SEPTA JENKIN Interlocking & Tower (Closed)
USA /
Pennsylvania /
Jenkintown /
World
/ USA
/ Pennsylvania
/ Jenkintown
World / United States / Pennsylvania
railway, interlocking, interlocking tower
Interlocking along the SEPTA Main Line. Flat junction between the Main Line (combined Lansdale/Doylestown and Warminster lines) and the West Trenton line.
Reconstructed around 2005 resulting in the movable point diamond and equilateral turnouts being removed, having been replaced by normal 30 mph turnouts. Tall 3-story brick interlocking tower remains standing albeit closed.
Reconstructed around 2005 resulting in the movable point diamond and equilateral turnouts being removed, having been replaced by normal 30 mph turnouts. Tall 3-story brick interlocking tower remains standing albeit closed.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°5'39"N 75°8'17"W
- PRR Bustleton Branch (Abandoned) 1.5 km
- North Penn Railroad ROW/Reading North Penn Line to old Berks St. Depot (abandoned) 5.9 km
- Reading Frankford Branch (Abandoned) 6.3 km
- PRR Cresheim Valley/Fort Washington Branch (Abandoned) 7.3 km
- Reading Co. Port Richmond (Defunct) 11 km
- Fairmount Park Trolley (Abandoned) 12 km
- PRR Trenton Cutoff (Original Grade) (Abandoned) 18 km
- PRR Main Line (Northeast Corridor) - Original Alignment 21 km
- Norfolk Southern Morrisville Yard 27 km
- Reading Trenton Branch (Mostly Abandoned) 33 km
- Elkins Park, Pennsylvania 2.1 km
- Abington Township, Pennsylvania 2.6 km
- West Oak Lane 4 km
- Melrose Park, Pennsylvania 4.2 km
- East Oak Lane 4.7 km
- Olney 6.9 km
- Pennypack Park 8.5 km
- Mayfair 10 km
- Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 23 km
- Burlington County, New Jersey 44 km