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Taken from the Stratosphere Tower
There's a freight train rumbling behind the multi storey car park.
For a detailed overview of South African rolling stock see the late Col Andre Kritzingers page:
In the early 2000's I purchased 6 CD's featuring drawings and photos of rolling stock of South African Railways / Spoornet.
Most photos I believe are by the late Colonel Andre Kritzinger, Some pictures the photographer/s are unknown.
These are freight tracks embedded in the street, not trolley tracks. They are standard gauge, whereas all trolley tracks in Philly are broad gauge. Another clue that these are freight tracks and not trolley tracks is the switch: the point is missing, but if this were trolley tracks, there would be no switch point on this side; only on the other side of the track. (See note above.)
Taken on the 10xx block of Noble Street, Philadelphia.
Bi-State Development (BSD) hosted Freight Summit 2016 on April 27, which served as the official launch of the St. Louis Regional Freightway, BSD’s newest enterprise aimed at capturing a share of the significant increase in freight volume expected over the next 25 years.