ZOO Interlocking & Tower (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Major interlocking complex and active interlocking tower along the Amtrak Northeast Corridor.

Wye junction between the Northeast Corridor and Keystone Corridor Main Lines. Controls the approaches for the upper (to the west end) and lower levels (to the north end) of the 30th Street Station complex. Connection to west end of the SEPTA Powelton yard. There also once existed the capability to switch trains to/from the West Philadelphia Freight Elevated (elevated freight bypass through the 30th Street Station complex), but this has since been removed.
Categories: railway, Amtrak, interlocking, interlocking tower
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Coordinates:  39°58'19"N 75°12'3"W
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