Does anyone have any information or photos about the Reading lines through Royersford and Spring City. There were tracks on both sides of the Schuylkill River, and there is a bridge across the river just past the station. The Royersford station is still standing, and is now being used for commercial purposes. Was there a station on the Spring City side?
The Reading's Main Line on the east bank through Royersford (now Norfolk Southern) is the only surviving railroad in that area of the Schuylkill valley. On the west bank. the PRR's Schuylkill Branch passed through Spring City close to the river's bank. PRR had a station near Bridge Street which is long gone, and the area is redeveloped.
A Pennsy spur crossed the river diagonally a few blocks north of the highway bridge. The Phoenixville quadrangle topographic map shows that this PRR served a few industries in Royersford along the river north of the bridge. Apparently there was no PRR-RDG connection.
The Reading had a short branch a few blocks north of the station (Fifth Avenue Branch) which climbed a creek valley to serve Oehlert Brothers, a building supply house.