Ted S posted:I grew up in the Philly suburbs. Whenever my parents took us to visit relatives in the city, I marveled at the GG-1s staged on the servicing track, or leading one of Amtrak's North-South limiteds.
That elevated line isn't an el train, but the "High Line"- a freight bypass running along the west bank of the Schuylkill.
I think @twtrainworx made an O scale model of Philadelphia's 30th St. a few years ago. If not it might be an interesting choice for their next offering!
There are two elevated lines - the High Line (usually freight but was also used for the Army-Navy game passenger specials) across the foreground of the picture and also the Market-Frankford subway-elevated along Market St. directly to the right of the 30th St. Station building in the photo. The subway-surface trolley routes also came above ground here.
