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- From: romeo@niagara.Tymnet.COM (Michael Stimac)
- Newsgroups: rec.railroad
- Subject: Re: NEC
- Message-ID: <3229@tymix.Tymnet.COM>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 20:42:24 GMT
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- In article <3226@tymix.Tymnet.COM> romeo@niagara.Tymnet.COM (myself) wrote:
- >In article <38761@cbmvax.commodore.com> grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) wrotes:
-
- >>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.
- >
-
- Ooops! Just re-read your question, and you specifically asked about
- an electrified branch. There is the Schuylkill Branch which takes
- off from the Main Line at 52nd Street (not exactly Zoo, but only
- 3.9 miles from Suburban Station).
-
- This line is (was?) electrifed as far as Norristown, going through such
- towns as Bala, Cynwyd, Manayunk, Conshohocken, and Ivy Rock. Beyond
- Norristown the line continues to a junction with the Lehigh Valley
- at Laurel Junction passing such towns as Phoenixville, Pottstown,
- Birdsboro, Shoemakersville, Pottsville, and New Boston.
-
- (I love those Pennsylvania town names :-)
-
- Michael Stimac
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