Reading Company's Schuylkill and Lehigh Branch

A brief history of the former Reading Company's Schuylkill and Lehigh Branch, today this railroad makes up portions of Northfolk Southern's Spruce street industrial track, Evansville branch line, and the landlocked Wanamaker, Kempton, and Southern Railroad.
Note: Spelling of Schuylkill is wrong on title slide, whoops!
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[@monteman700]

Great video. I drive over some of the old ROW's almost every day. Would've loved to see this line in its heyday. Had relatives that used to use it to get to the Slatington High School.

[@icefly_]

Thanks for the history. I've walked these old overgrown lines as a kid but never knew the history.

[@joelsalomon213]

Great video, nicely done!

[@kleetus92]

I was just at the Lehigh plant 2 weeks ago and saw a pair of engines loading out cement.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

Interesting video! Thanks!

[@Jeff-Z]

Great video! What's the origin of the first five photographs of the Reading passenger train in Kempton? I'm not sure I've seen those before.
Jeff-Z

[@bradynlutz9450]

These are photos from my grandfather, they use to live in the house where the photos where taken. These are from the 1962 "Berksy" reunion train. One of the last Reading Company passenger trains to run the route.

[@robkrasinski6217]

Did the train only run as far as Kempton? In 1962 the track north of Kempton was sold to the group that formed the WK&S and the rest to Best torn up.

[@MichaelMartin26]

Nice video

[@eeny1954]

My Grandfather rode this train to school everyday

[@boblilly9317]

Germansville is pronounced Ger-mansville. Not German.....

[@robkrasinski6217]

You mean with a hard G like in get not like the J sound like in German? I have a relative who lives there, he is a son of my deceased grandfather's sister, on my mom's side, my grandfather passed Dec 2000, his wife Jan 2006 and his sister passed as well. My mom passed away this June 14 in the hospital because she couldn't breathe on her own anymore, she was on life support.