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Two more photos of the Yardleyville Centennial Bridge. These were taken in 1892 by William Henry Jackson and were commissioned by the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad.
FT's 251 (A&B) lead B &O freight #695 through Yardley, PA, on New York Branch on June 11, 1961. Train will terminate in B & O's Eastside Yard in Phila. (Photo by Martin Zak - Flags, Diamonds & Statues, ARHS).
The original bridge over the Delaware River was a steel type sitting on stone piers (which are still standing today.) I would like to say it was a deck type bridge for lack of a better term. Postcard Photo for RR.jpg Yardleyville Centenial Bridge 2 for RR.jpg Yardleyville Centenial Bridge larger.jp...
This is a diagram of the construction plant which was set up on the PA side to build The West Trenton RR Bridge:
I found an article about The West Trenton RR Bridge which was published in ENGINEERING NEWS Volume 69 Number 22 May 29, 1913: For RR.jpg This description suggests several things to me: 1) Travelling East from Yardley there is a bridge over South Main Street adjacent to the station. This is followed ...
Trevose - 2.jpg The station at Roelofs looked like this station which was located at Trevose, PA. This design was built in four locations that I know of: Trevose, PA Lizette, PA (re-named Roelofs)(this location has also been called Makefield and Palmer. but I believe that both of these names refer ...
The following are aerlal photographs from 1937: 1937 Roelofs Tower.jpg 1937 Pump House.jpg 1937 Pump House and Roelofs.jpg There is what I think is the water reservoir that was built in 1914 in the upper right of the last photograph (adjacent to the tracks). If anyone knows about this structure I wo...
From the Barriger Library photo collection on Flickr.com: Roelofs track pans https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/12349122043/in/album-72157640597566985/ Roelofs tower https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/12349400084/in/album-72157640597566985/ Roelofs Track Pans 2 smaller.jpg Roe...
I stumbled on this photo by accident. It is Reading 108 taking on water. Is this Roeloffs ??? Sorry, but no; it's not at Roelofs. That photo of G1sa #108 actually at Bound Brook NJ in 1936. It's from page 23 of a railfan-Reading Company-interest book titled "Rails Along The Schuylkill". T...
I stumbled on this photo by accident. It is Reading 108 taking on water. Is this Roeloffs ???
DY tower building lasted until the early '80s when it was razed by Conrail. RO was torn down long before that. The Reading Company technical & Historical Society lists DY as Doylestown on their list. Very interested in your input on this. Your comments have already lead me to information which ...
