by BoxallsAccommodation
From the January 30, 1893 edition of the Philadelphia Record:
As soon as the short link between Logan and Olney is finished, the plant of the contractors will be moved to near Wister Station, on the Germantown branch of the Reading, and the work will be started on the new Philadelphia and Northern Railroad, which is to run from Wister Station to Glenside, on the North Penn Road, a distance of six or seven miles. The right of way for the entire distance has been secured, and the work will be pushed with energy. The construction of the road presents some difficulties, however, and it is not likely it will be finished this year. At Glenside connection will be made with the Northeast Pennsylvania Road, and ultimately this will be extended from New Hope to Easton, it is said, forming a new line between that city and Philadelphia.
I imagine one difficulty would have been how to get the line on a reasonable grade from Wister as that station sits in the old Wingohocking Valley.
As soon as the short link between Logan and Olney is finished, the plant of the contractors will be moved to near Wister Station, on the Germantown branch of the Reading, and the work will be started on the new Philadelphia and Northern Railroad, which is to run from Wister Station to Glenside, on the North Penn Road, a distance of six or seven miles. The right of way for the entire distance has been secured, and the work will be pushed with energy. The construction of the road presents some difficulties, however, and it is not likely it will be finished this year. At Glenside connection will be made with the Northeast Pennsylvania Road, and ultimately this will be extended from New Hope to Easton, it is said, forming a new line between that city and Philadelphia.
I imagine one difficulty would have been how to get the line on a reasonable grade from Wister as that station sits in the old Wingohocking Valley.