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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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 #40006  by David
 
Looking for pictures of the Glendora and Bellmawr Stations on the Grenloch Branch. I have pictures of the Mount Ephraim Station (My Avatar), Runnemede, Blackwood, Glenloch and Gloucester stations. Maybe someone with some old Reading knowledge can find something :) --Thanks
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 #40022  by limejuice
 
Is this branch the overgrown ROW with the green power lines that passes under 42 south just before the Blackwood/Clementon exit?

 #40378  by David
 
Yes Limejuice, it is. The line is active to the NJ Turnpike in Runnemede. It goes under 42 (no tracks, soon to be a rail trail). That is the Blackwood/Blenheim area.

 #41771  by bellstbarn
 
Many thanks! This morning, we were at a motel in Runnemede and I decided to look at a right-of-way that seemed to parallel Black Horse Pike. Thanks for identifying it as as a Reading branch.

 #42387  by David
 
The line parallels Black Horse Pike all the way to its end in Grenloch. Parts of it all through Blackwood and now parts of Blenheim have become a nice rail-trail. Another segment is completed in Runnemede. Plans call for all of the abandoned part to be converted. The active portion includes the towns of Gloucester City, Mount Ephraim and Bellmawr.

 #228663  by David
 
Bring this old thread alive--Has anyone found any old pictures of this old Reading line?--Looking for stations like my avitar (Reading station of Mount Ephraim).--Any information of this line would be appreciated--Thanks :-)

 #357808  by RDG-LNE
 
If you can locate a copy, there are photos of the stations in Benjamin Bernhart's (sp?) Reading Station Pictorial books. I forget what volume, maybe the one that includes G? The books are arranged by branchline name, so the Grenloch would be in the volume including G. I grew up in Bellmawr and plan to include a model of the station on my model railroad.

Drew