{"id":5312,"date":"2014-01-21T05:21:37","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T10:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=5312"},"modified":"2014-01-20T22:08:47","modified_gmt":"2014-01-21T03:08:47","slug":"daily-post-vestiges-of-the-pennsylvania-railroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/daily-post-vestiges-of-the-pennsylvania-railroad\/","title":{"rendered":"DAILY POST: Vestiges of the Pennsylvania Railroad"},"content":{"rendered":"

46 Years Later, Hints Remain of the Old Order.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Philadelphia was the Pennsylvania Railroad\u2019s headquarters city. Despite multitudes of change in the industry since PRR merged with New York Central in 1968, there\u2019s still plenty of\u00a0 Pennsy cues around Philly.<\/p>\n

For me this is like finding hints of a long lost empire.<\/p>\n

\"Philadelphia\"<\/a>
Pennsylvania Railroad’s Suburban Station. Lumix LX3.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Interior<\/a>
Interior of 30th Street Station. The commemorative statue depicts an angel carrying a soldier skyward which symbolizes PRR\u2019s employees who perished in action during World War II.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"The<\/a>
The keystone was PRR’s symbol. If one searches around Philadelphia’s 30th Street, there are still plenty of PRR keystones to be found. Lumix LX3 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Old<\/a>
Old PRR station at Clifton-Aldan, Pennsylvania. Lumix LX3 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Railroad<\/a>
A PRR-style position light signal at Overbrook, displays an ‘Approach-Medium’ aspect. Canon EOS 7D photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Overbrook<\/a>
Overbrook Station on the Main Line, as seen on the evening of January 18, 2014.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00a0[click here for views of the January 20th 2014 Schuylkill River derailment<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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