I remember when Conrail put the connector in at woodburn. It connects the west Trenton line to the Morrisville Trenton cutoff. Now operated between Norfolk Southern and CSX railroads.
I rode the Reading Railroad before SEPTA . I remember the trains traveling at higher speeds : even with some of the old mu cars and ending at the Reading Terminal.
Whenever I hear them calling for the Meadowbrook station, I think of "Meadowlark's Theme" from the old Harlem Globetrotters cartoons - in particular the "Who's got the basketball?" scetion.
Oh I forgot. some of the station on the line were built before the 1900s. Rydal was built in 1888 by The Reading. There used to be a freight turn around right behind the Jenkintown substation that allowed trains from the West Trenton line (or the New York Branch as the Reading labeled it) to the Reading's Mainline (Lansdale Line).
The Burlington Zephyr did its speed trials on the Reading too. ive seen videos of it on tracks that had wires. it looked like the Reading but I could be wrong.
Miss riding those things! Originally from Philly, have lived in FL since 1980. Good job with the video, except for the glare went it went underground. Is there some way to prevent that?
I never token the West Trenton Line, I always take the Trenton Line from Trenton, New Jersey. Which is a nice train ride from Trenton New Jersey, to Philadelphia PA.
how come that line gets shiny new concrete ties while the rest of the system sits on 1970s wooden ties? ive seen dates on tracks in Norristown saying 1969.
