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NORFOLK SOUTHERN / CSX TRANSPORTATION STONY CREEK BRANCH* SOUTHWARD FROM LANSDALE TO NORRISTOWN (LOCATIONS IN LOWERCASE NOT ON CURRENT TIMETABLES) |
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| MP | LOCATION | NOTES | |||||||
| 0.0 | DALE | LANSDALE - CONNECTION TO SEPTA R5 | |||||||
| Kneedler | (station in 1887) | ||||||||
| 2.5 | WEST POINT | ||||||||
| Acorn | (station in 1887) | ||||||||
| 4.9 | BELFRY | BOUNDARY BETWEEN CSXT AND NS | |||||||
| 6.6 | CUSTER | ||||||||
| 7.1 | JN | ||||||||
| 7.5 | HARTRANFT | ||||||||
| Hospital | (station in 1887) | ||||||||
| 9.9 | ELM | NORRISTOWN - CONNECTION TO SEPTA R6 | |||||||
| Marshall Street | (station in 1887) | ||||||||
| Norristown | (station in 1887) | ||||||||
| (I suspect this last station to be DeKalb St.) | |||||||||
| * ENTIRE BRANCH IS 9.9 MILES: (4.9 MILES CSX, 5.0 MILES NS) | |||||||||
| CONDENSED OPERATING HISTORY: | |||||||||
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| NS/CSXT | 2000-CURRENT | ||||||||
| CONRAIL | 1976-2000 | ||||||||
| READING RR | 1945-1976 | ||||||||
| READING RR (OPERATING AGREEMENT) | 1928-1945 | ||||||||
| PHILADELPHIA & READING RR (LEASED) | 1879-1928 | ||||||||
| NORTH PENN RR (LEASED) | 1874-1879 | ||||||||
| STONY CREEK RR | 1868-1874 | ||||||||
| Original charter issued 4/14/1868; with the length of the line listed at that time as 10.3 Miles. | |||||||||