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Today's 1929 built Reading Company North Broad Street Station sits obscured behind large trees planted by the City of Philadelphia.

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SEPTA's AEM-7's, No. 2302, leads the last of three evening push-pull commuter express sets into Overbrook station in the western suburbs of Philadelphia. SEPTA staggers their express trains, each... (more)

An afternoon Amtrak Keystone, led by ACS-64 No. 618, sprints west passing the 1860 built former PRR station in Overbrook. Today, the station serves SEPTA commuter trains, though, it had served Amt... (more)

SEPTA's "Great Valley Flyer" led by AEM-7 No. 2301 is seen here captured from beneath the 1935 built bridge that carries US Route 1. The 1915 era PRR catenary supports can be seen in th... (more)

An Amtrak Keystone led by ACS-64 No. 648 ducks a surviving PRR signal bridge as it rounds the bend towards Overbrook Station in Philadelphia, PA.

One of SEPTA's ex-Reading FP7s peers out from under the Reading Terminal trainshed as it awaits its evening rush hour run up the Schuylkill Valley. Originally RDG 900, this locomotive is now owned... (more)

A married pair of SEPTA Silverliner IV commuter cars arrives at Overbrook Station, bound for 30th Street Station in downtown Philadelphia. The station is a PRR survivor having been built in 1858 ... (more)

A set of five SEPTA Silverliner V's head east towards 30th Street Station having just made a station stop at Overbrook along the former PRR right of way. US Route 1 is above the tracks and just a... (more)

Former BN geeps are large and in charge ahead of more typical AC power and a crude oil train at Locust.

SEPTA's ALP-44 No. 2308 makes an appearance at rush hour pushing a set of Bombardier cars, one with an Eagles banner, from 30th Street Station over the PRR built viaduct and into the Center City C... (more)

SEPTA's lone ALP-44 No. 2308 with a push/pull set pushes east out of Somerton in northeast Philadelphia bound for West Trenton, via Trevose, Langhorne, Woodbourne, and Yardley.

Conrail FJ10 passes the Massive Capital Auto Auction in the Holmesburg Section of Philadelphia after working Northeast Metal Traders.

This massive steel structure was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad back in 1895-1896 and was the first bridge of any kind between New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The bridge was original built as a t... (more)

A conductor checks his train after the all aboard at Temple University station during the height of the evening rush.