Nostalgia & History > A Day at Phoenixville, PA 1973

Action on the Reading Company mainline in July 1973.

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Very nice trio. I  like the view in number 2 showing the small Phoenixville yard. Not long for the world with hardly a trace left.

Great set of images.
Really like those signals.
Gary

In April 1973, we decided to take a break from Allentown-Bethlehem Reading action and went down to the Reading main line at Pottstown, which is just west of Phoenixville. There was quite a bit of action and we were not disappointed!

TJY



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/07/20 16:15 by icancmp193.

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Not much left there today. The passenger station (not pictured) is a caterer and restuarant, the Phoenix Bridge and Iron property in the background is Condos and Luxury apartments, there is a single main track (NS Harrisburg Line) where the RDCs were and a high speed switch from single to double track about where the three diesels are sitting in the 2nd picture. The Chester Springs Branch curving off in the first picture and small yard with the caboose went away about 20 years ago. VFPNSFAN posts a lot of NS on the Eastern Board from Perkiomen Junction about two miles east of this spot. 20 years ago you could see Conrail, CSX and D&H (CP Rail) trains, only NS today.
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