Urban Exploration - ABANDONED - Pennsylvania Railroad Train Station

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This abandoned train station has been in dis-repair since the late 80s. Built in the late 1800s, this train station was used by the popular Pennsylvania Railroad that served West Chester to Philadelphia's 30th Street Station. When the Pennsylvania Railroad started phasing out, this line was then used by Septa up till about 1986. B/c of track issues and a decrease in ridership beyond the elwyn station, Septa decided to close the line from Elywn to West Chester and spent their money fixing up the Exton - Paoli Station. There was many other station beyond this station, Glenriddle (demolished), Lenni (demolished) , Wawa (demolished), Glen Mills (still exist), Locksley (still exist), Cheney (post office), Westtown (still exist, Art Gallery), Oakbourne (demolished), West Chester (demolished but station platform used by West Chester Railroad). The tourist railroad, West Chester Railroad, still runs excursion trains with old Diesels and MU Cars from West Chester to Glen Mills. If you would like to see some of the old stations between West Chester and Glen Mills and also ride in history, visit Westchesterrr.com for info and tickets. Note, this station pictured is beyond West Chester Railroad territory. Some info obtained from Wikipedia.
Disclaimer: Exploring Abandoned Structures can be dangerous and you could be trespassing. You could get a fine, get hurt, get sick, and/or get arrested. Therefore I CAN NOT be held responsible for your actions if you do choose to enter an abandoned site. I am not providing this video to show people where and how to get to these places. This video is meant to give my viewers the feel of an abandoned structure safely in their home plus provide some history. Just don't do it. If you choose to ignore this disclaimer, you are taking full responsibility for your actions!

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@bxx32 10 лет назад

Very, very well done Steve. That's true history right there and you did a great job capturing it. The photos at the end were stellar as well.

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

Thanks Ben. Always love railroad stuff

@lynnebraun4845 6 лет назад

In the late 60s, a new girl joined our 5th grade class (Upper Darby,PA Primos El.School) and her dad worked for the trains and they lived on the 2nd floor of the Primos train station. Looked similar to this place.

@MrTrashcan1 10 лет назад

As soon as I saw the station and the operating type G signal (courtesy of SEPTA) I instantly knew it was Williamson School on the West Chester line. A few years back, the West Chester RR along with SEPTA ran an excursion from West Chester to 30th St. and on the way back we stopped at the station. It actually looks better in this video than it did then.

@CraigRuhl 6 лет назад

This appears to be the old Williamson Trade School station - Media, PA. I lived down the hill behind it on Prince Edward Lane during the 1960s and daily rode the train into the 30th Street station in Philadelphia while in college and for work afterward. The station was not open during that time although I remember two sisters that were still living there and possibly a brother at some time. It was pretty much boarded up and I had to stand on the asphalt and gravel walk to wait for the train. The train would only stop if you were out there and waving for it. I do remember on a few occasions in extremely cold weather one of the sisters let me wait in the old waiting room/ticket office. It was pretty rough and dirty. I believe that the sisters lived upstairs and the first floor was abandoned. Sad to see it in such disrepair. Maybe one day, the students at the trade school will restore it as a gift to the school.

@manasotalloyd2 10 лет назад

I was from western Pa., now in Fla. Haven't seen my own breath in 25 yrs., that never occurred to me! Good point. Thanks! Keep up the good work, like your videos.

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

manasotalloyd2 glad you enjoy them

@TikiTrex 10 лет назад

Your lighting is very good. I really need to upgrade mine. Great video of an old beautiful structure.

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

thanks tiki. I use my dslr and shoot in manual mode which allows me to control the lighting

@RebeccaMoody21sm01ur80f 10 лет назад

hey it that train line still in use??looks like it would be a lovely little getaway place if it got fixed up.

@eamonmahoney9466 3 года назад

Right now SEPTA is in the process of restoring regional rail service past Elwyn to Wawa. If demand warrants, SEPTA may reconstruct and reopen the regional rail stations at Glen Riddle and the Williamson School, as they are between Elwyn and Wawa

@patrickgaughan1174 10 лет назад

Steve i am a HUGE train buff...Your videos of other train places are AWESOME!!!!...Keep them coming.

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

patrick Gaughan Thanks so am I :)

@KaliforniaKelly63 10 лет назад

Wow, you truly do have the artist's eye, Steve. What a great find your videos are! It makes for a nice, relaxing, thoughtful Sunday afternoon! Keep up the fantastic work!

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

Thanks so much Erin. Glad you enjoy them

@MikeRuh01 4 года назад

Pretty interesting. It's now September 2020. I wonder how much worse the building looks now?

@abandonedsc4261 10 лет назад

Awesome Explore! I love the detail in these old buildings Like the trim work and old staircases Neat old claw foot tub. Great Photography! Thanks for the tour Steve!

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

Thanks man. Glad you enjoyed it

@SandyzSerious 10 лет назад

Thank you. I love old abandoned places, pieces of history. Amazing videos you make.

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

Thanks Sandyz

@mikebruce7723 10 лет назад

I don't know how you and TikiTrex below do this sort of thing. I went through an abandoned home a couple of weeks ago and I was so nervous, after I looked at the video I realized I just about ran through the place. To stay in a place for 10 our 15 minutes and narrate takes some courage. Good job Steve.

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

yea you have to control your nerves. if you enter one of these places nervous, you will do exactly what you did, rush through it

@gmonet46 10 лет назад

Love your stuff, Steve. I used to be a Federal Security Officer in D.C. There was an abandoned Women's College" just on the outskirts of D.C. that had a Olympic pol that was still full of water, after having been abandoned for about two decades. It had the right "feel" of history...with old banners commemorating past swimming victories against other colleges, from the 20's-40's. Many examples of woodworking skills in dark wood everywhere. 1800 Victorian with large covered entry.

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

***** Thanks Ed. Very cool. So you are the ones chasing ppl like me away huh

@MrDevlin350 10 лет назад

Great video Steve ! Love those old stations,always irks me when some town or city tears them down,they should all be preserved.Love the black & white stills,good angles !

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

Thank You!

@williamgriffin6515 10 лет назад

Abandoned Steve your videos are so great…love watching them, you, and ben and tiki, and dadeeoh, and other have should great fun doing the videos and filming great things..

@8733598 10 лет назад

Amazing Footage and Photos, Thanks Steve

@craftyrats 10 лет назад

Another awesome explore. I Love that staircase. I bet this was an amazing place in it's hay day with all that beautiful wood work. TFS Myra

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

Thanks for watching :)

@ginamaria2579 10 лет назад

Amazingly cool , really great shots , another favorite ...

@RaisingHellAgain 10 лет назад

Wow I had no idea people lived in the stations...wish I could have heard what you were saying, but in any case super video thanks...

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

yea I did not talk much in this one. Yea a lot of the old stations had people living upstairs. They were homes also

@Island_Line_Rail_Productions 8 лет назад

cool video! my grandfather worked for the Pennsy! just want to give a heads up, you were trespassing on Railroad property when you were walking on the tracks in the beginning..also looking at that signal..yellow aspect means Approach..so...train was on the way

@AbandonedSteve 8 лет назад

+Paul Rude Thank You. I have relation to that railroad and that line is no longer used for daily traffic.

@Island_Line_Rail_Productions 8 лет назад

Abandoned Steve ah ok. I just comment that because I have seen lots of people almost hit by trains and also heard stories from crews and relatives about what happens when a train hits a person or car

@TDRSHOW 10 лет назад

This is great man, keep up the great work. I really really enjoy this kind of stuff.

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

Thanks adam and welcome to the channel. Keep on watching!

@Rathfarnham 10 лет назад

Beautiful building. I hope someone buys it and renovates to bring it back to its former glory

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

i agree. lets all hope

@jackwhite9395 10 лет назад

It's a shame to see these buildings just rotting away.

@WolfmanJack66 10 лет назад

At 1:50 in the distance. Do you see someone leaning against the telephone pole?

@heinrichberthold7839 9 лет назад

Steve I am near this area in delaware county PA. I was wondering where exactly is this station? Also the other stations you mentioned above that still exist are they open or abandoned?

@UTubeGlennAR 8 лет назад

Wonder if that building was a once a barn? Either way, never seen a PA train station with a gambrel roof before.

@AbandonedSteve 8 лет назад

Yes it does look like a barn!

@Gargoyle_Guy 10 лет назад

It's sad. Reminds me of the past railroad history of my town. It used to have a huge rail roundhouse in it, with a grand victorian depot with a 10 story clocktower and everything. It fell into disrepair though, and they had to tear it down. So many cool old things get that treatment don't they?

@thegrandreview5949 9 лет назад

Here is a little bit of abandoned history from Paoli PA, with much Colonial rum punch being consumed! www.etsy.com/listing/119839469/historic-philadelphia-main-line-print

@gabriellapotato9762 9 лет назад

great videos, well informative and you can see the stuff

@AbandonedSteve 9 лет назад

gabriella Potato Thank you. I try my best to get the best possible footage

@andrewbrendan1579 10 лет назад

Growing up in Bloomfield, Indiana, I read the Hardy Boys books and I recall going to the unused train station to look for clues. Clues to what I don't know but it was fun! Through the window I saw an old poster showing one or two men in a cartoon drawing and the phrase, "You're darn tootin'" and the part of the station that projected outward I recall something like a headset. Maybe from the telegraph? I don't know when the station was abandoned. I took a train trip once to Gary or Chicago (1960's) but I don't recall from where we left or just where we went as I was so young.

@RaKeLN. 10 лет назад

The rooms upstairs are pretty, the doors and the little doors, I haven't seen those kind of doors in a while, I like that old style a lot.

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

yea a lady use to live in this station before she pasted away i believe

@tinkerspell4850 10 лет назад

The doorways and the stairs were so narrow! Very cool video.

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

thanks bettie

@grayfox4554 9 лет назад

Hi, I love this video. All I could think about while watching was how great it would be to re-purpose it into a home but have the first floor a model railroad display area. But the asbestos warning would drive up the the cost. How ever fixing the place up with modern windows and insulation with new HVAC would make it a fantastic home/ club meeting site. An engineer would need to design the AC duct work. I wish I could do it. I hope someone does.

@AbandonedSteve 9 лет назад

Bob Stinson this would be an awesome place to see be made into a home

@jolovesminnis 10 лет назад

Thanks for the tour! Cool old place!

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

Your welcome. Thanks for watching!

@mariag1126 10 лет назад

I love your videos! Just wondering, do you ever feel scared while doing this? Cause i dont be out of there before even walking up to the door.. Wow, you're brave.

@ANGELSRAGE77 10 лет назад

Thank you for another great video, Steve. I am happy to see it hasn't been vandalized with graffiti and current trash.

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

Your welcome and thanks for watching!

@bethanytrick7634 10 лет назад

Thanks for the video! I have recently taken a train ride for the first time and noticed several abandoned buildings along the route, although they were all more urban. Saw nothing like this old abandonded station though. Neat find.

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

Your welcome. Glad you enjoyed it

@timdaugherty706 10 лет назад

Where is this located? I noticed the welded rail and the electric line on the track.

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

not far from philly. This line is still electrified but is not used

@76southernpride 10 лет назад

really great footage. i would imagine, whomever was running the station, was living upstairs. i would have to think, in it's time, there weren't many houses around, where they would live close by. just like a light house keeper, in the old days. great still shots.

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

Thank you my friend!

@andrewbrendan1579 10 лет назад

My favorite form of transportation is ocean liners of the past, up to the 1960's, but there is a special something to trains and train stations and even railroad tracks themselves. I especially like train tracks out in the country where the engineer sees things and views most people never see. I saw a book of Indiana photos and there were pictures of tracks out in the country; I started having dreams about them!

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

Andrew Brendan I agree with you.Trains are an awe to me. I wish i could re live the history of them

@Punxsyjumper 10 лет назад

Good one Steve. I still say, be a great place for a metal detector. I've been by this station many times by rail. Pop worked for PRR and we could ride for free on a family pass. Used to run from Levittown station to Altoona where my Grandparents would pick us up. That was late 60's. Let me know when you come out to western PA .

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

might find some old coins at this one.

@Punxsyjumper 10 лет назад

***** Hi Buddy, originally from Altoona. Born in '55 but we wound up in Levittown in '65. Lived in Goldenridge from then on. Is that where you are?

@nannybooboo7380 10 лет назад

very nice yes upstairs are living quarters

@Ozzyrose22 10 лет назад

INTERESTING, I LOVE VISITING HISTORICAL OLD VACANT PLACES, THEN AGAIN COULD BE DANGEROUS breathing in all mold I'm sure....

@nannybooboo7380 10 лет назад

Syl TessaLee Flores - Vickers a mask would be the answer. But the woodstucture may not be save. Better look from the outside

@AndreaWanting 10 лет назад

This was fascinating for me. thank you.

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

Your welcome. Thanks for watching

@carolneaves3630 8 лет назад

Thanks Steve, another good explore

@AbandonedSteve 8 лет назад

Thank so much for watching Carol

@TheLimbReaper 10 лет назад

That would have been a cool place to live above and work at. It would still be a good design for a home at least...insulated & upgraded of course.

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

Yea and you must like trains too

@WayOffTheTrail 10 лет назад

Great video. That would be a really cool house ti fix up and luve in except for all the trains. LOL

@misstrish0708 10 лет назад

Do you live near me? I so want to go exploring with you! lol.. Amazing footage!

@davehibbs9111 6 лет назад

I lived there from 1979 to 1984 paid $200 a month and only had a toilet and sink!

@Seeker0fTruth Год назад

!!!!!

@davidfrobel7582 10 лет назад

cool video,,hope someone fixes it up

@MrHeadbanger366 9 лет назад

Cool video and you took some great photos.

@AbandonedSteve 9 лет назад

+MrHeadbanger366 Thank you!

@estherl2407 4 года назад

This was a neat explore

@johntellmewhy 8 лет назад

excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!

@AbandonedSteve 8 лет назад

Thanks

@lasalleman 10 лет назад

Looks like it's still in pretty good shape. Basically.

@cwb0051 10 лет назад

wow..Good job Steve, who would live in the train station apartment?

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

most likely the person who lived in the station was the one who sold the tickets

@JaimeDelgadoVideos 10 лет назад

Great Video Steve! This one at a point reminds me of the last scene of The Blair Witch Project. I could barley make out what you were saying but it was a good video none the less. Big up to you for having the courage to do what you do, I know I wouldn't LOL

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

yea i was not talking that much in this one.

@MegaHickok 10 лет назад

Does anyone else see the figure in a blue jacket who appears to be standing in front of the pole at 1:52?

@Seeker0fTruth Год назад

CREEPY!!!

@MrMadscotsman 10 лет назад

Another great video Steve! Was it cold while you were exploring?

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

Yes, it was about 30 degree F this day of exploring. Thanks for watching

@ohboynothimagain 10 лет назад

Pretty cool videos I thought I seen a coupl of ORBs but it could of been dust to

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

yea you can see them in a few spots in the video. Not sure what it is

@woody95124 10 лет назад

Very cool old station...where abouts is this?

@tunnelportterror 10 лет назад

the claw foot tub in the bathroom is worth money, I sold one like that for $250

@jackiequick51 10 лет назад

Are you alone when investigating these places? Looks spooky, I would be afraid of somebody or something popping out, love your videos

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

Jackie Quick I am usually with a friend of mine.

@jackiequick51 10 лет назад

Ok I feel better now,,lol

@TheShospitali 10 лет назад

The ghost of Petticoat Junction!

@clairvoyantamnesiac9770 10 лет назад

Integrity; creative and interesting...both you TikiTrek and TheUnknown fella are really what RU-vid is made for..as for the woo guy oh well distant 10th place...imo

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

Thank You so much Vincent. ***** and the unknown camera man also make great videos. Why do you not like adam?

@clairvoyantamnesiac9770 10 лет назад

Just kidding...

@timsroom4606 10 лет назад

I loved it

@wandererpyepoudre744 10 лет назад

great video i know UE is to have good manners but have U ever encountered someone who didn't- do u go by yourself

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

depend on the day and what I am doing. I try to not go by myself

@Jason1Pa 10 лет назад

How do you get in to some of these places? This one seemed pretty sealed up

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

I do not break and enter. if there no opening, I stay out but this one had one

@SteamboatWilley 10 лет назад

Would make a nice house.

@stevetoby775 10 лет назад

At 5.00 is that a puff off smoke that goes past? Right after he look at need papers on the floor and pans to the left.

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

Hi Steve and thanks for watching. When I filmed this location, it was a cold day so that what is was

@MsA6a6a6 9 лет назад

verygood video quality

@AbandonedSteve 9 лет назад

Rakesh Bali Thank You

@vikramshandilya7034 9 лет назад

ऊतम

@swigyyswag4284 10 лет назад

How does this guy not get creeped out in these places

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

There not that bad :)

@swigyyswag4284 10 лет назад

True because you've had metric tons so experience

@swigyyswag4284 10 лет назад

Of* dumb autocorrect

@manasotalloyd2 10 лет назад

what is the mist going through the door an 4:58? smoke? hardly dust!

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

manasotalloyd2 good question. A few other comment have mentioned that also. It was a very cold day. could of been my breath

@lumotaku6483 10 лет назад

judging by the newspaper stopped being used in the 80s?

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

yes the late 80s

@1940limited 10 лет назад

This station must have been converted to a private residence at one time. Either that or the station master also got to live there as a fringe benefit. I've never seen a train station with a basement and upstairs with bathrooms and bedrooms. The remains of a screened in porch also suggest the place was used as a home for a while as the train station itself would have never been equipped that way. In the basement is a coal fired furnace that fueled a single pipe steam heating system, common in buildings of the 20s, 30s, and 40s. The little valves on the radiators regulated the amount of steam in them. It was a great and inexpensive system that threw plenty of heat if not the most efficient by today's standards. It looks like it was a hand fired furnace, too. Woe to you if the fire went out in the middle of the night! You had to be sure to bank that furnace good before going to bed! The signal light is still illuminated on the tracks which are obviously still in service. I'm glad the line's not abandoned even if there's no use for the station anymore.

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

from what I know a lot of the older railroad station were also living quarters as you can see in this video

@1940limited 10 лет назад

Abandoned Steve It's certainly a perfect example of "working from home!" Thanks for your reply.

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

no problem. I try to respond to all comments that are respond-able of course

@gmonet46 10 лет назад

Nah, you do it right. If we were guarding a property that was not being used, or ready for conservation, and someone asked to see the place we'd escort them through to the buildings. Tax payers, like you, owned it. Most of the time it was vandals or graffiti artists. FYI, that pool had not electricity so the reflections of the water at night were quite eerie.

@PRR5406 10 лет назад

Why must everything be vandalized and tortured?

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

Bc ppl who do it have no life

@tunnelportterror 10 лет назад

because banks, utilities, governments are greedy, and rape the economy, and the federal reserve prints fiat unbacked inflationary money, that's why- and it will only get worse with time- welcome to the new "shithole America"

@mykenwood830 10 лет назад

you need to talk more and explain what we are seeing...describe things and treat the video as if we are there with you. Tiki Trex does a great job of urban exploration also and she describes everything she sees to the viewer as if we were along for the trip.

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

sometimes it depends what is covering my mouth from the cancer air born particles in some of these buildings.

@mykenwood830 10 лет назад

understood

@woodspiritsherrill7483 10 лет назад

If the train no longer runs there, that building could be repurposed in several ways, even a home.

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

woodspirit Sherrill rumor is that there might be plans to restore this station

@woodspiritsherrill7483 10 лет назад

Abandoned Steve thanks. I am historic preservationist and always worry about our wonderful architectural history being lost.

@MrFligemon 9 лет назад

I have seen zombies here......of course I was smoking meth before my visions Step Outside My Sleeping Bag.

@davidtrueslayor7474 7 лет назад

Very rare to see an actual White Mist old school ghost (spirit) @3:04 @3:42 @5:00 @5:22 . It seemed to follow you around the first floor. I am not into photography but I will say those photos you take at the end are so clear and beautiful- you make a garbage can look good, lol. Thanks again.

@TAT2O6 10 лет назад

Do you ever have any paranormal experiences at any of these houses? That's if you believe in that. Also around 5:00 it looks like a white mist rushes around the corner. I saw other comments on saying its your breath, but I don't think so.

@AbandonedSteve 10 лет назад

i have not really experienced any of that but it was cold out that day