Connecting Railway
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The Connecting Railway was a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad, incorporated to build a connection between the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad and the PRR in the city of Philadelphia.
The Connecting Railway Bridge over Schuylkill River, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
The Bustleton Branch splits from the Philadelphia & Trenton Line at Holmesburg Junction.
Share of the Kensington and Tacony Railroad Company, issued 14 April 1891
"HOLMES" Block Station (Holmesburg Junction), late 1970s
Frankford Junction station
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Frankford Junction is a railroad junction, and former junction station, located on the border between the Harrowgate neighborhood of Philadelphia and Frankford, Philadelphia. At the junction, the 4-tr
Connecting Railway
…Connecting Railway Company was incorporated May 15, 1863, and between 1864 and June 1867, constructed a 6.75-mile (10.86 km) connecting line between Frankford Junction on the Philadelphia & Trenton and Mantua Junction (now Zoo interlocking) on the PRR mainline, passing through what is now North Philadelphia. On July…
Remains of Frankford Junction station in 2010