ABOVE: Several overhead bridges span the Philly Sub and I-95 through Chester, Pa. The pedestrian overpass at Crosby Street affords this view of an eastbound passing a busy transload facility, one of the major spurs along the line. RIGHT: The SEPTA Route 11 streetcar crosses CSX on a diamond in the middle of Sixth Street in Darby. For many years it was the only streetcar diamond with a main line railroad in the U.S.
middle of 6th Street (at one time the on- ly remaining crossing of a main line railroad and streetcar line in the coun- try, although recent light rail construc- tion in other cities has added more crossings). The short Boone Tunnel, which straddles the Darby and Sharon Hill town line, is visible just to the west. A side-by-side set of CPL signals stand guard a mile down the line in borough of Collingdale, accessed from Foster Avenue off Route 13. The only significant gap in the chain
of CPL signals is from Holmes (MP 8.7) to West Feltonville (MP 17.2). These signals were replaced a decade ago when the existing passing siding was extend- ed to Chester. Several major customers are located along the siding, including a transload facility at Chester and a large automobile unloading yard at Twin Oaks, destination of CSX autorack train Q216, which runs daily. Views
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are possible from a pair of pedestrian bridges that span I-95 off of Walnut Street (which connects Chester to Widener University) and also Crosby Street. South of Chester the railroad enters
the state of Delaware. Just north of Wilmington, the railroad crosses the Brandywine River on a seven-span stone arch viaduct, which was built in 1909-1910. It replaced an earlier 1888
iron truss bridge and can be viewed from a city park just off I-95. Photo- graphic purists may be discouraged by walls on the side of the bridge that re- sults in the trucks of trains being ob- scured when viewed from the park. Wilsmere Yard on the outskirts of Wilmington, Del., hosts local freights, but its scope is much reduced with the closure of several vehicle manufactur-
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