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- From: romeo@niagara.Tymnet.COM (Michael Stimac)
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- Subject: Re: NEC
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- Date: 25 Jan 93 19:32:02 GMT
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- In article <38761@cbmvax.commodore.com> grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) writes:
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- >What is the burned out elevated station (kind of on a bridge where
- >one line passes over the other) between Overbrook and 30'th street?
- >When was it last in service?
-
- That is the former Overbrook Station. I have a 1955 timetable that
- shows trains stopping there. I've no info on when it was closed.
- I do remember it being "burned out" in the early '70s.
-
- >Is there one other electrified branch heading northwest from the west
- >end of Zoo? Riding past on the Paoli Local I see tracks, but can't
- >tell what's going on. One of these days, I'll have to buy survey
- >maps and trace out the different branches, past and present.
-
- That would be the Belmont branch. It's a double-track line, but
- wasn't electrified. I think this is because it was a freight line,
- not a commuter line, but I'm not certain of this. I'm pretty sure
- it was a connection to the Reading as well.
-
- Michael Stimac
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