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Uncovering the Past
Topic Started: Apr 25 2010, 01:56 PM (1,801 Views)
Philly Transport
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A major construction project on Bridge St between Jackson and Torresdale resulted in the uncovering of Trolley Tracks burried under Asphalt for nearly 55 years. Trolley route 73 ran cars along rails between Bridge-Pratt and Frankford Arsenal up until September 1955 when service was converted to bus and extented to Richmond and Westmoreland taking over part of route 15!

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Edited by Philly Transport, Apr 25 2010, 02:02 PM.
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septafan
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You can also see the rt 29 trolley rails on tasker just before juniper if i can get a pic i will post it
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Van2006ko
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Same for the route 50 trolley tracks as well on 4th and Walnut.
Edited by Van2006ko, Apr 26 2010, 05:34 PM.
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There are also trolley tracks at Olney and Rising sun Avenues. For the old route 50 IIRC.
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Van2006ko
Apr 26 2010, 05:34 PM
Same for the route 50 trolley tracks as well on 4th and Walnut.
There are tracks near the Greyhound bus garage depot. On Front Street at Spring Garden, IIRC.
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buswizard
Apr 26 2010, 06:16 PM
Van2006ko
Apr 26 2010, 05:34 PM
Same for the route 50 trolley tracks as well on 4th and Walnut.
There are tracks near the Greyhound bus garage depot. On Front Street at Spring Garden, IIRC.
rail road.....not trolley ;)
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Bus Guy 8202
Apr 26 2010, 07:52 PM
buswizard
Apr 26 2010, 06:16 PM
Van2006ko
Apr 26 2010, 05:34 PM
Same for the route 50 trolley tracks as well on 4th and Walnut.
There are tracks near the Greyhound bus garage depot. On Front Street at Spring Garden, IIRC.
rail road.....not trolley ;)
I know where you talking about, it connects to the track on Delaware Av so its definitely not a trolley
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There are plenty of old tracks around the city at various locations that are still visible. The website Philadelphia Trolley Tracks has several links where you can view the old track maps of Philadelphia, some of which date back to 1919!
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Railroad as in the B&O trackage down there which operated on Delaware Ave?
Edited by Van2006ko, Apr 26 2010, 10:36 PM.
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Van2006ko
Apr 26 2010, 10:03 PM
Railroad as in the B&O trackage down there which operated on Delaware Valery?
thought most of philly was Reading served?
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