PRSL References

I was visited recently by a new friend who plans to model the PRSL in HO. I gave him a list of references that I should probably document here in case by chance some others seek to undertake modeling the PRSL. (I have listed the pictures dealing with Westville and Woodbury.)

Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines by Frederick A. Kramer 1980 edition

Pictures: Westville p. 94; Woodbury pp16,49; 1974 Freight Schedule p.94; PRSL Roster pp 101-102

Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines by Frederick A. Kramer 2011 edition (same text but a lot of new pictures) Pictures:  Westville pp 22,129; Woodbury pp 11,90,104; PRSL Roster pp 138-139

Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines in Color by John P. Stroup Volume 1

Westville pp 102-103; Woodbury p. 104; Diesel Roster p.124

Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines in Color by John P. Stroup Volume2

Westville p. 99

Images of America: Woodbury by Sands & Turner; RR pictures: pp 35, 40-43, 45

Images of Rail: Steam to Diesel in NJ by Charles P. Caldes

            Gloucester  p. 68; Woodbury pp. 70, 103

By Rail to the Boardwalk by Richard M. Gladulich

Atlantic City Railroad by Cook & Coxey - deals with the Reading RR portion of the line.

The first two were my best resources, #3 & 4 have the nicest pictures.

Internet sites:

Join the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society: http://www.prslhs.com/

Excellent source of PRSL history from a lot of men who worked on it.

The Reading Modeler: http://www.readingmodeler.com/ contains the 1954 Freight Shippers Guide listing all customers (and shipped products) on the PRSL

SJRails: http://www.sjrail.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

Strasburg Model Railroad Club: http://www.trainweb.org/smrc/prsl_layout.html has modeled the PRSL in HO from Woodbury to Glassboro