This may be slightly off forum - Does the "Blue Line" see any freight traffic from the SEPTA trackage north of Wayne Junction?
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Well, on a SEPTA forum, "Blue Line" will be generally interpreted as the Market-Frankford Subway/Elevated Line...so the short answer is no. The long answer, I fear, is what do you mean by Blue Line?
Jbad wrote:Well, on a SEPTA forum, "Blue Line" will be generally interpreted as the Market-Frankford Subway/Elevated Line...I don't think so. This forum tends to be populated by railfans, who still call the P&W the P&W, and for whom the short-lived Blue Line name for the Market-Frankford El hasn't really stuck.
so the short answer is no. The long answer, I fear, is what do you mean by Blue Line?He meant the Blue Line Connecting Track, which links the ex-Reading main line to Jenkintown and Lansdale with the the freight tracks running down to the Twin Bridges. It lies between Roberts Yard and the main line just south of Wayne Junction.
And yes, there is a more or less nightly CSX freight using SEPTA trackage rights from Lansdale to Wayne Jct., and then down to South Phila and back on CSX.