King Coal (train)

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King Coal
Overview
Service type Inter-city rail
StatusDiscontinued
Locale Pennsylvania
First serviceLate 1930s
Last serviceJune 28, 1963
Former operator(s) Reading Railroad
Route
Termini Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Shamokin, Pennsylvania

The King Coal was a passenger train operated by the Reading Railroad between Philadelphia and Shamokin, Pennsylvania. [1] The train was launched in the late 1930s, as part of Reading's introduction of streamlined trains, with equipment rebuilt by the railroad specifically for the service. [1]

In its latter years it was truncated to Pottsville on weekends. [2] Due to declining demand for passenger rail travel as automobiles became more prevalent, the King Coal was discontinued on June 28, 1963. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Classic American Railroads Volume III. St. Paul, MN: MBI Publishing Company. 2003. p. 115. ISBN   0-7603-1649-X.
  2. ↑ 'Official Guide of the Railways,' June 1961, Reading Railroad section, Table 3
  3. ↑ "'Last train' left Shamokin 50 years ago today". The News Item. June 28, 2013. Retrieved September 15, 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
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