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The deal was 20-some years ago when the port authority built an intermodal transportation center in the Fairhaven part of town; buses and trains with ferries across the street. The GN station is recognized on the National Register of Historic Places and the BNSF uses it as a yard office.

The commuter trains went to Center Avenue station, down a branch, while the main line station, according to an Official Guide, was 700 feet away. Below is a scan from the PRR CT-1000 of 1945. Here's a link to a track chart of the Burgetts Branch . And another link with location coordinates and a mod...

Wind is a pair of crossovers just north of Wayne Junction on the Chestnut Hill East branch.
More is a pair of crossovers just east of the former Westmoreland station on the Chestnut Hill West branch.

Reference to Track 3 between Cayuga and Clarks Summit was removed from the timetable after Oct. 1961 and before Oct. 1964.
If you ask the question over on the "DL&W, Erie, Erie Lackawanna" Fallen Flag forum you might get a more precise answer.

When you ride SEPTA, what apps do you use. Also, if any of you use the current SEPTA app, I am curious to hear your thoughts/complaints/suggestions about it. I use the SEPTA app while traveling. Choosing new origin/destination pairs gets tedious for both train and transit so I rely on the "Fav...

US 2558709 A.jpg I am not sure the area that has been circled is actually the actual crack. I have attached an image of US Patent US2558709 A, for a wear shoe for railroad equalizer truck frames. The patent drawing shows that the notches seen in the pictures should be there. On the right side of th...

SEPTA crossed that bridge when they scrapped the R-Numbers; there's no such thing as a mis-match any more.
Some University City passengers might get annoyed with the changes if they've been accustomed to a through ride.

Maybe, one of these days, ThirdRail7 will quit with the intrigue and give us a hint of what he's talking about. If you wait until next month, (Jan at the outside) the Pennsylvanian is likely to have a slightly different look, particularly on the Keystone corridor. :wink: Train 42 on January 25 looke...

carajul wrote:I still can't figure how the RDG got heavy coal trains up that grade.

Admin note: does anyone have the capacity to copy a picture out of the PDF file? I'd love to have the route options map on page 19 for the thread. I can right click and copy the image, but can't convert it to a JPG. Alternative A: Extend CNO from NOL to ORL and operate a single state-supported roun...

We have a topic for this: New Regional Rail Train Numbering System
The full scheme shown there still seems to be valid.

The Belt LIne used to connect with the Reading at their Wilow & Noble St. yards... and continued up to Port Richmond. Is this the same line that continued up North American Street and onward to Tabor Junction? Yes, it went north on front st and then northwest... Well, no, depending on what &quo...

...With all of this as preamble for those who are in the plan, how liberal is Amtrak Guest Rewards? Under the present Guest Rewards zone redemption plan the value of the plan depends on: Your valuation of the cost of acquiring your points, The points needed for the redemption, and The currently quo...

From the Barriger Library photo collection on Flickr.com:

Roelofs track pans
https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerl ... 597566985/

Roelofs tower
https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerl ... 597566985/

...Was this the same name the RDG used when there was an interlocking station at Yardley to go from 2 tracks to 4 tracks? No, the tower was known by its telegraph call, DY, and as a remotely controlled interlocking it was known as Della. Dreaming up names for these places is a challenge for punster...