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Film 503: Denny--Jamestown, Westfield & Western; Fairmount Park Trolley, and LVT.

Film 503: Denny--Jamestown, Westfield & Western Railroad; Fairmount Park Trolley, and Lehigh Valley Transit (includes the Liberty Bell Route, and Norristown High Speed line). Photographer: John Denny. Photographed early-mid ...1940s.
1. Jamestown, Westfield & Western Railroad.(1914-1950), an electrified shortline between Jamestown, NY (connection to Erie RR), and Westfield, NY (main interchange, NYC). Westfield, NY station and car 303 are shown. pre-1947 passenger car abandonment.
2. Fairmount Park Trolley line and car barn. (B/W footage).
3. Lehigh Valley Transit-- high speed running through farmlands around Quakertown, Perkasie Station, Sellersville Station, high speed running through Hatfield. Departing Norristown station and crossing Schuylkill River. Station runbys viewed from Ardmore Junction include Brill Bullet cars and Strafford car. 103 Line car passes through underpass below.
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