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Reading Frankford Branch (Abandoned) (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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The former Reading Railroad's Frankford branch. Mainly used as an industrial (freight) branch, it was also used for limited passenger service up until the early 1970s. The line was completely abandoned sometime in the late 1970s after Conrail absorbed the bankrupt Reading and other railroads in the region and began to 'shed its fat.'
railwayabandoned / shut downhistorical layer / disappeared object
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Coordinates: 40°1'40"N 75°6'1"W
- North Penn Railroad ROW/Reading North Penn Line to old Berks St. Depot (abandoned) 3.7 km
- Reading Co. Port Richmond (Defunct) 4.6 km
- PRR Bustleton Branch (Abandoned) 6.6 km
- Pavonia Yard 7.2 km
- Fairmount Park Trolley (Abandoned) 11 km
- PRR Cresheim Valley/Fort Washington Branch (Abandoned) 15 km
- PRR Main Line (Northeast Corridor) - Original Alignment 20 km
- PRR Trenton Cutoff (Original Grade) (Abandoned) 21 km
- Norfolk Southern Morrisville Yard 28 km
- Reading Trenton Branch (Mostly Abandoned) 36 km
- Juniata Golf Course 1.3 km
- Naval Support Activity Philadelphia 1.7 km
- Juniata Park - Feltonville 2 km
- Frankford 2.3 km
- Wissinoming 3.5 km
- Bridesburg 4.2 km
- Mayfair 5.1 km
- Pennypack Park 6.3 km
- Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 30 km
- Burlington County, New Jersey 37 km
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