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Discussion Related to the Reading Company 1833-1976 and it's predecessors Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road and then the Philadelphia and Reading Railway.

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 #1267512  by SCB2525
 
Would anyone by chance have any Reading track maps of 50s-60s vintage of any or all of the section between Neshaminy and West Trenton?
 #1267552  by 25Hz
 
There is a wye structure still there (dunno the state of it) that in its day connected the commuter line to the unwired freight line just west of neshaminy falls station. Pretty fascinating stuff.
 #1267563  by amtrakhogger
 
25Hz wrote:There is a wye structure still there (dunno the state of it) that in its day connected the commuter line to the unwired freight line just west of neshaminy falls station. Pretty fascinating stuff.
The wye was used in steam days to turn pushers that ran between Neshaminy Falls (JG) and West Trenton (CN.)
 #1267797  by ExCon90
 
There was also a passenger service (just a few trains a day, can't remember what years) from Reading Terminal out to the wye via Jenkintown and back to Reading Terminal via Byberry, and vice versa.

Found it: the Official Guide of February 1926 shows service to Trevose and back via Byberry. It's in a thread (very much off topic) in the PRR forum under Connection between the ex-PRR and ex-Reading? The relevant posts begin with one from limejuice on July 9, 2011.