SEPTA FORD Interlocking
USA /
Pennsylvania /
Norristown /
World
/ USA
/ Pennsylvania
/ Norristown
World / United States / Pennsylvania
railway, interlocking
Interlocking along the SEPTA Manayunk/Norristown line. Full crossover with connection to the Norfolk Southern Trenton Cutoff, allowing NS to access its main line on the west bank of the Schuylkill river.
Originally only active on track 2, it was reconfigured into a full crossover in 2014 along with the Rule 562 re-signaling project on the line.
Originally only active on track 2, it was reconfigured into a full crossover in 2014 along with the Rule 562 re-signaling project on the line.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°6'36"N 75°20'14"W
- Reading Plymouth Branch (Abandoned) 2.2 km
- PRR Phoenixville Branch (Abandoned) 21 km
- PRR Frazer Branch (Abandoned) 24 km
- West Chester Railroad 28 km
- Reading Chester Valley Branch (Abandoned) 29 km
- PRR Philadelphia & Thorndale Low-Grade Freight Bypass (Abandoned) 36 km
- Reading Railroad - Wilmington Northern Branch (Partially Abandoned) 49 km
- Reading / SEPTA Bethlehem Branch (Partially Abandoned) 56 km
- Norfolk Southern Reading Yard 58 km
- PRR Schuylkill Branch (Mostly Abandoned) 97 km
- Norristown, Pennsylvania 1.5 km
- King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 4.1 km
- West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania 4.8 km
- Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania 5.3 km
- Radnor, Pennsylvania 7.6 km
- Villanova, Pennsylvania 7.9 km
- Wayne, Pennsylvania 8.4 km
- Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 11 km
- Delaware County, Pennsylvania 20 km
- Chester County, Pennsylvania 38 km