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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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 #1436569  by JimBoylan
 
The old ground level Germantown station on the extension to Chestnut Hill was a through train shed! In this photo, taken on Nov. 12, 1931:

https://www.phillyhistory.org/PhotoArch ... etId=15538" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

trains are probably already using the temporary station on the shoo fly, seen here prob ably under construction on Oct. 2, 1931:

https://www.phillyhistory.org/PhotoArch ... etId=15501" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

There are many more construction photos at that site.