Monday, August 22, 2022

Wilmington, DE: Pennsy Roundhouse, Coal Tower, Backshops, Transfer Table and Railyard

Backshops: (Satellite)
Transfer Table: (Satellite)
Railyard: (Satellite)
Roundhouse: (Satellite)
Coal Tower: (3D Satellite)

This is now the NS Edgemoor Yard and an Amtrak Maintenance Facility.

Tim Starr posted
A nice aerial view of the Pennsylvania RR terminal and heavy back shops at Wilmington, DE in 1933. (Library of Congress)
 
Dennis DeBruler commented on Tim's post
It still has a transfer table,
 https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7477348,-75.5191506,248m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu

The 3D satellite feature does a decent job of rendering the coaling tower in the lower-right corner. The foundation of the roundhouse is on the left side and the Amtrak maintenance facility is in the right background.
3D Satellite

The 3D feature did a poor job of rendering a metal facility on the left side near the front. Here is a closeup. It is a better rendering, but I still can't figure out what it was. Taking a hint from the Wabash Yard in Decatur, IL, maybe it was part of the ash pit.
Thomas Dorman posted three photos with the comment: "PRR coaling tower at Edgemoor Yard, now the Amtrak Wilmington Maintenance Facility, Delaware. Seen from Amtrak 2 August 2022."
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1954 Wilmington North and 1948 Wilmington South Quads @ 24,000
 
Rick Shilling posted
Top: 1938 Aerial Photo of Pennsylvania Railroad 40 Stall Roundhouse,Turntable, Shops and Yard, Wilmington,Delaware. 
Bottom: Undated Photo of same.
Richard Shulby: I believe it was razed in 2003.
Brian Johnson: This article has a different 1930s aerial view and a track map as well as current photos of the site.

Bobby Lloyd posted
Locomotive shop.
Wilmington, Delaware.

Robert Biddle posted
Pennsylvania Railroad Wilmington Shops Roundhouse, Wilmington, DE., 1904. (Ozzie Foraker)

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