SEPTA TABOR JUNCTION Interlocking (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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railway, interlocking
Interlocking on the ex-Reading Railroad (now SEPTA) Main Line. Basic crossover about 1 mile north of NEWTOWN JUNCTION and north end of the controlled siding between the two. Mix of medium (30 mph) and slow-speed (15 mph) turnouts.
Before the 2005 re-signaling project, the switches were pneumatic using air from the BSS Fern Rock terminal complex.
Before the 2005 re-signaling project, the switches were pneumatic using air from the BSS Fern Rock terminal complex.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°2'33"N 75°8'4"W
- North Penn Railroad ROW/Reading North Penn Line to old Berks St. Depot (abandoned) 0.5 km
- Reading Frankford Branch (Abandoned) 1.9 km
- PRR Bustleton Branch (Abandoned) 4.6 km
- Reading Co. Port Richmond (Defunct) 5.7 km
- Fairmount Park Trolley (Abandoned) 8.8 km
- PRR Cresheim Valley/Fort Washington Branch (Abandoned) 12 km
- PRR Main Line (Northeast Corridor) - Original Alignment 22 km
- PRR Trenton Cutoff (Original Grade) (Abandoned) 22 km
- Norfolk Southern Morrisville Yard 29 km
- Reading Trenton Branch (Mostly Abandoned) 37 km
- Fern Rock 0.4 km
- Olney 1.2 km
- East Oak Lane 1.3 km
- Logan Redevelopment Area 2.2 km
- Greenmount Cemetery 3 km
- Hunting Park 3 km
- Friends Hospital 3.3 km
- Juniata Park - Feltonville 3.6 km
- Juniata Golf Course 4 km
- Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 27 km