32nd & Market Streets Station: (3D Satellite, note in the 1920 topo below all of the tracks terminating at a black square in the northeast quadrant of Market and 32nd Streets. Did Drexel university reuse the headhouse?)
46th Street Railyard: (Satellite, it was west of Belmont Ave. See 1949 topo map below.)
46th Street Roundhouse: (Satellite, see 1949 topo map below.)
Powelton Avenue Railyard: (Satellite)
The 32nd & Market Street Station was built in 1876. [HiddenCityPhila] It was replaced by the 1881 Broad Street Station.
But through passenger trains had to do a backing maneuver to access Broad Street Station. And the capacity of Broad Street Station was being stressed, so Pennsy built the West Philadelphia Station to handled the intercity trains between New York and Washington. (Pennsy trains between New York and Pittsburgh had already been moved to a station near the New York-Pittsburgh Subway.) [HiddenCityPhila]
Evidently, West Philadelphia Station was near what became 30th Street Station instead of near the West Philadelphia Railyard.
Danield Hogan posted West Philadelphia Station postcard 1910 - "Contains image of the Pennsylvania Railroad's West Philadelphia Station built in 1893 before the construction of 30th Street Station. Includes exterior view of the old station, and a view of the railroad yards., The West Philadelphia Station should not be confused with the Pennsylvania Railroad station erected at 32nd and Market Streets in 1876 to accommodate large crowds visiting the Centennial Exhibition." (Brightbill, LCP) Tony Verrecchio: That's POWELTON AVE YARD I was just shifting there this morning as I have for almost 37 years David Andrew Wieting: Railroad line in the trench is the Grays Ferry Branch aka Junction Railroad, which runs under 32nd Street south of Market Street. It is still in use for the SEPTA Wilmington/Newark, Media/Wawa, and Airport Line services south of Market but north it was slowly abandoned and finally removed for good by Amtrak when they did some outdoor housekeeping in the area around 2007-8 ish. Was the original north south mainline as was used as such as the primary station for those trains as they didn't line up well for Broad Street Station. The awkward arrangement and the need for faster running through Philly finally led to the construction of the NY-Pittsburgh Subway by 1904, which directly links the mainline from NY to the mainline from Pittsburgh. Ed Johnson shared |
1943 Philadelphia Quad @ 62,500 |
1949 Philadelphia Quad @ 24,000 |
𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻: 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗻𝘀𝘆𝗹𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮 posted An E6s Atlantic locomotive occupies the turntable at the Pennsylvania Railroad’s 46th Street engine house in West Philadelphia • Circa 1930! 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻: 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗻𝘀𝘆𝗹𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮 posted An E6s Atlantic locomotive occupies the turntable at the Pennsylvania Railroad’s 46th Street engine house in west Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • 1930! Daniel C Carroll Jr. shared |
Charles Crawford posted The Philadelphia Improvements 1930-1933. 30th St. Station construction and the former temporary 32nd St turntable and roundhouse demolition bottom center right. The Philadelphia steam facilities of the PRR were moved to the 1930 expanded 46th St. 26 stall roundhouse and yards in West Philadelphia. |
Charles Crawford commented on his post The same area during the 30th St Station construction. |
Charles Crawford commented on his post The same area in 1902, but looking west. |
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