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Hal- Actually wasn't completely abandoned until the early 80s..

I will start this post on an interesting line (still active). Stony Creek Branch.. Norristown to Lansdale. I think this was built in the 1870's. Service stopped around 1981 on a majority of the line, but was restarted in 1993..

Sorry to say, there is all kinds of nonsense being built.. Less and less of the structures etc.. remain.. FYI to forum members, if you get the book, the READING IN THE CONRAIL ERA, it has a photo taken in 1980 of a Conrail switcher pulling a boxcar in YERKES on the Perki Line :-) Its possible that c...

Any shots of the Norristown area in the book? A lot of abandonments happened during the era your worked..Rough times

I used to live less than a mile for the above mentioned line (now a County Bike Path). It's very difficult to find pictures of this line during the 70's and early 80's. Especially on the portion between Norristown and Oaks.. There were a lot of small industries near the river, some in Betzwood also....