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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad station (Philadelphia)

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and under the bridge. Furness mixed Flemish Revival detailing with an industrial aesthetic of brick, iron and glass. Through the station's innovative plan, he separated the flow of passengers waiting to board the trains from those arriving. Directly south of the passenger station stretched a brick
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The Philadelphia station was essentially built on stilts, with its main entrance from the Chestnut Street Bridge, 30 feet above grade level. The B&O tracks ran along the east bank of the
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The B&O Station building was also home to the Philadelphia Model Railroad Club, which split into two separate clubs when the building was torn down. The first reopened as the
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Mr. Frank Furness, the architect, says that the new Baltimore and Ohio depot, to be erected at Twenty-fourth and Chestnut streets will be equally as fine as the
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Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Station From Walnut Street Wharf Schuylkill River, June 29, 1889 by D. J. Kennedy, Historical Society of Pennsylvania
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The station building was expanded in 1912, and its interior was remodeled in 1943. The Chestnut Street entrance porch was replaced in the 1940s.
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several years later. Some of the models and buildings from the PMRC were salvaged, and live on today on the CVMRR layout.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Twenty-fourth & Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
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The Philadelphia B & O station saw its last regularly scheduled passenger train on April 28, 1958, when the
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in 1886, its own line between Baltimore and Philadelphia that did not rely on
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Timetable transcription with the name "Chestnut Street Station",
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Sam Steinruck, "Model Train Layout A Little Bit of Christmas",
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The Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide
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in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Designed by architect
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Railway stations in the United States closed in 1958
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Railway stations in the United States opened in 1888
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Demolished buildings and structures in Philadelphia
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Philadelphia
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Chestnut Street porch under demolition, circa-1940.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Philadelphia
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Index

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Philadelphia
Chestnut Street station (BMT Fulton Street Line)

Chestnut
Philadelphia
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Aberdeen
Chicago
Wayne Junction
Jersey City
60th Street
Chicago
Philadelphia
Jersey City
Philadelphia
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Frank Furness
Chestnut Street Bridge

Philadelphia Subdivision
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reading Railroad
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Jersey City, New Jersey
Broad Street depot
Schuylkill River
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
North elevation.
Chestnut Street porch under demolition, circa-1940.

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