Amtrak PHIL Interlocking (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
USA /
Pennsylvania /
Yeadon /
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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/ USA
/ Pennsylvania
/ Yeadon
World / United States / Pennsylvania
railway, interlocking
Junction between SEPTA's Airport & Wilmington/Newark lines with Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. Main sorting point south of Philadelphia. Built in the 1980's for the new Airport service, replaced the former BRILL interlocking to the south. Uses all amber PRR Position Light signals.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°56'3"N 75°13'4"W
- Fairmount Park Trolley (Abandoned) 7.9 km
- Reading Co. Port Richmond (Defunct) 10 km
- North Penn Railroad ROW/Reading North Penn Line to old Berks St. Depot (abandoned) 14 km
- Reading Frankford Branch (Abandoned) 15 km
- PRR Bustleton Branch (Abandoned) 18 km
- PRR Cresheim Valley/Fort Washington Branch (Abandoned) 22 km
- PRR Main Line (Northeast Corridor) - Original Alignment 35 km
- PRR Trenton Cutoff (Original Grade) (Abandoned) 36 km
- Norfolk Southern Morrisville Yard 42 km
- Reading Trenton Branch (Mostly Abandoned) 50 km
- Mount Moriah Cemetery 1.7 km
- New Public Housing 1.8 km
- Cobbs Creek Park 2.3 km
- University of Pennsylvania 2.5 km
- University City 2.6 km
- Pacific Atlantic Terminals 3.2 km
- Southwest Center City/Graduate Hospital Area 3.5 km
- South Philadelphia 4.6 km
- West Philadelphia 4.9 km
- Delaware County, Pennsylvania 16 km