Photos of abandoned railway infrastructure, rolling stock, buildings, stuff like that. All photos contain at least one piece of railway infrastructure still in place on a line or track that is no longer used for trains.
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It was such a mistake to let the Budd company die, wish passenger rail grew more in the US to give the Budd company more purpose
This was the main plant on Hunting Park Ave in Philadelphia. This plant was primarily used for auto body manufacturing.
The Zephyrs were built at this plant but post WWII Budd moved railcar production to the newer Red Lion plant in Northeast Philadelphia. That is where things like the RDCs and Metroliners were built.
They built such good products that 50 years later they are the backbone of American intercity pax rail. Sad.
My friends design studio is adjacent to the plant. I agree, where was Budds bailout?
Where exactly? I'm very familiar with the area. Is it in the old Atwater Kent plant?
2800 edwards avenue. Across from the asbestos plant.
Where was Atwater Kent? I gotta go back and explore some more. I love that area for some reason.
2800 Roberts you mean.
His building used to be the Monad Paint Company, at least back in the 1960s.
Atwater Kent is the large brick building caddy corner across the tracks on Roberts and Wissahickon.
It was Atwater Kent radio until 1936, became a defense plant in 1941, and later that part was Philco Radio. There was a northern plant just as large that was used by the GSA and VA. The boiler plant is still there but the north factory is gone. VA still used the land though.
Yes! Sorry was at work trying to do two things at once. Been all over the building it’s pretty cool inside. Functioning freight elevators. He has a side business selling Philadelphia gas street lights, which is how we met him. And he keeps them outside on the platform for the former railroad siding for the building.
Thanks for the info. You should add that kind of stuff to wikimapida if it’s not already documented.
They committed the cardinal sin of American business: their products lasted so long that nobody ordered more of them.