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Building the station next to the sewage treatment plant is a good idea; but better yet, build it in the plant. The former Reading yard office in Manville was near a sewage treatment plant. I don't know how the people there stood it. Too bad A&B Meats has long since closed. Imagine a station nex...

Going by what you said, do you think that Bethlehem service could be feasible with an aggressive advertising strategy by SEPTA, new DMUs or dual-mode MUs and possibly new bilevel coaches, and a more prominent station? I have read that the old Bethlehem station was run down, unsafe, and that the par...

Do Lehigh Valley residents want to go to Philadelphia or would they rather have rail service to NJ and NYC? having lived in bethlehem for a year, the answer is an emphatic YES, NO, BOTH, and NEITHER. That's pretty astute for only living here a year. I've been here my whole life and agree. However, ...

http://www.njtpa.org/getattachment/62beb045-9946-49cf-a0cb-506fd886ccc2/Feasibility-Analysis-Report.aspx NJ Transit held a meeting about this a few years ago and concluded that ridership estimates didn't warrant it's restoration. I wasn't aware of a second report. I've know about this one for some ...

Don't know what the signage is like today, now that everything's under the auspices of the NY State DOT. Back in my day, we had similar issues with signage and, even more, guide rails. Everything on the parkways had to have that "rustic" look, and the guide rails were wooden things that a...

Basically, I have mixed feelings about Moses, but the roads and bridges he designed 80 years ago are still the mainstay of NYC's commuting traffic arteries today. I travel to Nassau County a lot, and I will say the LIRR is pretty convenient, a bit slow because there seems to be station every 1 1/2 ...

Chapman, as in Northampton County? No, this one is in Upper Macungie Twp., Lehigh County. It's located along Memorial Road. The village is bordered by Tilghman St to the north, Ruppsville Rd to the west, and Chapmans Road to the east and south. These days most people refer the area as Iron Run, for...

I know the line is still busy at its south end and Kraft Foods is a huge shipper of boxcars. I've never seen a train going over the turnpike bridge. I know a family that used to live in a development off that line in Upper Macungie. Their HOA tried to sue the realty comapany and builder because of ...

If you check out these two links, you can get two conflicting answwers. http://www.traillink.com/trail/palmer-township-recreation-trail-(towpath-bike-trail).aspx http://jerseycentrallines.webs.com/cnjpaoperationshistory.htm Now, I don't trust the accuracy of the township website since they say it st...

If you're in the Lehigh Valley, Bethlehem under the Hill-to-Hill Bridge is a good spot. You're right about that. Everything that comes eastbound or westbound through Allentown/Bethlehem has to pass that spot. Although, it was way better when the Reading Bethlehem branch was still in full operation ...

And my uncle actually grew up in the Olney/Fern Rock area. He tells me vivid stories of the trolley loop near Olney along the subway, the final days of Reading Terminal, and the original Fern Rock station, where he would board huge diesel trains downtown. Interestingly, he says the same thing about...

Franklin Gowen wrote:Hahaha! "Vitamin Y".....I haven't heard that superb moniker in a while. Forget the milkshake; pass me a lager.

You did say off-topic shouldn't be a problem, and I assume you're also asking for others to input on what's become a dialogue, or 2-way chat, so here's my 3rd person contribution to further off-topic: What, besides the name, is the difference between a station and a transportation center? I assume ...

This kind of stems from the thought about the two ROWs, but is otherwise unrelated (though it has to do with the original topic of this thread- lol). What if modern-day Norristown Line trains ran via the Manayunk Viaduct across the Schukyill, and then up the RDG row to DeKalb Street? Then the curre...

I'm pretty sure the NHSL is a light rail line in the eyes of railroad regulations (though it is more like heavy rail), and I'm unsure how that would work with Amtrak and Septa trains intertwining through switches and rolling along surrounding track. Correct me if I'm wrong on that. The NHSL used to...