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Surviving RDG Stations

Discussion Related to the Reading Company 1833-1976 and it's predecessors Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road and then the Philadelphia and Reading Railway.

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Surviving RDG Stations

 #569271  by mst145
 
Annville (moved from its original location):

http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... ?id=438644

http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... ?id=538750

Barnesville:

http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... id=1284200

http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... id=1284208

Cressona:

http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... id=1284306

http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... id=1284201

East Mahanoy Junction:

http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... id=1284202

Water Tower:

http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... id=1284214

Frackville (moved to Temple mid-1980's):

http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... ?id=456707

http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... ?id=517209

Gilberton:

http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... id=1284203

Hecksherville:

http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... id=1284204

Minersville:

http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... id=1284205

http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... id=1284225

Molino:

http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... ?id=511804

New Ringgold:

http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... ?id=511807

Palmyra:

http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... ?id=678230

Pottsville:

http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... id=1284206

http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... id=1284231

Schuylkill Haven:

http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... ?id=601680

http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... id=1284207

Swatara (inbetween Hershey & Hummelstown):

http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... ?id=510738

Tamaqua:

http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... id=1284209

http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... id=1284236

Crossing Shanty:

http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... id=1284241

Crossing Tower:

http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... id=1284238


M.T.

Re: Surviving RDG Stations

 #569661  by Bethlehem Jct.
 
Did the Philadelphia & Reading later build another passenger station in Pottsville that was torn down? I've seen old photos of another structure that is clearly not the 1851 building on Union St. It was one of those whimsical Victorian monstrosities that the Reading was fond of building in the 1870's. It reminded me of photos of the old Shamokin station. I've never been able to find a good photo of it online.
This is the only online image I've ever found of it:

Image

Re: Surviving RDG Stations

 #569880  by mst145
 
I asked the Anthracite Railroads Yahoo Group & this is what I found out.

The Pottsville station was originally built for passengers then used for freight after the Union St. station was completed. It was located on the southeast corner of East Norwegian and Railroad (now Progress Ave.) streets (where the big office building is now) & demolished in the early 1960's.

M.T.
Last edited by mst145 on Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:44 am, edited 1 time in total.

Re: Surviving RDG Stations

 #569896  by mannybrown
 
Some nice RDG stations on the New York Branch

West Trenton
http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/2 ... 623100.jpg
Pennington
http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/4 ... 184800.jpg
Hopewell
http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/7 ... 040800.jpg
Belle meade
http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/7 ... 555200.jpg

Skillman: dismantled and put back together in north or south Carolina?

Trenton: now without any rails connecting to it and last I was told is a senior center of some sort

Re: Surviving RDG Stations

 #570282  by Bethlehem Jct.
 
mst145 wrote:I asked the Anthracite Railroads Yahoo Group & this is what I found out.

The Pottsville station was originally built for passengers then used for freight after the Union St. station was completed. It was located on the southeast corner of East Norwegian and Railroad (now Progress Ave.) streets (where the big office building is now) & demolished in the early 1960's.

M.T.
Thanks for the detailed info. I did eventually find a pic in Pottsville in the Twentieth Century. All this time I had been mistaken about it's location. I has assumed it was on Union St., next to the extant station. I assumed that it was located there because that's where the trains stopped after the depot was razed. My bad!

Now if only I can find more pics regarding the Lehigh Valley in Pottsville...

Re: Surviving RDG Stations

 #570389  by glenonoko
 
If ya'll don't mind some corrections, here's the facts on the Reading's Pottsville stations.

Prior to 1851, the Reading did not run into Pottsville itself. Passenger trains terminated at Mt Carbon, and passengers rode an omnibus or stagecoach into Pottsville. Or they walked.

The Union Street station that still stands today is the ORIGINAL P&R passenger station in Pottsville. It was built in 1851, and served as the passenger station until 1887, after which it was converted to a freight house.

The Norwegian Street passenger station opened in June 1887, and served until it was closed about 1961 (I don't have the exact date) and sold to the city who demolished it. After this, a new passenger platform was built at Union Street, adjacent to the original passenger station which was still in use as the freight house. Perhaps someone else can comment on whether Union Street was again used in the 1960s/1970s as a passenger waiting room and/or ticket office, or did passengers simply wait on the outdoor platform?

-- rkb

Re: Surviving RDG Stations

 #614652  by kp5308
 
Noble on the W Trenton:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=1393058
Jenkintown:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=1393033
Willow Grove on the New Hope:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=1393057
Langhorne on the W Trenton:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=1257335
Mertztown on the E Penn:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=1039424
Kutztown:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... ?id=626354
Glenside (N Penn):
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=1393061
Frank Furness designed Gravers, on the Chestnut Hill Branch:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... ?id=924100
4th St in E Greenville on the Perkiomen-now a residence:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... ?id=917312
Does Bethlehem Union Station count?
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... ?id=955820
I know Sinking Spring does-moved to the SS Fire Co.park...:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... ?id=626351
Of course Reading Terminal:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=1416463

Re: Surviving RDG Stations

 #627286  by Caseyjim
 
In the restoration of passenger service west of Norristown, could the existing stations still be used for passengers, such as Reading-Franklin Street, Valley Forge, Birdsboro, Pottstown,and Pottsville, to name a few. This could save on the cost of erecting entirely new structures if the existing stations could be used for passengers once again.
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