Ranya's Ramblings

Chelten Avenue is a station on SEPTA's Chestnut Hill West line, located on Chelten avenue in West Germantown.  History Chelten station in 1916 Chelten station was created by the Pennsylvania Railroad for their rail line to Fort Washington/Whitemarsh in 1884 or so as "Germantown station" but was renamed to "Chelten station" to distinguish it from the Philadelphia and Germantown railroad's Germantown station. Not long after this, A branch to Chestnut Hill was made, which had three new stations, this branch quickly becoming more popular than the branch to Fort Washington itself. Chelten station quickly became a very popular station, as Germantown itself was a popular destination where many lived, (and still do live). Sometime around 1916, the Pennsylvania Railroad started a project for grade separating the line at Chelten Avenue itself, as this area had high traffic. The current station was finished in 1918.  The 1950s brought great chan...

Ellsworth-Federal is a station along SEPTA's Broad Street Line, specifically served only by the B1. Ellsworth-Federal is located on Broad Street, between Ellsworth and Federal Streets.  History  Ellsworth Street entrance Ellsworth-Federal station was built in the late 1930s, much like the rest of the South Philadelphia stations of the Broad Street Subway. Outside of the history of the rest of the South Philadelphia stations - which will not be mentioned here, Ellsworth-Federal station has a lot of interesting things in its history. More than anything, it's name and location in themselves are incredibly interesting.  Those who know little about the history of the area will wonder why the station is not at the nearby large cross street of Washington Avenue. Those who do know more will realize that the station itself predates the time when Washington Avenue was much more than the right of way for the PRR Washington Avenue branch, which serviced all of the South P...

Philmont is a station at the intersection of Pine, Philmont, and Tomlinson roads in the town of Huntingdon Valley, PA.  History Picture from 2007 or so, I believe The first Philmont station was most likely originally built sometime in the 1860s by the North Pennsylvania Railroad to serve the Philmont Country Club, right along the line. Not long after this happened, the entirety of the North Penn Railroad got absorbed into the Reading Railroad company. This station was not rebuilt despite this, even though other North Penn stations were rebuilt.  This changed in 1913, when the original Philmont station and freight depot burned down. The Reading Railroad decided to build the beautiful station building that is there today after this happened. Ever since then, very little has changed about the station itself.  What has changed though is the town it serves. "Philmont" was the name of a village centered around the intersection the train station is situat...