PENN CENTRAL

This page will cover the former Pennsylvania railroad main line from Philadelphia to Baltimore and Washington, D.C.  Originally built as the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railway, it is now the lower half of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.

Since I have a limited amount of Penn Central material for this page, I will incorporate some Conrail and Amtrak pictures in to this page.  This should fill in some voids in locations.

  A Septa MU train passes the south Philadelphia area known as Grays Ferry.

    'Brill' tower is located in South Philly.  The bridge in the background is the new line to the airport.

The largest freight yard in the Philadelphia area is in South Philadelphia.  The ore dumper is here and and Navy yard is nearby.

Stadium tower is at the entrance to the yard.  Above are some views of the terminal.  The MP54's were being scrapped on site in 1978.

    Darby is one of the first stops south of the Philadelphia city line.

  Curtis Park station, January 3, 1988.

  Sharon Hill, PA            Folcroft station              Glenolden station

  Norwood station          Prospect Park              Ridley Park

   Crum Lynne                "Baldwin" tower at Eddystone, PA, yes its named after the locomotive works.

      Eddystone station   

     Chester, PA is the largest town between Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware.

      Lamokin Street, Chester, PA.  January 1988.

  Owing to a derailment, a significant delay of trains occurred here in 1988.

      Marcus Hook, PA is famous for the scenic refineries located there.  Several branches leave the main here.  (GM)

   Claymont, Delaware.  

      Some interesting action at Claymont.  An Amtrak work train and 4877 in PRR red pinstripes on a fan trip.

  North of Wilmington is "Bell" tower which controls access to the freight lines around Wilmington station.

The page for the Wilmington shops area

   GG-1 903 leads the "Senator" northward out of Wilmington station on March 24, 1974.

  Wilmington, Delaware station in 1987.

   Newport, DE

   Newark station.  In Delaware, Newark is pronounced 'New-Ark' as if two words.

     Davis tower controls access to the Delmarva Peninsula branch.

     South of Newark is the Chrysler plant.  In 1987 it was home for several GP-15's.

  RS-3 9967 heads a local west through Ogletown, DE in 1975.  Yes, that is a grade crossing on the mainline.  There were a few in Delaware and Maryland.  Amtrak eliminated them in the mid-1980's.

     Two cool telephoto images at Ogletown taken in July 1976.

   Elkton, Maryland. 1987.

  Eastbound Conrail train TV-26 passing through Elkton.

   Perryville, MD.                 Images from 1976.                             An old engine house at Perryville.  

  A northbound Metroliner crosses the massive Susquehanna River bridge in 1977.

     6204 and another SD-45 head west at Bush River, MD with an empty hopper train. 10-24-80.

      Edgewood station and tower in 1987.

        The PC freight yard and terminal was on the east side of Baltimore.  Now gone.

                      Baltimore station in 1976.  The MP-54 cars covered the Washington rush hour locals.

     Most engines (motors) for passenger service were serviced at Ivy City yard in Washington.

    Crossing the Potomac River bridge on December 4, 1976.

      Freights went to the RF&P Potomac Yard in Alexandria, Virginia.  The yard has been removed.

There will be a paralleling Amtrak page along soon.

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