History Still Chugging Along: Exploring Philadelphia’s Other Broad Street Station Ed Duffy dives deep into the origins of a litttle-known Neoclassical train station in North ...
History The Budd Company: An Industrial Icon That Broke The Mold Robert Masciantonio dives deep into the history of Philadelphia's groundbreaking industrial powerhouse, the Edward G. Budd Manufacturing ...
Preservation Historic Freight Station Lives Again At Lincoln Square Michael Bixler gives us a peek inside the old PW&B train shed under construction at Broad Street and Washington Avenue. The former freight station is currently being converted into a grocery store, part of the ...
Development Old Train Car On North Broad To Become Rail Park HQ That old abandoned rail car at Broad and Noble is here to stay. The quirky North Philly landmark will become the new Rail Park's headquarters and visitor's ...
History Riding The Rails On Pennsylvania’s Original Turnpike As Phase One of the Reading Viaduct Rail Park sets to open this spring, Harry K. takes us on a ride along the Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad, one of the earliest railroads in ...
Architecture Engineering & Architecture Ride The Rails At Athenaeum An exhibition at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia illuminates the history of railroad architecture through drawings, photographs, and more. Michael Bixler has the ...
Preservation A Moving Monument Nearly four years after Hidden City proposed relocating the forlorn Newkirk Viaduct Monument from the side of the train tracks to the forthcoming Bartram's Mile segment of the Schuylkill River Trail system... that has happened. ...
History Making Connections In New Jersey With The Delair Bridge Now that the election is over, it appears we'd better start building bridges. So we thought we'd present this history of the Delair Bridge, erected by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1895. Strangely obscured next to ...
