ransom, PA to operate an owned warehouse marketed for the distribution of forest products and wood pulp in particular. RBMN interchanges with these railroads: The Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway (LGSR) is a tourist railroad that operates passenger excursions along RBMN trackage from the former Central Railroad of New Jersey station in Jim Thorpe to Old Penn Haven, following the Lehigh River through Lehigh Gorge State Park. that were operating roads in 1925 but whose totals were included in Reading's after 1929. The 1925 "Reading" totals above include all the subsidiaries (C&F, G&H, P&CV etc.) [20] The train runs from Reading and Port Clinton to Jim Thorpe in the morning, allowing passengers time to explore Jim Thorpe. Zurn told the commission, which includes the three county commissioners, that Harts cars are so out of date they lack bathrooms, and he does not have a ticket office. Muller already had an agreement for Reading Blue Mountain and Northern to use C&S; tracks. As RBMN grew, so did its commitment to its employees. [citation needed], In the late 1980s, a Los Angeles-based lawyer named James Cotter gained control of the corporation through his holding company, the Craig Corporation, and used its assets to finance his movie theater chains in Puerto Rico, Australia and New Zealand. The railroad also had an extensive commuter operation centered around Philadelphia, the hub of which was Reading Terminal. The Reading & Northern, officially the Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad (or RBM&N), is an eastern Pennsylvania Class II regional railroad which operates over 300 miles of predominantly ex-Reading Railroad trackage (although the company also operates lines owned by other fallen flags). The company is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, which is controlled by investor Warren Buffett. [5] In December 2016, the RBMN announced that it spent $2 million to build a train station at Pennsylvania Route 61 and Bellevue Avenue in Muhlenberg Township outside Reading, called Reading Outer Station, with plans to operate passenger excursions from there to Jim Thorpe. Reading Northern Railroad PD is a Fully Sworn Police Agency operating out of 9 Counties in NEPA. [citation needed]. Streaming On Demand: https://vimeo.com/pletsexpress/vod_pagesBlu-ray or DVD: https://www.pletsexpress.com/fnimall/Plets/%20126RBMN1/vid_trains.phtmlThe Readi. He said Mullers tours using modern cars will bring more people to town, and there are plans to shuttle people to other points of interest, such as the No. [23], After the first World War, and the return of the Reading from government control, the Reading decided to streamline its corporate structure. The Reading leased it in 1870. The Reading and Northern Railroad owns and operates three self-propelled Rail Diesel Cars #9166, #9167, and #9168. [8] The Port Kennedy Railroad, a short branch to quarries at Port Kennedy, was leased in 1870. The line from Elsmere Junction to Modena is being operated by East Penn Railways, Modena to Coatesville by the Brandywine Valley Railway, and a few miles at the north end by Haines & Kibblehouse. The heavy investment in coal paid off quickly. C&S; Railroad gets new partner ** Reading &, Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). The RBMN provides freight service on 300 miles (480km) of track. No. 8 hour shift. Our focus will be on jobs and economic development, Muller said. In the mid-1990s, the RBMN discontinued the regularly scheduled passenger operations between Hamburg and Temple and instead focused on occasional excursions throughout the rest of its system. [2], In 194547 the company took 30 class I-10 2-8-0 locomotives and rebuilt them at the 6th Street facility into the modern T1 class 4-8-4 locomotives at a cost of 6 million dollars. These classes were an important break of tradition of the Reading's motive power fleet. By the time RBMN celebrated its twentieth anniversary in the fall of 2003, we were a very successful short line. The portion from Reading to Norristown opened July 16, 1838 and the full line opened December 9, 1839. Commission Chairman William OGurek questioned who has the power to hire tour operators. The US has one of the highest rates of obesity in the advanced world, a rate that has increased from 15% in 1980 to 30.5% in 2000 to 41.9% in 2020. The Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad (RBMN), with its corporate headquarters in Port Clinton, is a privately held railroad company serving major businesses in nine Eastern Pennsylvania counties, (Berks, Bradford, Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Northumberland, Schuylkill, and Wyoming). Most of those shares were acquired through Cascade Investment LLC, an investment firm solely. The railroad spent $100,000 to update an outdated and lightly used Pittston Yard between Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. Among the cars bought at auction are several notables, including the former Southern Railway steam program open-air coach Lookout Mountain and the former Illinois Central We were gaining a reputation for customer service and attention to detail. The railroad runs about 400 miles from Reading PA to Mehoopany PA and it also operates the 7-mile rail line from Towanda to Monroeton in Bradford County. We offer both freight services and passenger excursion operations and we currently employ over 200 employees. BNSF, as the railroad is called, operates more than. RBMN officials shortly thereafter, negotiated a new agreement with the Jim Thorpe Borough government, and excursions resumed in February 2020. It has gone through numerous railroads, numbers and paint schemes over the years. [29], The successor company was renamed Reading International Inc. with two classes of stock: Non-Voting Class A shares (NASDAQ: RDI) and Voting Class B shares (NASDAQ: RDIB).[30]. In 2017, the county moved on, getting the rail line, which runs between Packerton Yards and Haucks Junction in Schuylkill County, appraised by Stone Consulting of Warren. The Reading and Northern was recognized again when we were named the Regional Railroad of the Year by Railway Age Magazine. At the New York end it used the Central Railroad of New Jersey's Jersey City Terminal from which passengers could board ferries to Liberty Street Ferry Terminal, Staten Island Ferry Whitehall Terminal, and West 23rd Street in lower Manhattan.[14]. 11.7K members Join group About Discussion More About Discussion About this group A group dedicate to sharing their photos of the Reading and Northern Railroad in Pennsylvania If I approved your membership, But i want to te See more Private In 1859, the Reading leased the Chester Valley Railroad, providing a branch from Bridgeport west to Downingtown. March 2, 2023, 12:14 PM. We had built solid traffic bases on both our Lehigh and Reading Divisions, and we had put in place an excellent operation with upgraded track, locomotives, and freight cars. The Reading Company (/rd/ RED-ing) was a Philadelphia-headquartered railroad that provided passenger and commercial rail transport in eastern Pennsylvania and neighboring states that operated from 1924 until its acquisition by Conrail in 1976. It is a Spanish multinational clothing company that is . The Railroad Commission receives 2 percent of the gross charged for railroad cars transported through the county on the C&S; line and 18 percent of the net profit. During a special meeting of the commission, which took place directly before the commissioners meeting, the board, in a unanimous vote, approved recommending the sale of the approximately 19.5-mile Panther Valley rail line to the board of commissioners. Get the inside scoop on jobs, salaries, top office locations, and CEO insights. On June 1, 1999, NS took over all of the portions of Conrail that connected with RBMN. The Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road was chartered April 4, 1833, to build a line between Philadelphia and Reading, along the Schuylkill River. This was a move to offset the fact that EMD FT diesel locomotives (first choice of Reading management) were very hard to obtain, and in order to have faster, up-to-date modern power. The county will retain the parking lot and train station. These efforts are continuing and we look forward to additional success and recognition in the years to come. Work began in April 1877, and the track work was completed in a remarkable 90 days. Muller now is co-owner of. It expanded in 1990 to a cluster of coal lines in the heart of Anthracite (and also Reading Company) country. 319-888-7070 ahoman@iowanorthern.com Iowa Northern Railway Company is headquartered in Waterloo, Iowa including a repair and maintenance shop with yard facilities in Manly and Waterloo. In 1879, the Reading gained control of the North Pennsylvania Railroad, which provided access to the burgeoning steel industry in the Lehigh Valley.[3]. This is the third time we have won this prestigious award and we are the only railroad ever to have achieved this recognition three times. The railroad operates special trains over much of its 350-mile system throughout the year, using freight locomotives and its large collection of passenger cars. As of 1999, most former Reading lines are now part of Norfolk Southern Railway (NS), as a result of the Conrail split between NS and CSX Transportation. 425 engine 3/4 view. The purchase occurred because the line had been in jeopardy since 1976 after Conrail formed from the seven bankrupt railroads; and allowed businesses that utilize the line to remain operational, which is still true today. Passenger excursions also run on RBMN tracks. The county then hired a surveying company to survey portions of the railroad. Muller said Thursday that he plans to sink millions into the railroad over the next few years. In late 1995 these offices were combined into a new corporate headquarters at Port Clinton. However, on July 12, 1878, the P&AC Railway slipped into bankruptcy; on September 20, 1883, it was jointly acquired by the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) and the Philadelphia and Reading Railway for $1 million. [18], To the north, the New York Short Line was completed in 1906, and was a cut-off for New York City-bound trains through freights and the Baltimore and Ohio's Royal Blue. During 1875, four members of the Camden and Atlantic Railroad board of directors resigned to build a second railroad from Camden, New Jersey, to Atlantic City by way of Clementon. Operations began on December 15, 1990. It opened in 1864, using the Lebanon Valley Railroad from Sinking Spring east to Reading. "We are investing in our future and the future of the communities we serve," Reading & Northern founder and owner. Its headquarters is in Port Clinton. All of our RDCs have functional windows and clean restrooms, and are fully climate controlled. We could soon find out, A windy, cloudy Saturday for the Lehigh Valley, but the sun will come out tomorrow, Six years after hazing death, Penn State plans to drop the Greek life oversight it championed, As Adderall shortage continues, DEA plans to limit some telemedicine prescriptions, House where JonBenet Ramsey was found dead listed for sale for almost $7M, Columbia University permanently drops SAT, ACT admissions requirement, The Waterbed Doctor: California retailer lays claim to retro bed with nearly 40 years of service, sales, Felonious Florida podcast: Missing teenage girl leads to several cases of child sex trafficking, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. We followed that up in 2004 when we were awarded a Marketing Award from the NS Agriculture Products Group for our outstanding business development. This required all railroads to disinvest themselves of all mining properties and operations, and so the Reading Company was forced to sell the P&R Coal and Iron Company.[2]. They were so popular they kept running through the 1964 season. It had formerly been operated by the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad. At Mount Carbon, it connected with the earlier Mount Carbon Railroad, continuing through Pottsville to several mines, and would eventually be extended to Williamsport.[6][7][when?] None of the totals include Atlantic City RR or PRSL. The Reading built or bought numerous smaller 4-4-0s, 2-8-0s and switchers for its fleet.[19]. The line, which operates through both Carbon and Schuylkill, is part of an active freight and passenger line utilized by Reading and Northern and serves a number of customers along the line. Burlington Northern's profits were down 13% in the last quarter to $1.5 billion due to higher fuel costs and lower volumes in 2022. In 2005, RBMN took a big step forward to expand its passenger excursion business. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for MTH 30-1602-1 Railking Imperial Union Pacific FEF Northern 4-8-4 #837 w/PS3 at the best online prices at eBay! "We're going to fix them up for our passenger train," R&N owner and chairman Andrew M. Muller Jr. tells Trains News Wire. The segment was part of the original 1838 line of the PW&B, which in 1872 opened a new stretch of track further inland to serve more populated areas and reduce flooding. McLeod went about trying to control neighboring railroads in 1891. $139.00 + $25.00 shipping . $39.99. Muller also told the Carbon County Railroad Commission that he plans to take over the passenger tours now run by George Hart after his agreement runs out at the end of the year. Even though it is widespread in many developing countries endowed with vast lands and water resources, the targets of such deals are mainly Sub-Saharan Africa countries, including Ethiopia. Reading and Northern operates both freight services and steam and diesel-powered excursion passenger services, owns almost 1,300 freight cars, and employs nearly 300 dedicated employees. Engines with the name "lessor" in its title meant some steam power was owned by a second party and leased to the P&R. Zurn and Muller said they have offered Hart, 80, a lifetime pass on their tours and other perks to soften the blow. As a part of Norfolk Southern's 30th anniversary in 2012, the company painted 20 new locomotives into predecessor schemes. Evidence of our customer focus became clear to all when, in 2002, the rail industry publication Railway Age chose the Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad as Regional Railroad of the Year. The Reading almost achieved its goal of becoming a trunk road, but the deal was scuttled by J. P. Morgan and other rail barons, who did not want more competition in the northeastern railroad business. In the process, we want to control costs (control, not necessarily cut) because we hope to make a buck at this, and we hope to have a little fun. Blue Mountain and Reading Railroad: BMS: Berlin Mills Railway (St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad) BMSX: Bemis: BMT: Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit: BMZ: Boston and Maine Railroad (Pan Am Railways) BN: Burlington Northern Railroad (BNSF Railway) BNAU: Burlington Northern Railroad (BNSF Railway) BNAZ: Burlington Northern Railroad (BNSF Railway) BNFE A total of nine steam locomotives that once served the company are still preserved. On July 22, 1877, after the crushing of strikes and unions by the Philadelphia and Reading Company, and following in the path of the Great Railroad Strikes of 1877, vandalism of the Reading's financial interests in Reading, Pennsylvania began. Employees of the Reading and Northern Railroad work in a family oriented team environment. The completion of the Reading belt line in 1902, a 7.2 mile long westerly bypass of downtown Reading, alleviated the heavy rail congestion in the busy city. The subsidiary that owned mining interests in the area, the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, not the government, called up militia and Coal and Iron Police to put down riots and protests that had broken out in the city. 2102. Both Norfolk Southern and Canadian Pacific were interested in using the Lehigh Line as a north-south corridor for goods moving from the Northeast and Canada to the New York City market via Allentown, as well as points south and east of Reading. 9 Museum in Lansford, after the train stops in Jim Thorpe. As of 2023, four examples have survived, and the 2102 is in active tourist service with the Reading, Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad. This page was last edited on 31 January 2023, at 14:26. [10] Company officials threatened to leave the borough of Jim Thorpe,[11] and briefly ceased excursion operations in November 2019. The Reading leased it in 1870. Its headquarters is in Port Clinton. Our philosophy is really pretty simple. 1:47. Northern Plains Railroad 3.7. Led by Samuel Richards, an officer of the C&A for 24 years, they established the Philadelphia and Atlantic City Railway (P&AC) on March 24, 1876. [3] The railroad also entered into a partnership with the Reading Company Technical and Historical Society, which leased track space in Leesport and in return leased two diesel locomotives and assorted passenger cars for use on the line. Includes Blue Mountain & Reading, Lehigh Gorge Scenic RR and Reading & Northern listings, and cars owned by the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society that are located on line. . In order to have better control over the supply of empty hopper-cars for coal shipments, in 1995 RBMN began to purchase a fleet of cars, starting with 265 cars dedicated to Quebec Iron & Titanium Service.