• Anyone have a decent map of the former Kensington & Taco

  • Pertaining to all railroading subjects, past and present, in Pennsylvania
Pertaining to all railroading subjects, past and present, in Pennsylvania

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  by Sir Ray
 
After a long period playing with google, mapquest, rail-trail sites, etc, I could not not find a decent street level map/layout/diagram of the Kensington & Tacony branch in Northeast Philadelphia on-line.
Also, does anyone know when this branch was last used, as I found a shot of Conrail switchers in 1994 on the branch (Philly NRHS site), so I guess it must be within the last 10 years.
Thanks...

  by Urban D Kaye
 
Sir Ray ... have you tried the Historical USGS site? Maps of that area of Philly are from the 1890s but can be cross referenced to Mapquest or TerraServer for then-and-now comparison.

Sample grid showing K&T RR:
http://historical.maptech.com/getImage. ... g&state=PA

-Urban

  by choess
 
You might try looking out at train shows for someone selling the appropriate Conrail "ZTS" maps.

  by Sir Ray
 
Thanks for both your suggestions; the 1880s map actually does help some, at least in the area of Port Richmond/Tioga Marine Terminal.
The ZTS diagrams I thought were create in the mid-1980s - am I mistaken here?
Also, does anyone off-hand know when the entire line was last used?

I now see my subject heading got truncated from Tacony to Taco, which is a bit odd...