I'm railfannin through Philadelphia and I heard of three or four yartds outside the city around Norristown area. I was wondering if anyone can help me out with directions? I went to the yard by sesame place and the yard on the schuylkill, they were nice, not a big selection, but workers were friendly and accomadating. Any help would be appreciated!
Norristown...Abrams yard is across the river, just north
of Norristown. Ex-Reading, Now NS. GP-38's and widecab GE's.
Not very exciting. I've never had a problem, but I've heard of
others being chased out.
Greenwich yard, south philadelphia. Formerly the"big" yard
for Phila., PRR and B&O.
Now CSX and CP. You can get pix of the CP from public roads,
but it is backlit during the day. All else is burried deep in the
yard, and not accessible. Not much there anyway.
Eastside yard, ex B&O, along the schuykill river, city side below
south street. Bad neighborhood, and the CSX cops patrol alot.
Probably the most power and variety in the Phila area, but it's
a get in and get out area. The cops may leave you alone if you
don't walk across any tracks. The CSX and the City of Philadelphia
have been having a big fight over residents of the city walking
across the tracks to get to a city park, so the area is particularly
sensitive. I used to have a friend who worked RG tower there,
so I knew how to drive in to where the employees parked. But that
wa years ago.
Pavonia Yard, Camden NJ..just acrooss the river..See if you can
get in touch with Chuchubob (Bob Vogel), who seems to be able
to take pix here without any problem. Ex-PRSL yard. Not a lot of
powwer, but some variety. There have been BNSF and UP units
here recently.
Sorry I can't give you directions to these other places, but with
a $5.00 map, you can find how to get to them. That's what I did.
pdt
