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'''Chestnut Street Station''', (also known as '''24th St. Station''') was the main passenger station for the [[Baltimore & Ohio Railroad]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. Designed by architect [[Frank Furness]], it stood at 24th Street and the [[Chestnut Street (Philadelphia)|Chestnut Street Bridge]] from 1888 to 1963.<ref>[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=hhphoto&fileName=pa/pa1000/pa1097/photos/browse.db&action=browse&recNum=0&title2=Baltimore%20%26%20Ohio%20Railroad%20Station,%20Twenty-fourth%20%26%20Chestnut%20Streets,%20Philadelphia,%20Philadelphia%20County,%20PA&displayType=1&itemLink=D?hh:1:./temp/~ammem_0ixX:: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Philadelphia] at the Historic American Building Survey</ref>
'''Chestnut Street Station''',<ref>Timetable transcription with the name "Chestnut Street Station", http://www.american-rails.com/royal-blue.html</ref><ref>Station Architect's Website, http://frankfurness.org/profile/biography/career/professional-practice/furness-evans-company/</ref> (also known as '''24th St. Station''') was the main passenger station for the [[Baltimore & Ohio Railroad]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. Designed by architect [[Frank Furness]], it stood at 24th Street and the [[Chestnut Street (Philadelphia)|Chestnut Street Bridge]] from 1888 to 1963.<ref>[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=hhphoto&fileName=pa/pa1000/pa1097/photos/browse.db&action=browse&recNum=0&title2=Baltimore%20%26%20Ohio%20Railroad%20Station,%20Twenty-fourth%20%26%20Chestnut%20Streets,%20Philadelphia,%20Philadelphia%20County,%20PA&displayType=1&itemLink=D?hh:1:./temp/~ammem_0ixX:: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Philadelphia] at the Historic American Building Survey</ref>


The station was essentially built on stilts, with the main entrance from the Chestnut Street Bridge, 30 feet above ground level. The B&O trains ran along the east bank of the [[Schuylkill River]] 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.
The station was essentially built on stilts, with the main entrance from the Chestnut Street Bridge, 30 feet above ground level. The B&O trains ran along the east bank of the [[Schuylkill River]] 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.
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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 [[Cherry Valley O-scale|Cherry Valley Model Railroad Club]] in [[Merchantville, New Jersey|Merchantville]], [[New Jersey]] in 1962,<ref name="retro1">[http://theretrospect.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=1629&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1155&hn=theretrospect&he=.com Sam Steinruck, "Model Train Layout A Little Bit of Christmas", ''The Retrospective'', December 5, 2008]</ref> and the second as the [[East Penn Traction Club]] several years later.<ref name="eptc1">[http://www.eastpenn.org/origin.html The East Penn Traction Club: The Origin of Modular Trolley Layout]</ref> Some of the models and buildings from the PMRC were salvaged, and live on today on the CVMRR layout.<ref name="hadgaz2">"Model Railroad Invites Inspection", ''The Haddon Gazette'', November 2, 1967</ref>
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 [[Cherry Valley O-scale|Cherry Valley Model Railroad Club]] in [[Merchantville, New Jersey|Merchantville]], [[New Jersey]] in 1962,<ref name="retro1">[http://theretrospect.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=1629&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1155&hn=theretrospect&he=.com Sam Steinruck, "Model Train Layout A Little Bit of Christmas", ''The Retrospective'', December 5, 2008]</ref> and the second as the [[East Penn Traction Club]] several years later.<ref name="eptc1">[http://www.eastpenn.org/origin.html The East Penn Traction Club: The Origin of Modular Trolley Layout]</ref> Some of the models and buildings from the PMRC were salvaged, and live on today on the CVMRR layout.<ref name="hadgaz2">"Model Railroad Invites Inspection", ''The Haddon Gazette'', November 2, 1967</ref>
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File:B&OStationNorthElevation.gif|Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Philadelphia (24th Street Station), north elevation
File:B&OStationNorthElevation.gif|Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Philadelphia (24th Street Station), north elevation<ref>
File:B&OStationFromEast.jpg|East elevation from 24th Street
File:B&OStationFromEast.jpg|East elevation from 24th Street
File:B&OWaitingroomStair.jpg|Stairs from the Lower Waiting Room
File:B&OWaitingroomStair.jpg|Stairs from the Lower Waiting Room
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*[http://www.west2k.com/papix/philadelphiabando.jpg More Photos (Existing Railroad Stations in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania)]
*[http://www.west2k.com/papix/philadelphiabando.jpg More Photos (Existing Railroad Stations in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania)]
*[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?hh:2:./temp/~ammem_N3h5:: Measured drawings and 1959 photos from HABS]
*[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?hh:2:./temp/~ammem_N3h5:: Measured drawings and 1959 photos from HABS]
*[http://furnesque.tumblr.com/post/27214471166/baltimore-ohio-railroad-station-24th-street-station, image gallery of the station]

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Revision as of 22:49, 1 November 2014

Not to be confused with 24th Street (PTC station).
Chestnut Street Station, 24th St. Station or Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station
Main entrance from the Chestnut Street Bridge, 1959
General information
Location24th Street and Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
U.S.
Line(s)B&O Railroad
History
Opened1888[1]
Closed1958[1]
Services
  Former services  
Preceding station   B&O   Following station
Template:B&O linesTerminus

Chestnut Street Station,[2][3] (also known as 24th St. Station) was the main passenger station for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Designed by architect Frank Furness, it stood at 24th Street and the Chestnut Street Bridge from 1888 to 1963.[4]

The station was essentially built on stilts, with the main entrance from the Chestnut Street Bridge, 30 feet above ground level. The B&O trains ran along the east bank of the Schuylkill River 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.

It also had a connection to the 24th Street trolley stop until that was closed in 1956. The station saw its last regularly scheduled passenger train on April 28, 1958, when the Baltimore & Ohio railroad ended all passenger service north of Baltimore.

The station was demolished in 1963.[1]

Philadelphia Model Railroad Club

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 Cherry Valley Model Railroad Club in Merchantville, New Jersey in 1962,[5] and the second as the East Penn Traction Club several years later.[6] Some of the models and buildings from the PMRC were salvaged, and live on today on the CVMRR layout.[7]

  • Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Philadelphia (24th Street Station), north elevation<ref>
    Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Philadelphia (24th Street Station), north elevation<ref>
  • East elevation from 24th Street
    East elevation from 24th Street
  • Stairs from the Lower Waiting Room
    Stairs from the Lower Waiting Room

References

  1. ^ a b c "Philadelphia Depot of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway". Free Library of Philadephia. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  2. ^ Timetable transcription with the name "Chestnut Street Station", http://www.american-rails.com/royal-blue.html
  3. ^ Station Architect's Website, http://frankfurness.org/profile/biography/career/professional-practice/furness-evans-company/
  4. ^ Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Philadelphia at the Historic American Building Survey
  5. ^ Sam Steinruck, "Model Train Layout A Little Bit of Christmas", The Retrospective, December 5, 2008
  6. ^ The East Penn Traction Club: The Origin of Modular Trolley Layout
  7. ^ "Model Railroad Invites Inspection", The Haddon Gazette, November 2, 1967
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