Trolleyology: Heading Home on the Main Line - A Century of PRR Commuter Rail Operations in Philly

[@Jeff-uj8xi]

At 37:06 showing the Reading Company coach in service for Operation Northeast, standing in the vestibule is Philadelphia Mayor Richardson Dilworth. He served from 1956 to 1962. I knew him personally. It was not Mayor Joe Clark.

[@t44s]

thanks so much. I was born in Philly, grew up in Paoli, riding the trains in the '60s and '70s. I appreciate the history!

[@SunnyJohn45]

Good job, Al! Thanks.

[@scottrobinson5223]

Great presentation - from 1963 to 1972 lived in Ardmore very near the County Line stop of P&W Ardmore line. Had no idea about the P&W line position towards the efforts of Philly to fund commuter service. Thanks to Al Churella for his research.

[@mattnawn5019]

This was an outstanding presentation! My compliments to the presenter and PTM for making this available.

[@JamesLove-ev9cl]

To answer what I think the man was being asked. Between Philadelphia & Columbia PA it was the Philadelphia & Columbia RR that met the Eastern Division for the PA Canal System on up to where Appalachian Trail crosses NS tracks for Canal to run north to the Poconos, as a Aqueduct was built to cross the Susquehanna River to at Clark's Ferry onto the Juniata Division of PA Canal to reach Duncannon PA to meet Plane 10 of Allegheny Portage RR that Planes 10 to 6 went up along Old U.S. 22 to Plane 6 that took canals down to Plane 1 at Bethlehem Steel in Johnstown as Waterstreet is Canal out to where Little Conemaugh River met Stoney Creek to have the Western Division of Canal service serviced the Bolivar out through Blairsville going through Conemaugh Dam serving Saltsburg to Schenley PA in Armstong County crossing a burst aqueduct over the Allegheny between PA 128 to Butler Junction going under the Lineville and PA 356 leading down through Natrona that was known as East Tarentum through Brackenridge down along Old PA 28 pulling right along the Highland Park Bridge going under 15th Street and Park to cross Main & Canal where Church is today for PRT's past PAT routes 1 & 91 going through the warehouse exiting onto Canal Street where Cemetary was fund near Super K as Canal serviced Allegheny City terminus at where PNC Park is today. Canal also crossed Aqueduct where the Pittsburgh Fort Wayne & Chicago RR is at dried up canal at AMTRAK/Greyhound Pittsburgh. The between information was PA Canal and was filled in by Western Pennsylvania RR west of Johnstown PA and became PRR's first mainline before the cut at Derry PA Yard which is New Derry is Derry PA Westmoreland County to service Latrobe, Greensburg onto PAT now PRT's 2nd current mainline onto State 1 & 2 of East Bus Way that is to be pushed into Pitcairn Yard.

[@JamesLove-ev9cl]

Correction to Levittown/Tullytown as its PRR's 7 Trenton Local.

[@MargaretLeber]

Billions of dollars later: nobody wants to go downtown.