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Location / Name:
Philadelphia PA: Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties

What's Here:
Railroad Stations of 1934

Access by train/transit:
Well, at the time, any of them :-)

The Scoop:

These three pages cover the railroad / train stations that were around in the early 1900's.  What started this whole venture was the 1934 appraisal map.  These maps come from an excellent historical reference page of maps of the greater Philadelphia area from back in the late 1800's and early 1900's, all overlaid on Google's map from today.  You can click on as many maps as you want, but only the latest map will be shown on top, earlier maps will be "underneath".  The 1934 station locations will be augmented with screen shots from two other maps: a 1910 Philadelphia Atlas, and a 1903 Philadelphia Street map.  This is because there seem to be a fair number of stations that disappeared just in these 24 years!

Because there are so many stations to cover, I divided the coverage into several pages, this page covers stations Northeast of the current 30th Street Station, the other two cover Northwest and South Philadelphia.

Railroad Abbreviations:
B&O -- Baltimore & Ohio RR
CNJ -- Central RR of New Jersey
H&B -- Holmesburg & Bustleton RR (later became part of the PRR)
LV -- Lehigh Valley RR
LVR -- Lebanon Valley Railroad
NYC -- New York Central RR
NYSL -- New York Short Line RR
PB&W -- Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington RR (became the PRR)
PG&N -- Philadelphia, Germantown & Norristown RR
PKR -- Port Kennedy Railroad
PN&NY -- Philadelphia, Newtown & New York RR
P&R -- Philadelphia & Reading Rwy, which later became the Reading
P&T -- Philadelphia & Trenton RR
PW&B -- Philadelphia, Washington & Baltimore RR
PRR -- Pennsylvania RR
PVR -- Pickering Valley Railroad
R&C -- The Reading and Columbia Railroad
RDG -- Reading RR
WC&P -- West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad, 1848-1881, became the West Chester branch of the PRR, now the Media-Elwyn line

Acknowledgements:
Greater Philadelphia Geo History
Wikipedia
Hidden City, various pages

Websites and other additional information sources of interest for the area:
http://www.philageohistory.org/tiles/viewer/
https://hiddencityphila.org/2019/08/in-northeast-philadelphia-a-rich-history-of-train-tracks-and-acquisitions/
https://hiddencityphila.org/2013/03/who-moved-the-newkirk-viaduct-monument/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia,_Wilmington_and_Baltimore_Railroad
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newkirk_Viaduct_Monument
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_Philadelphia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_and_Philadelphia_Railroad
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junction_Railroad_(Philadelphia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Chester_and_Philadelphia_Railroad


Map



Station Locations

22nd St  NW05
40th St  NW26
49th St  S01
52nd St  NW24
60th St  S03
84th St  S06
Allens Lane  NW18
Arrott  NE14
Asbestos  NW16
Ashton  NE20
Bala  NW22
Belmont  NW25
Bell Road  S05
Berks St  NE04
Blue Grass NE24
B&O Station (downtown)  NW27
Bridesburg  NE17
Broad Street  NE01
Bustleton Stations NE23
Carpenter  NW18
Cedar Grove  NE13
Cheltenham  NE21
Chestnut Hill Stations  NW14
Cinnaminson  NW01
Columbia Ave  NE03
Crescentville  NE13
Cynwyd  NW22
(Darby) B&O  S04
E. Falls  NW04
East Lane  NW16
Elkins Park  NE12
Elmwood  S07
Erie Ave  NE06
Fairhill  NE05
Fern Rock  NE10
Fernwood  S02
Fisher  NW08
Fox Chase  NE22
Frankford Stations  NE15
Frankford Junction  NE16
Girard Ave  NE03
Germantown (P&R)  NW09
Germantown (PRR)  NW20
Germantown Road  NW12
Girard Ave (P&R) NE03
Girard Ave (PRR)  NW26
Gravers  NW14
Highland  NW15
Hillcrest  NW17
Holmesburg  NE19
Holmesburg Junction  NE19
Kensington  NE04
Lawndale  NE21
Lehigh Ave  NE05
Lindley  NE07
Logan  NE08
Manayunk  NW02
Merion  NW23
Mermaid  NW13
Mt Airy  NW12
N. Broad Street  NW21
N. Manayunk  NW01
Nicetown  NW06
North Penn Jc  NE06
N. Philadelphia  NW21
Oak Lane  NE11
Olney  NE07
Overbrook  NW23
Paschall  S04
Pencoyd  NW03
Reading Terminal  NE01
Rowlands  NE20
Ryers  NE22
Queen Lane  NW20
Sedgwick  NW11
Spring Garden  NE02
Stenton  NW11
St Martins  NW15
Summerdale  NE14
Tabor Stations  NE09
Tacony  NE18
Tioga NW06
Tulpehocken  NW19
Unruh  NE18
Upsal  NW19
W. Falls  NW04
W. Manayunk  NW02
Washington Lane  NW10
Wayne Junction  NW07
Westmoreland  NW05
West Phila  NW27
Wingohocking  NW09
Wissahickon  NW03
Wissinoming  NE17
Wister  NW09
Wyndmoor  NW13
Wynnefield  NW24



  Broad Street Station (PRR), Reading Terminal (P&R)





  Spring Garden Station (P&R)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Garden_Street_station



Russ Nelson, 2009, via Wikipedia



  Columbia Ave Station (P&R), Girard Ave Station (P&R)

http://philaphilia.blogspot.com/2012/09/lost-mystery-building-of-week-september.html Info on Girard Ave (Please note: bad language warning!!!)



Columbia Ave 1905

Girard, 1906, notice the Banjo signals!

Girard 1906   1910

Note: Back then, there were two GIRARD AVE stations.
Neither of the Girard Ave railroad stations are still with us.





  Berks St Station (P&R), Kensington Station (P&T)

Kensington was the southern terminus of the Philadelphia & Trenton.









  Lehigh Ave Station (P&R), Fairhill Station (PRR)



Close-up of the Fairhill station, nothing is left to indicate anything was ever there, except for maybe the "grassy knolls".  Looks like we also lost part of Orems St.

 



  Erie Ave Station (P&R), North Penn Jc Station (PRR)





  Lindley Station (P&R), Olney Station (PN&NY)





  Logan Station (P&R)





  Tabor Stations (P&R and PRR)

Wonder why they didn't move "it" one block north and split the cost of building a station?





  Fern Rock Station (P&R and PRR)

https://www.west2k.com/pastations/philadelphia.shtml





~1930?, from west2k



  Oak Lane Station (P&R and PRR)





  Elkins Park Station (P&R and PRR)





  Crescentville Station, Cedar Grove Station (both P&R, Frankford Br.)





  Summerdale, Arrott (both P&R, Frankford Br.)





  Frankford Station (P&R), Frankford Station (P&T)

The P&R Frankford station was at the end of the Frankford Branch.





  Frankford Junction Station (PRR)





  Bridesburg Station, Wissinoming Station (both P&T)





  Unruh St, Tacony Station (both P&T)





  Holmesburg Station (PRR), Holmesburg Jc Station (PRR/P&T)





  Ashton Station, Rowlands Station (both PRR)





  Lawndale Station, Cheltenham Station (both PN&NY)





  Ryers Station, Fox Chase Station (both PN&NY)





  Bustleton Station (NYSL), Bustleton Station (H&B)

https://hiddencityphila.org/2019/08/in-northeast-philadelphia-a-rich-history-of-train-tracks-and-acquisitions/



Bustleton 1910

Bustleton 1940
From Hidden City and High Line via Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania



  Blue Grass Station (H&B)







Disclaimers:

I love trains, and I love signals.  I am not an expert.  My webpages reflect what I find on the topic of the page.  This is something I have fun with while trying to help others.

Please Note:  Since the main focus of my two websites is railroad signals, the railfan guides are oriented towards the signal fan being able to locate them.  For those of you into the modeling aspect of our hobby, my indexa page has a list of almost everything railroad oriented I can think of to provide you with at least a few pictures to help you detail your pike.

If this is a railfan page, every effort has been made to make sure that the information contained on this map and in this railfan guide is correct.  Once in a while, an error may creep in :-)

My philosophy: Pictures and maps are worth a thousand words, especially for railfanning.  Text descriptions only get you so far, especially if you get lost or disoriented.  Take along good maps.... a GPS is OK to get somewhere, but maps are still better if you get lost!  I belong to AAA, which allows you to get local maps for free when you visit the local branches.  ADC puts out a nice series of county maps for the Washington DC area, but their state maps do not have the railroads on them.  If you can find em, I like the National Geographic map book of the U.S..... good, clear, and concise graphics, and they do a really good job of showing you where tourist type attractions are, although they too lack the railroads.  Other notes about specific areas will show up on that page if known.

Aerial shots were taken from either Google or Bing Maps as noted.  Screen captures are made with Snagit, a Techsmith product... a great tool if you have never used it! 

By the way, floobydust is a term I picked up 30-40 years ago from a National Semiconductor data book, and means miscellaneous and/or other stuff.

Pictures and additional information is always needed if anyone feels inclined to take 'em, send 'em, and share 'em, or if you have something to add or correct.... credit is always given!  Please be NICE!!!  Contact info is here

Beware: If used as a source, ANYTHING from Wikipedia must be treated as being possibly inaccurate, wrong, or not true.

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