RDG Hill Track 

It would have been the very early 90s, but I lived in a little white house on the west side of the 5th Street Highway by the huge natural; gas tower in North Temple - I watched the crew train with the white bunk trailers go by, and the ripping up of the track after. Thankfully, there was a much more active line on the other side of my house.

Great historical video. For those of us that lived this painful generation of railroading, the equally depressing music works.... Thanks for posting.

I have never been to the Hill Line but I can tell you for a fact that if I was to go there on a quiet evening I could hear the trains are going through the hills just as I can hear the trains going through the hills on many abandon lines all through the Northeast, they are still there and will remain so as long as I believe in the iron horse.

Most impressive, thank you for this video history lesson on the old Reading Co. "Hill Line".

Thanks for putting this together! Definitely a neat tidbit of history.

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Awesome video! The music is a celebration of the sounds of the railroad -- great choice.

Thank you. I grew up in Temple and always hoped to see a train on the line but 1986 was too late. I remember my school bus in 1988 stopping at hay rd. I used to always look down the right of way!

Great history, photos and clips. Well chosen music too.

The picture of the person in the car waiting at the crossing was me. My car got sideswiped by a drunk driver, We were living in Pricetown at the time. Wow! I was so lucky not to have been injured.

I enjoyed this history lesson. Excellent video.

Quite an effort, great presentation. Worthy of more thumbs than I can give. Thank you.

"Wann es glee Haus verbei geht, iss die Train all." Danki fer die Gedechtnisse.

I was born in 1952. At the time, my parents lived in the 700 block of Tuckerton Road in one of the "Cherokee Ranchers". My grandfather worked for the Reading Railroad and my father drove the trolley starting in 1946. He continued after they switched to buses. I am so glad some of the history has been preserved. Thank you so much. We later moved to Gibraltar and I could listen to the trains on the mainline going 24 hours a day. It was a busy line from Reading to Philly for freight and passenger.

I saw the remnants of the line there, but never knew what it was. Excellent video as always!

This video was put together very well. Enjoyed it very much. Nice work ! 👽

Great video as always! We were railfanning Temple yesterday, and were checking out some of the remains of the right of way thanks to this video. History in motion!

Very interesting. Thanks

Loved it. Tim

my aunt and uncle lived along the line,, i remember going to the edge of their yard during the summer cookouts to watch the freights rumble past, its been so long since i was out that way, i didnt know the line was gone :(