When N Scale Limited visited several Eastern cities during our “On Location” tour, Chris Brimley and I stopped in Philadelphia (see our Philadelphia photos here). We agreed to skip photos of Philadelphia’s 30thStreet Station so we could give the station its own spotlight in a separate article at a later time. The time has come to share our station photos along with some additional 30th Street photos I was able to take recently. Enjoy.

About Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station

Originally known as “Pennsylvania Station – 30thStreet”, the station opened in 1933 and served the Pennsylvania Railroad along with the PRR Broad Street Station (until Broad Street closed in 1952). 30thSteet boasted very modern amenities for the time including a roof-top landing pad for aircraft, pneumatic mail tubes, intercoms and electrified lines that could pass under the station itself. 30th Street sits on PRR’s (now Amtrak’s) North East Corridor.

30th Steet Station includes two famous carvings. One is a statue of a massive angel (show in the movie, Witness) holding a man. This statue is a monument to the workers of the Pennsylvania Railroad that served and died in World War II. The second is a large wall carving depicting an evolution of travel. At the forefront of the carving — a steam locomotive, zepplin and steam ship (what looks like a river boat).

Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station is now owned an operated by Amtrak.