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
Zoo Junction
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Zoo Junction is a junction on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the Northeast Corridor meets the Keystone Corridor, previously known as the Pennsylvania Railroad's Main
Connecting Railway
…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 18, 1863, the Frankford and Holmesburg Railroad was incorporated to build…
The south portal of the 36th Street Tunnel used by SEPTA Regional Rail, where two connecting tracks from 30th Street Station's upper level run under the Keystone Corridor tracks, connecting to the Northeast Corridor tracks
A 1977 photo of Zoo Junction with the Northeast Corridor visible on the right, the Schuylkill River in the background, and the Philadelphia Zoo on the right.