Abandoned Pennsylvania Railroad Chester Creek Branch

[@marypalumbo2041]

My Italian grandfather died while working on this railroad in 1916. He lived in Glen Loch and my Grandmother had a boarding house for area workers. The Palumbo family. Thanks for this it is nice to imagine the area he lived and passed away in.

[@daviddave7392]

My dad worked on a rail gang and he has told me more than once about the hard-working Italians who pretty much wore themselves out keeping the railroads running. I'm sure he was a good man.

[@BRIANDER100]

hi---i live near glen loch. do you have any more info on glenloch ?

[@Cali5556]

For some reason, I've always had a thing for abandoned structures - mansions, hospitals, carnivals, even entire towns. Something about their history and that of their former occupants never cease to fill me with varying degrees of emotion: wonder/fascination, joy, sadness, dread, and everything in between. I automatically try and visualize in my mind the lives and events that might have played out there back in the day, and what could have prompted their eventual abandonment. Needless to say, discovering this channel for me is like stumbling on that treasure chest at the end of the proverbial rainbow. Genuinely fascinating locations, well filmed footages, ample background story - I'm like a kid in a candy store over here!

[@AbandonedSteve]

wow that is so awesome you think of my work like that. Thank you!

[@404HandleNotFound]

Me too. I'm drawn to abandoned things, places, towns, etc. There's something alluring about them, yet I feel sad they were just left behind at the same time. Really makes you think how fleeting everything is, yet people fight and carry on like they're immortal. I guess I'm drawn to them because it's amazing to see how fast nature reclaims abandoned things.

[@rdlykryk3229]

Yeah Cali, I hear ya. I've watched many videos on abandonment, just a coincidence that I grew up in this area and most likely walked the tracks just a mile or 2 from where this video was taken.

[@sharonmartynuska]

me too

[@sharonmartynuska]

me too

[@czickgraf]

I grew up exploring this track across Chester Creek. My best friend and I first found it as two 9-1o year old adventurers. We were homeschooled, so the world was quiet when we went after-lunch exploring. Thank you so much for letting us relive this piece of our childhood.

[@AbandonedSteve]

Catherine Zickgraf Glad i could give you some flashbacks. I love exploring older rail lines

[@rwboa22]

I use to play around on those tracks (between Duttons Mill Rd. and Bridgewater Rd.) when I was a small kid growing up. Parents gave me holy hell for that even though by that time, SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority) took ownership of the tracks as well as the old Octoraro Branch (near the soon-to-be revived Wawa Rail Station).

[@shortliner68]

I remember seeing this line from US 1 back in the early 1960s. It looked to be in pretty decent shape for a secondary line and even sported a communication pole line with wires/green insulators on the creek side. Not having a rail map of the area, those communication wires put me in mind of the B&O RR that ran alongside US 40 in Maryland. I wondered whether it was another portion of the B&O track that had curved closer to US 1 as it headed into Pennsylvania. Wasn't until years later I realized it was a different rail line altogether. Sad to see what has become of it many years after I first discovered the Branch while riding from Baltimore to Philadelphia.

[@Qce-i6d]

Nice to hear that they are making hiking trails out of the old railroad tracks, sounds like a really cool idea.

[@benjamink3730]

This is the first video on your channel that I've watched and I am hooked already! I'm from the Williamsport area and I LOVE exploring these old, abandoned structures. Ever hear of Alvira PA? These buildings, rail lines, and even just scars on the landscape stir my soul in such a strange way. Makes me sad every time I go exploring, but I still keep exploring because its something I know most people don't understand, get to experience, or even care about. Keep on exploring and making these great videos, because you're stirring souls with each one.

[@ELKFILMZ]

I have recently (by accident) found some of this line near by Linvilla Orchards. I'm so glad you uploaded this short movie, because it has given me my own inspiration for me to discover more of my American PA. heritage! Thanks again!

[@rwboa22]

ELKFILMZ, I grew up near those tracks: a grade crossing on Creek Road (near the Knowlton Rd. horseshoe curve) is still there (sans tracks) and the overpass still exists.

[@wtmjrchi1984]

The crossbucks have been long gone on Creek, Dutton Mill and Bridgewater Roads long ago.

[@J-Finelli231]

My house is 100 yards away from this rail. I must be down the end which is shown around 5:10 because I’ve never seen the car or machinery or foundations. Maybe it’s time for a hike with the kids

[@dee4021]

Great photography Steve, amazing yet sad how Mother Nature reclaims her land. Thanks for taking us with you !!

[@AbandonedSteve]

Thanks for watching Dee! :)

[@STEVEHARLEY1956]

I love old Railway lines....the infrastructure looks in remarkable condition considering how long it's been closed....The exception being that piece where it was falling into the river and the gap with the dip. Great video...Steve.

[@timchase5648]

Excellent video Steve. I've enjoyed walking the abandoned lumbering grades here in northern Pa. The car is a 1961 Rambler American. I have a photo of myself standing in front of the one my father owned, barely tall enough to see over the hood. The overgrown equipment is farming machinery. Also, we at one time had the C&PA railroad here. The restored snowplow is in the Pennsylvania RR museum near Strausburg.

[@AbandonedSteve]

Tim Chase that is awesome and thanks for sharing that information! I have seen that car in the PRR museum. They did a nice job on it. I have a video of it.

[@Paw95]

I also film a rail road that has been abandoned near my place its about 104 miles long its called the pevine line constructed back in about the 1870s but was put out of service in 2003. i remmember them running the rails but when the ford plant closed near by that was the nail in the coffin for the rail line. they have used about 20-30 and all the way up to 62 miles to haul grain and cross ties but not very offten.

[@misstrish0708]

There was a gorgeous railroad crossing that went across a creek about 10 minutes from me. It had the beautiful, tall structure work that went up and over the top of the tracks. They just tore it down this past summer. It was very bittersweet, it had been there for as long as I can remember, but it became a safety hazard over the water like that. i would share pics but I don't have facebook to share them on your page.

[@AbandonedSteve]

A shame isnt it? A lot of old places are getting the bull dozer recently

[@PomchillasItems]

Nice to see another person from PA

[@bobconley5472]

im from pa ,also. have a few abandoned rails the newtown square branch pretty cool. love this abandoned rails,but sad at the same time!

[@Ronin.Samurai]

Pomchilla's Items most of my husband’s family are from Pennsylvania

[@dmfb68]

@@bobconley5472 I know what abandoned tracks you're near. The ones that's ended right off off Rt 252 in Newtown sq next to the new wawa. I've map that line out. It connected to another line somewhere in Upper Darby before it continues into Philadelphia.

[@michaelroark3263]

My grandfather mentions riding this line in a couple of his letters I have.

[@elirosen1391]

I drove up there today. The rails-to-trails project is well in full swing.

[@mratsfrailfan1894]

My least favorite projects

[@WrathKing47]

Seeing these abandoned lines makes me want to rebuild them.

[@JPVideos81]

Great videos. What editing software do you use? Specifically around the 1:00 mark with the words on top of the solid color background?

[@AbandonedSteve]

JP Videos I use a standard editor. It called Adobe Premiere elements. Video editing was not what i went to school for so I lack the use of a professional editor

[@JG40061]

Thank you for sharing-Awesome!

[@jessbranmike]

I used to hike these tracks when I was little me and my dad used to walk it to Linville orchard's and when I was a teen I hung out with people in the ridge(green ln) we would hang back there and fish and ride dirt bikes.

[@iconatlarge]

During what time period? I grew up in Lenni and did the dirt bikes...80s and 90s into the early 2000s

[@jessbranmike]

@@iconatlarge hiked it in the 80's and then used to hang back there in the late 90's

[@madilightfoot5649]

You take beautiful pictures! I hope you have safe travels as you explore these abandoned places!

[@AbandonedSteve]

Thanks so much!

[@BassPlayerSusan]

My husband and I have ridden nearly every single rail-trail in Western Pennsylvania and a few in eastern PA too. This would make a great candidate for a rails-to-trails conversion.

[@AbandonedSteve]

BassPlayerSusan it is a beautiful walk!

[@jolovesminnis]

I like how you take video and then still shots! I can just really look at the picture and all the things in it. Thank you for another great video!

[@AbandonedSteve]

yea I believe the still shots should be in the video b/c it gives you as longer look of the place

[@jackyclaiborne2142]

Abandoning rail lines is a big mistake, because it puts more trucks on our highways. The trucks carry the freight that the trains used to carry. It results in more pollution, more traffic congestion, and the trucks beat the hell out of our highways. It results in rutted pavement, and uneven concrete sections that mess up our vehicle's front end allignment. Really, for the sake of our environment, we need to maintain our rail lines. When rail lines are neglected, and allowed to fall into disrepair, trains are forced to slow to a crawl. That's the thing that ultimately leads to these rail lines getting abandoned. The rail lines need to be such, that freight trains can run on these lines at highway speeds, to compete with the trucking industry. A freight train, with four diesel locomotives and 100 freight cars, emits the pollution of only four trucks while carrying the freight of 100 trucks. Each time I'm stopped at a railroad crossing, waiting for a freight train to pass through, I say to myself, each freight car on that train is one less truck on our highways!!!.

[@rotorcats]

Another great one Steve! The track conditions at the beginning of the video didn't look that bad. Compared to some current short line railroads that have to be worse than this! Maumee and western was a rough one if you've ever looked up videos of it. Cool factory ruins and farm equipment. Looked like one was a hay rake and the other a horse drawn mower.

[@AbandonedSteve]

it hard to tell in the video but the ties are completely rotted out. If a train would roll down them today, the rail would fall over. The last time they did track where here replacing some ties was 1961. Septa came through and cleared out the trees growing in the middle of the track so they can start the construction and removal

[@EnsignSuder]

in the narrative, one guy asks the other about the Pennell Road trestle. I ised to live in Glen Riddle and knew the track and road in that area from 5 points to WaWa, but I don't recall a trestle over Pennell Road. Where is it?

[@rwboa22]

EnsignSuder, it is right near the intersection of Mount Road near the Resurrection Episcopal Church (the former Calvary Episcopal (Rockdale) Church before its merger with St. James (Green Ridge) in 2014).

[@wtmjrchi1984]

Past King's Mill.

[@daniels4227]

I absolutely LOVE abandoned rails, so I found this video to be amazing. When you start your quest the line looks as if it could still handle rail traffic but that quickly changes. Thank you very much for your work!!

[@AbandonedSteve]

***** Thanks Daniel.

[@sarahillebrandt447]

The old machinery was a bonus. As I watched the video I couldn't help envisioning the workers back in 1918. I can see them taking their breaks while leaning on the trees. All the work it took to lay that wood and iron.

[@AbandonedSteve]

exactly what I do to all the places I explore. Try to relive history

[@davidfrobel7582]

love the old place,,pitty they cant fix it up for train trips,,nice video

[@andromedastrain6420]

Nice video of the old line and factory. I like to follow old abandoned logging railroads, nothing left but the grade but beneath the surface, with the help of a metal detector, you find they left all the spikes. Was able to track down a few logging camps that way to do some relic hunting.

[@AbandonedSteve]

very cool. I am guessing you been pretty successful with that

[@benfranklintoday4055]

Excellent video and still photos. Music was appropriate as well. Great artistic work!

[@AbandonedSteve]

Rob Dev Thanks Rob. Glad you enjoyed it

[@thomasdeturk5142]

That washout reminds me of the abandoned Tillamook railroad between banks and Tillamook Oregon.

[@85Stang331]

My uncle built trains for the pennsy back in the day. You need to check out the Haverford creek pennsy trails

[@tomsawyer8645]

Really cool video Steve! I live in delco, as well. Also into exploring abandoned stuff. Perfect selection of music while showing your still pictures. It really had me visualizing all those years ago, the people riding the train, working at the factory, building the railroad. Good stuff!

[@AbandonedSteve]

thank you tom

[@cwb-oi5uq]

Great job Steve..Loved the old ruins..cool pictures too..

[@AbandonedSteve]

Thank You. Glad you enjoyed them

[@MCoblentz62]

was no bridge there, it just got washed out via Agnes

[@MCoblentz62]

I was 10 when she hit June 21 1972, it flooded our town severly

[@OhMuhGwad]

AMAZING photography!!

[@AbandonedSteve]

***** Thank You. Glad you enjoy the pictures

[@abandonedsc4261]

Another Great Video Steve. Just another reminder of some of the great abandoned places of the Industrial Revolution.And what a great economic powerhouse America was. Thanks for sharing!

[@AbandonedSteve]

indeed. thanks for watching jason

[@pattythaxton4236]

I LOVE ALL YOUR PHOTO'S AND YOUR VIDEO'S THEY ARE AWESOME I THANK YOU I AM AN OLD LADY FROM W.VA.WHO ENJOY'S YOUR GREAT WORK

[@AbandonedSteve]

Patty Thaxton Thanks so much patty. Glad you enjoy them

[@Lockman1986]

Awesome video and photos. Hurricane Agnes really wiped out that rail line. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@timoshi119]

Sweet find stay safe when exploring.

[@timhill4045]

Very nice photography, especially the b&w.

[@AbandonedSteve]

+Tim Hill Thank you Tim

[@nathanor96]

I was at the old starch factory today still there but no equipment

[@AbandonedSteve]

is the trail finally open?

[@nathanor96]

The old rambler is still there it was throne off the side of the trail it is down on a hill near the Linvilla trail

[@76southernpride]

really great piece. the factory foundation was good, and the shot of the tunnel was awesome. as far as hauling out two sections of the tack, by looking at the still shot, a portable cutter, and a handful of guys to pick them up. about 4-6 fair size guys can do it. it doesn't appear that there was any place to get a truck with in kind of hoist to lift them, in there close to the tracks. the modern train whistle in the background, was a nice catch by the way. really great video. thanks for sharing.

[@AbandonedSteve]

it is pretty remote. That's why I was un sure how ppl were able to get it out of there. It is 100 pound per yard rail so it a heavy beast

[@bravesfandevotee23]

Abandoned Steve its possible to tie them to the back of a four wheeler drag them out.

[@AbandonedSteve]

probably but it be fun. probably looking at a little under a ton for one piece of rail.

[@bravesfandevotee23]

Yeah, probably why they didn't get more.

[@CMRinehart]

That car looks like a 1960 Corvair. Nice work and discovery Steve. Update 3-24-15: After nearly twenty long years of feasibility studies, grant-writing, and securing of approvals, the end is finally in sight! Our community will soon have the first 2.8 mile phase of a beautiful paved trail that we can enjoy for cycling, running, and strolling. A construction contract for Phase I (mostly in Middletown township) was awarded in February 2015 has be construction is slated to begin soon, weather permitting, with an estimated completion date of March 2016. Simultaneously, planning work continues on Phase 2, which will extend the trail through Aston Township.

[@AbandonedSteve]

Charles Rinehart Thanks for the info. The car is actually a 1960s Rambler

[@SidneyPratt]

I'll be in the market for a lot of used track, so you have any contact info. Are they going to remove the track?

[@bighueso2428]

Is the line still there? Or has it now been converted to a trail?

[@michaelroark3263]

My grandfather rode those rails quite a bit in the early years of the last century.

[@CrEaTiiOn_Forest]

Awesome video, I live about 30 minutes away from there!

[@AbandonedSteve]

CrEaTiiOn_Forest | xForestModz Thanks!

[@elirosen1391]

Did you take this video north or south of Bridgewater Avenue?

[@allegory7638]

2:20 Anybody want to fix up a Studebaker Lark. A lot of those scratches will buff right out.

[@benjamink3730]

Here here! How much penetrating oil do you think it'd take to et those pistons moving again? LOL

[@UTubeGlennAR]

:) Thanks for the hike on the old RRB..... :)

[@m.redleg252]

What is so interesting about these old tracks? I keep trying to figure out why videos like this are so intriguing! Thanks for the video and loved the car you found too!!

[@AbandonedSteve]

I am a huge train fan and I just like walking the old tracks to find other old things which I did here with the car and old factory

[@PotatoGunsRule]

Sorry to hear the tracks are gone. I love walking old tracks. Looks like a great place to hunt but then I saw the nearby houses. Bummer. I was thinking about driving up and doing some hunting, if possible.

[@rdlykryk3229]

The woods are thick in the summer but this area is densely populated. Hunting is permitted not to far from here with slug of course.

[@elirosen1391]

Between which points of the line did you explore in this video?

[@jerrythecoo3295]

Great Video Steve!,........... :) Keep them coming................ Peace.

[@AbandonedSteve]

Thanks Jerry. Stay tuned for more

[@bbcasting]

GREAT as usual!!! Thanks for posting.

[@AbandonedSteve]

thank you for watching

[@bbcasting]

Abandoned Steve Hey, I just sent you a PM. Not sure if youtube gives notifications for that anymore, so I commented here...I deleted the comments in your other video.

[@AbandonedSteve]

i got it. Thanks

[@bbcasting]

Reply sent. This new youtube format with google + is ridiculous.

[@jjhtr]

I'm surprised the rails were left after it was abandoned, pretty valuable scrap

[@edwardkesock216]

jjhtr just let ir be thats the problem people just want to scrap everything dont worry about its history

[@jimmychambers1501]

Lot of money in those rails

[@joannehall8891]

I grew up on that property where the old starch mill and the houses are located.....consisted of 250+ acres with only two houses at that time!

[@AbandonedSteve]

oh wow, any photos?

[@Max-yn2vf]

I live in a relatively close area to the elongated Chester Creek (or at least that’s what it comes up as via google maps) quite a nice place for a walk.

[@GinaZalner]

That was a great historical tour Steve. About how far is this from Pittsburgh? It's definitely something I'd like to take my son to see in person.

[@AbandonedSteve]

well it be a good 4-5 hours for you, this is located right outside of philly

[@PatricioBridges]

Looks like a decent place to go rail-biking.

[@freewill1114]

Great idea, I was about to say that it looks like a good place to use my rail bike. Sadly, I am on the west coast!

[@corvettcrazydink]

Great video, loved the pictures.

[@AbandonedSteve]

BadBowtie Thank You. Glad you enjoyed the photos

[@irenemeno3585]

Nice break and mind clensing........TY!!

[@AbandonedSteve]

Your welcome. Glad you enjoyed it

[@Phillymike320]

Great video. This isn't far from me. I may go check this out.

[@ramcharger1907]

the last building was probably a barn not a factory. all the equipment outside was horse drawn farm equipment with the first two looking like a hay rake and a corn planter. and the last for sure is a sickle bar mower(For cutting hay)

[@BrodiesVlogs]

The pictures you took at the end were really nicely done :) may I ask what lens you were using?

[@AbandonedSteve]

RandomPlanetEarth i was using a Nikon 24-70mm 2.8 lens.

[@tina290974]

reminds me of the movie STAND BY ME great vid steve

[@TheAlice1865]

Great photos!

[@AbandonedSteve]

+Nick Nickerson Thank you Nick

[@speediracer4]

Forget the trails, use the rails! They're trying to do that behind my house and I'm against having all that traffic behind my house. Hope they keep the rails and maybe use them again.

[@hooplan77]

I wish I had more abandoned stuff near my house, all I have is two cars on a nearby mountain and a recently abandoned railroad across the lake from my house.

[@AbandonedSteve]

that why you need to move to PA :)

[@hooplan77]

Yeah

[@SirDavidHaddon]

There is Million's of Dollars in Iron lying around New Jersey's abandoned rail links,, You would think it would be recycled and used to support and maintain these trails,,,

[@patrickgaughan1174]

Steve where is this location at?...You did a great video and like the pictures you took.

[@AbandonedSteve]

patrick Gaughan This location is just outside philly area. It is no longer there though, or in other words almost gone as they are doing a rails to trails here

[@patrickgaughan1174]

Thank you for replying. It is great tjat they do this to make trails out of it.

[@JSRFModCentral]

pretty interesting, i actually live near an abandoned railroad. When i was small it was still up, the tracks and the crossing signs. But over the years they took all that down, first the crossings, then the tracks, then later the polls. Now today only a few poles and track are left of it.

[@AbandonedSteve]

Gun Jack always love railroads, especially the abandoned ones

[@JSRFModCentral]

Yah my area has some abandoned tracks, sad to see them rust away though

[@greghills4443]

How much does the rail weight?

[@AbandonedSteve]

+greg hills 100 lbs a yard

[@SandyzSerious]

Love your videos, thank you.

[@AbandonedSteve]

thank you sandy

[@pressingwilson]

All that scrap metal. I'm surprised no one has been up to steal it!

[@redrock717]

pressingwilson it's illegal for a scrap yard to accept it and in most cases they will call the police on you if you try to sell it to them.

[@stevenmichael2845]

Whats the music at the end?

[@AbandonedSteve]

Steven Michael check the end of the video as I credited the song

[@stevenmichael2845]

Thanks.

[@timberwolfpowler8747]

Should have looked on the side of the rails to get a date of manufacture.

[@fluffnose3386]

He did. 1918

[@andrewgiordano5275]

A lot of these old railroads are converted to trails. Hiking ,running ,and biking trails.

[@ginamaria2579]

So very cool !

[@moocowdad]

awesome steve

[@AbandonedSteve]

Thanks moo cow

[@kevindangos4008]

is that near mustang expediting? I used to deliver there

[@AbandonedSteve]

Kevin Dangos i am not sure. never heard of the place

[@Letty0710]

it's really interesting and sad :( but nice video guys, i was always interested in abandoned things

[@AbandonedSteve]

Siera Thank You

[@joshriver75]

I am no geologist and probably wrong, but to me it looks like a flood breach site. With no support, the rails they fall in. I bet the rails are probably buried very near the original rail location. It even looked like one of the remaining rails was even bent on the end in a direction away from the creek. Just a theory of course!

[@thetruth7633]

Jonathan A I think it is, great video, an ode to the past and people who built, worked, lived there.

[@elirosen1391]

If the branch hadn't suffered as much damage from Hurricane Agnes as it did, is it possible it might have remained open for longer than it did?

[@rdlykryk4384]

I doubt it Eli. Us local kids hiked and fished this stretch in the 70's. Our parents said it was out of use for years. I would say the Septa bus system took over as far as gettin people to work and back.

[@elirosen1391]

@@rdlykryk4384 I know passenger service was long since dead by then. But not even any freight was running the line at that point?

[@SirDavidHaddon]

I HOPE THE TRAILS ARE BETTER MAINTAINED THEN THE HENRY HUDSON TRAIN IN MONMOUTH COUNTY. IT IS A HAZARD TO RIDE A BIKE OR RUN ON WITH TREE ROOTS PROTRUDING FOUR INCHES HIGH MOST OF THE ABERDEEN TO HIGHLANDS SECTION...

[@LloydMacDuff]

Wow very interesting to see parts of what was our every day needs and now it is gone

[@AbandonedSteve]

yea thats why I like to find them and explore them.

[@marciodecesaro8049]

I think its a 60"s rusty impala sit there! I `m from Brasil.in the pics , the rusty weels are from a 30's or 40's tractor. another good footage! tkx.

[@s0nnyburnett]

I was walking down some old tracks and saw a car engine sitting in the ditch. I wondered how it got there, then I looked up the embankment and the rest of the Chevy Vega wagon was sitting up there caught by the trees after being rolled over the side of the road. Amazing how people could just abandon cars in the 70's with no consequence.

[@freighttrainsahpassing9790]

How were you able to get permission to explore this? I ask this because there are some abandoned rails I'd like to expplore myself !!!

[@wsmith4]

Abandoned Steve, you should see what they've done to this! Amazing and beautiful new walking/riding trail, opened in 2017. Check it out sometime!

[@TheT-90thatstaresintoyoursoul]

Should’ve kept the rail. Not build a trail. Keep the rail remove the trail. They could make a rail cart sorta thing. Just put some dirt back in clean it up good as new.

[@interstellarphred]

Rails to trails is an indication of our dysfunctional transportation policy, demonstrating how this movement functions as dupes doing the dirty work of the highway lobby

[@msaj9384]

Great video!

[@AbandonedSteve]

thank you

[@NuriToxican]

Are those the original rails?

[@AbandonedSteve]

NuriToxican I believe they are. they are dated 1913

[@NuriToxican]

Abandoned Steve Interesting! Thanks!

[@fredoplatel8223]

merci ! pour cette vidéo ..

[@tomcurley6965]

I used to ride this train to chester and back at lunch time years ago when I worked at Westlake plastics

[@AbandonedSteve]

Tom Curley wow awesome! Happen to have any photos?

[@tomcurley6965]

No. There were no cell phones back then and cameras were to big . we used to take the train to Chester to grab lunch at Woolworths five and ten, they had a lunch counter

[@kieranbricker3278]

what is the name of the song at the end it is a good song 4 the end of video because i explored an abandoned school

[@PhilliesPhan2013]

Which area of the Chester Creek Branch were you on? I live in Brookhaven, and I'm thinking about possibly exploring the line sometime next month. Also, excellent video! My interest in this line became piqued after driving past the viaduct that goes over Pennel Road and not knowing the history of it.

[@AbandonedSteve]

it was the end by linvilla however I am not sure what is left of the line as they been tearing it up for the rails to trails conversion.

[@thomascostello259]

My grandfather worked on the railroad, and this was the branch that he worked on

[@AbandonedSteve]

Thomas Costello Thomas that is awesome! Does your grandfather have any pictures of the branch? I would love to share them

[@thomascostello259]

Will ask my mother to see if she has any

[@faithdaily1959]

What county is this in?

[@AbandonedSteve]

delaware