SEPTA WAYNE Interlocking & Tower (closed) (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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World / United States / Pennsylvania
railway, interlocking, interlocking tower
Interlocking tower controlling much of the former Reading RR commuter lines and the local WAYNE JCT. Junction of the Chestnut Hill East line with the Main Line and connection to north end of Roberts Yard. Division point between the Rule 261 CTC and Rule 562 cab-signal territories.
Tower actually was two in one with both the WIND and WAYNE NX panel machines. Closed in 2003.
Tower actually was two in one with both the WIND and WAYNE NX panel machines. Closed in 2003.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°1'15"N 75°9'31"W
- North Penn Railroad ROW/Reading North Penn Line to old Berks St. Depot (abandoned) 2.7 km
- Reading Co. Port Richmond (Defunct) 4.2 km
- Reading Frankford Branch (Abandoned) 4.6 km
- Fairmount Park Trolley (Abandoned) 6 km
- PRR Bustleton Branch (Abandoned) 7.5 km
- PRR Cresheim Valley/Fort Washington Branch (Abandoned) 13 km
- PRR Main Line (Northeast Corridor) - Original Alignment 25 km
- PRR Trenton Cutoff (Original Grade) (Abandoned) 25 km
- Norfolk Southern Morrisville Yard 32 km
- Reading Trenton Branch (Mostly Abandoned) 40 km
- SEPTA Roberts Yard & Maintenance Facility 0.5 km
- SEPTA Wayne Electric Shops 0.6 km
- Stenton Park 0.6 km
- SEPTA Midvale Depot 0.9 km
- Fernhill Park 0.9 km
- Hunting Park 1.4 km
- Budd Company - Hunting Park Plant (Defunct) 1.7 km
- Germantown 1.9 km
- Olney 2.8 km
- Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 27 km