Looking for system map of SEPTA at greatest extent

Does anyone have a map that could be scanned, emiled, etc. which shows the Septa (prob Penn RR at the time) at its fullest extent...i.e R3 to WestChester, R5 to Lancaster, etc.

I have a picture of one of the old maps from the city hall concourse. It shows service to West Chester, Parkesburg, Pottsville, Newtown, and Ivy Ridge via Bala Cynwyd. Unfortunately I'm not sure how to get it on the website. The map in 69th street terminal is good to, but I don't have pictures. Also fun is at Market east, the signs on the westernmost end of the westbound platform still say R2 Marcus Hook, R3 West Chester, R6 Ivy Ridge

tinmad dog wrote:I have a picture of one of the old maps from the city hall concourse. It shows service to West Chester, Parkesburg, Pottsville, Newtown, and Ivy Ridge via Bala Cynwyd. Unfortunately I'm not sure how to get it on the website. The map in 69th street terminal is good to, but I don't have pictures. Also fun is at Market east, the signs on the westernmost end of the westbound platform still say R2 Marcus Hook, R3 West Chester, R6 Ivy Ridge

Do you know how to go about getting one of those? I would love to get my hands on one. Also, is the item scannable? You could then post it, email it, etc.

tinmad dog wrote:I have a picture of one of the old maps from the city hall concourse. It shows service to West Chester, Parkesburg, Pottsville, Newtown, and Ivy Ridge via Bala Cynwyd.

Is there one still around there? This is the one that shows the commuter rail lines in green.

Given that the lines are all straight, and the angles pretty constant (see a tube map for example), it might not be hard to reconstruct said map in any decent drawing program.

Matt Mitchell
(donated the pre-tunnel edition of the new map [i.e. showing the RRD in grey] that hangs in the DVARP office)

BTW, the graphic technology of that era (1970s into early 1980s) would have been to use rolls of special colored tape (of very precise widths) and rub-on letters and symbols to make the masters for printing those signs.

Its a digital file, i took it about a year ago, i just don't have a website to link to it. The rail lines are indeed green on it.

http://www.trainweb.org/railpix/miscpix ... 1-1976.jpg

Here is the map you seek

There used to be one of the old, railroad-lines-in-green SEPTA maps at Exton. Might be gone by now. This one would be a better candidate for photography than the one I used to see daily at the inbound 15th St. subway-surface platform in 2002.

The latter really can't be photographed well without using a flash. The highlights of popping off a strobe cause a circular area right in the middle of your map to lose all details. If you use super-fast film (ISO 800 or 1600), the grain structure of the film will likewise eat up details. Perhaps a very-good-quality digital camera would be able to take a decent shot of the map in RAW mode?

There are also a number of maps online at http://www.phillytrolley.org

jfrey40535 wrote:http://www.trainweb.org/railpix/miscpix ... 1-1976.jpg

Here is the map you seek

That map is nice, I just wish it had all the stations on it.

Franklin Gowen wrote:There used to be one of the old, railroad-lines-in-green SEPTA maps at Exton. Might be gone by now. This one would be a better candidate for photography than the one I used to see daily at the inbound 15th St. subway-surface platform in 2002.

That map is still there, and I've missed many a train because I was drooling over that map instead of running from the trolley platform to Suburban Station.

Does anyone know the closed stations on each line so that I can fill in the map appropriately

I have some photos of the Conrail-era commuter rail map in Exton. I'm planning to draw a version of it and I'll post it when it's done.

Medium Large PDF

Note the slightly different colors for the Reading and Penn Central lines.

Use the PDF version for printing, and the large version if you have a large screen.

Lucius, check the station names on the Pennsy Trenton Line. You've got some duplicates in place of Bristol and some others.

BTW, great map. I never knew that there was a station in Trainer. Anyone know when it was closed? I could understand why it's gone, not much in the area.

Bob