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The bullet-shaped nose of a Bullet Car is readily visible
during a station stop in the Philadelphia suburbs.
These photographs of Bullet Cars were taken in the mid-1980s. |
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The bullet-shaped nose of a Bullet Car is readily visible
during a station stop in the Philadelphia suburbs.
These photographs of Bullet Cars were taken in the mid-1980s. |
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Modernization came to the Norristown
Line in the late 1990s in the form of these air-conditioned light rail
vehicles.
The third-rail electric supply is painted white for safety. |
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When passengers from Norristown reach
west Philadelphia, they can connect to the Market Street subway.
The subway, which is both elevated and underground, takes them directly to downtown Philadelphia. |
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Because Philadelphia's commuter railroads were built around the turn of the 20th Century, they are equipped with large and ornate railroad stations. This Victorian masterpiece is at Gravers Lane on the Chestnut Hill East line. |
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