East Penn Railroad's Quakertown turn leaves town with 3 empty tank cars enroute to their interchange in Telford. The train is climbing the grade south of Quakertown known locally as 'Rockhill'. Th... (more)

Quakertown-Richlandtown Traction Company's historic 1896 Trolley Barn is once again OPEN for Bussiness!

This structure was formerly the terminal and trolley car barn of the Railroad: Quakertown-Richlandtown Traction Co
Locomotive: Trolley Barn
Location: Quakertown, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 04, 2021

Quakertown-Richlandtown Traction Company's historic 1896 Trolley Barn is once again OPEN for Bussiness!

This structure was formerly the terminal and trolley car barn of the Railroad: Quakertown-Richlandtown Traction Co
Locomotive: Trolley Barn
Location: Quakertown, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 24, 2021

Quakertown's Historic 1896 Trolley Barn
- Restored, and OPEN for Bussiness!

This is terminal and trolley car barn of the Railroad: Quakertown-Richlandtown Traction Co
Locomotive: Trolley Barn
Location: Quakertown, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 24, 2021

Reading Company's
Quakertown Train Station & Freight House

The Reading Company's historic 1902 built station sits adjacent to the freight house under an early Summer "Super Moon". Bo... (more)

Quakertown-Richlandtown Traction Company's
historic 1896 Trolley Barn

Quite a few times in my youth I had driven past this place, like so many others - too busy to stop and take a good... (more)

One from the archives...

Reading Company's 1902 Quakertown train station as featured in an old post card from 2019.

East Penn Railroad's GE B23-7 No. 3153, ex Southern Pacific, sits in Quakertown, PA, awaiting her next assignment. To the left is a rather amazing survivor. Sitting on the opposite side of the ... (more)

Reading Company's
Quakertown Train Station & Freight House

Constructed, both, in 1902 by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, the station served passengers for more than ... (more)

Reading Company's Quakertown Station: Trackside

Constructed in 1902 by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, the station served passengers for more than 80 years. In 1974 the... (more)

East Penn Railroad's Alco RS-1 57 (ex-Black River and Western RR, née Washington Terminal 57, built in 1948) sits on display in Quakertown, PA, between the former Reading Station and freight hous... (more)

A Reading Company Survivor - in Quakertown, PA

Constructed in 1902 by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, this freight house, similar to those surviving in both Railroad: Reading Company
Locomotive: Freight House
Location: Quakertown, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: N/A
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May 27, 2019

East Penn Railroad's Alco RS-1 57 (ex-Black River and Western RR, née Washington Terminal 57) sits on display in Quakertown, PA, next to the former Reading Company's surviving 1902 built freight ... (more)

Reading Company's 1902 built Quakertown station marks the northern terminus of East Penn Railroad's line between Quakertown and Telford, PA. The line continues about another 2 miles along the for... (more)

East Penn Railroad's GE B23-7 No. 3153 sits idle along the former Reading Company mainline in Quakertown, PA. Facing north, by the former Reading freight house, the tracks ahead once led to Allen... (more)