PRR ARSENAL Interlocking Tower (Closed) (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
USA /
Pennsylvania /
Millbourne /
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
World
/ USA
/ Pennsylvania
/ Millbourne
World / United States / Pennsylvania
railway, abandoned / shut down, interlocking, interlocking tower
Former Pennsylvania Railroad interlocking tower now out of service. Once a sprawling plant, it controlled the junction of the West Chester branch, the High Line (elevated freight bypass around/over the 30th Street Station complex) and the Greenwich Yard line with the Main Line (Northeast Corridor). Counterpart to ZOO at southern end of 30th St. Station complex.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°56'42"N 75°11'45"W
- Fairmount Park Trolley (Abandoned) 7.2 km
- Reading Co. Port Richmond (Defunct) 7.9 km
- North Penn Railroad ROW/Reading North Penn Line to old Berks St. Depot (abandoned) 12 km
- Reading Frankford Branch (Abandoned) 13 km
- PRR Bustleton Branch (Abandoned) 16 km
- PRR Cresheim Valley/Fort Washington Branch (Abandoned) 20 km
- PRR Main Line (Northeast Corridor) - Original Alignment 32 km
- PRR Trenton Cutoff (Original Grade) (Abandoned) 33 km
- Norfolk Southern Morrisville Yard 40 km
- Reading Trenton Branch (Mostly Abandoned) 48 km
- University of Pennsylvania 0.4 km
- University City 0.9 km
- Spruce Hill 1.5 km
- Powelton Village 1.6 km
- Southwest Center City/Graduate Hospital Area 1.6 km
- West Powelton/Saunders Park 1.8 km
- South Philadelphia 4.2 km
- Fairmount Park 4.3 km
- West Philadelphia 4.6 km
- North Philadelphia 5.2 km