The engineer of PRR Train #983 (an early rush hour run to Moorestown), waits for the highball at Merchantville depot. The semaphore at the end of the platform warns of open switches at local industries and serves as the distant signal to Pennsauken block station, a provisional block station that would occasionally see service for troop movements to Fort Dix during the early years of the Vietnam conflict. |
Date:
9/10/1965 |
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Merchantville, NJ Map ![Show Merchantville on a rail map](/images/map_us.gif) |
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This picture is part of album: South Jersey in the 60's |