Ranya's Ramblings

Germantown is a train station on SEPTA's Chestnut Hill East line.  History Old PG&NRR Germantown station building  the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad came to Germantown in 1832. Originally it had ended at Germantown and Price Streets at Shingle's Tavern. In 1855, a new station building was built, and it stayed in commission until 1863 or so. This station building remained standing until 1981, when it burned down.  After this, The Reading Railroad made a new station near Baynton Street, where the current station is. Much of the track between Chelten Avenue and Germantown avenue is gone, but the right of way still remains.  Third Germantown Station There used to also be a yard next to this station, the remnants of the portion of the right of way that went to Germantown avenue. This station remained until the late 1920s, when the line was rebuilt, and a new elevated station was built. This station is the station we see toda

Sedgwick is a station on SEPTA's Chestnut Hill East line, located at Mount Pleasant avenue in Northwest Philadelphia's East Mount Airy neighborhood.  History Old Sedgwick station Sedgwick station was built in 1880, in the same spot it's in today. Things stayed mostly the same until 1980, when the station building burned down.  Afterwards, some temporary shelters were constructed. In the 2000s, better temporary shelters were constructed, entirely on the inbound end.  Tour Silverliner IV at Sedgwick Station There's not much at Sedgwick at all.  There clearly used to be a shelter here The only bench at this platform Shelters on the other side. Why are they only on that side? Good luck if it rains.  Stairs Very old sign for the H bus Bus Connections There is one singular bus connection: the H, which goes between Broad and Erie and Cheltenham - Ogontz loop, with an ave

Cheltenham is a station on SEPTA's Fox Chase Line, located in Cheltenham Village, a village located inside Cheltenham Township. Or at least, it's supposed to be. The station is actually located in the Burholme neighborhood of Philadelphia, but the city limits are about half a block away (Ironically, Lawndale station is located in Cheltenham Township, but in a portion where the people of Cheltenham Township itself cannot  access it because of the country club behind it). History Station in the 1930s Cheltenham Station was originally an old wooden structure built sometime in the mid to late 1800s. It is very likely that the station was made in the 1860s by the Philadelphia, New York, and Newtown Railroad, or the 1880s-1890s by the Reading Railroad. When exactly the station was constructed aside, Cheltenham station had this building for many decades afterwards.  Cheltenham station in the 1990s The station lasted a long time, up until 1993, when

Sign Link Belt is a station on SEPTA's Lansdale - Doylestown line, located in the southern portion of the small village of Line Lexington, PA, near county line road.  History Link Belt Factory and Station Link Belt is a company that started in 1880 in Belle Mead, Iowa. Link Belt primarily makes machinery, such as cranes, among other things. In 1952, Link Belt opened a factory aling County Line Road, in Hatfield Township, Pennsylvania, just south of the villeg of Line Lexington. Not long after, the Reading Railroad made a rail spur that went to the factory, and then a platform for a station, aptly titled "Link Belt" after the factory. The Link Belt station was made for workers at the factory to get to and from their houses and the factory.  The Link Belt factory closed in 1983, after 31 years of operation, and was replaced with other factories. Sometime later, SEPTA not only took control of operations, but they also completely remodeled the station as well.  So