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Re: 30th Street Station
Author: MP 44.7
Date: 08-01-2010 - 23:55

Tom McCann Wrote:
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> On my last trip through 30th Street (February
> 2006), the new Cira Centre office tower had just
> opened on air rights over the north end of the
> depot. The indoor parking garage adjacent to the
> building provides excellent overhead views of the
> coach yard, locomotive servicing facility and the
> approaches to the north and west.
>
> While waiting for my train to Newark Airport, I
> went up to the top level of the garage and was
> able to photograph a Boston-bound Acela Express
> with the Philadelphia Art Museum in the
> background, and also a light engine move on the
> former PRR "High Line" freight line with two CSX
> and two UP units.

Tom, thanks for the input! I will keep that in mind the next time I am there! I never new there even was a parking garage! I can imagine it provides a really nice vantage point!

Robert
Lemoore, CA

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  Re: 30th Street Station MP 44.7 08-01-2010 - 22:55
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