Chasing CPL


Illustration by Otto M. Vondrak ©2012 Carstens Publications Not all routes and stations shown. Not an official map.


O 5 MILES 10 15 Hockessin Carrcroft Elsmere Jct.


PENNSYLVANIA MARYLAND


to Harrisburg, PA Childs Leslie


East Aikin


Harve de Grace Perryville ABERDEEN


Chesapeake Bay


to Dover RADIO FREQUENCIES


160.230 (AAR Ch. 08) - CSX Road Channel 161.100 (AAR Ch. 66) - Dispatcher Link


Philadelphia passes over the Philly Sub near the triple bores of the 1918 Grays Ferry Tunnel, with the tracks emerging near “RG Tower” at Eastside Yard (MP 2). After crossing the Schuylkill River, the line runs up and


Aberdeen Military Proving Grounds


Landenberg Jct. Harmony NEWARK WILMINGTON


AMTK - Amtrak BO- Baltimore & Ohio CP- Canadian Pacific CRSA- Conrail Shared Assets CSXT- CSX Transportation EPRY- East Penn Railroad MARC- Maryland Area Regional Commuter NS- Norfolk Southern PRR- Pennsylvania Railroad RDG- Reading Company SPT- Southeastern Pa. Trans. Authority USA- U.S. Army WWRC- Wilmington & Western


over a truss bridge across Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor at 58th Street. From here, the line passes through


the heart of gritty Darby Borough, where SEPTA’s Route 11 streetcar crosses at grade on a diamond in the


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Art Museum Tunnel


30th ST. STA. Darby Elwyn Holmes Chester Twin Oaks East Feltonville


Boone Tunnel


Crum Lynne Chester Eddystone


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