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 DigitalDirtbag
    
Location: Boston/Cape Cod
Gender: Male
DigitalDirtbag
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<Reply # 2 on 11/5/2013 8:52 PM >
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Nice set. I was over by the (high) school the other day, but the cops showed up right as I pulled up so I decided to leave. After seeing all these photo's of it recently I wish I waited them out.
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Yeah We could not find a POE one day and went back the next day and we found that someone was there after us and made a entry point, then we discovered that the door right next to where we went in was unlocked great place though.. Im gonna go back again next time I am in the area
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esslemont
Location: Bethlehem
Gender: Male
| | Re: Schools and trains from my weekend 11/3/13
<Reply # 3 on 11/6/2013 6:36 AM >
| | | | 5 is incredible! I don't know what I'm looking at, but it makes me excited and sad at the same time.
"And when he came to, he was flat on his back on the beach in the freezing sand, and it was raining out of a low sky, and the tide was way out." |
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DigitalDirtbag
Location: Boston/Cape Cod
Gender: Male
DigitalDirtbag
| | | | Re: Schools and trains from my weekend 11/3/13
<Reply # 4 on 11/6/2013 12:29 PM >
| | | | Posted by esslemont
5 is incredible! I don't know what I'm looking at, but it makes me excited and sad at the same time.
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Thank You it was a tunnel that was next to a train tunnel. May have been a old train station. I am going to research it
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Radical_Ed
Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Gender: Male
"You work your life away and what do they give? You're only killing yourself to live!"
| | Re: Schools and trains from my weekend 11/3/13
<Reply # 5 on 11/6/2013 12:38 PM >
| | | | Out of all the times I've been to the train tunnel in 2 & 5, I've NEVER seen a train come through. I've spent hours there, multiple times and even went through the active tube to the end. I'm now realizing that might not have been the best idea I've had, lol!
Esselmont, that's the abandoned train tunnel next to the Philadelphia Museum of Art (the Rocky steps).
http://philly.curb...reading-tunnel.php
http://www.rypn.or...ic.php?f=1&t=30184
I'm wondering why the fascination with the school? It's certainly not abandoned and it was just closed last summer when the dwindling student body moved to a school half it's size, nearby. This is the first year it hasn't held classes since the second decade of the 1900's. The city has it up for sale.
"Are you happy now with all the choices you've made?" "Are there times in life when you know you should've stayed?"
"Will you compromise and then realize the price is too much to pay?" "Winners and losers... which one will you be today?"
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Byberrian Fanman
 
Location: Fuck You
Gender: Male
| | Re: Schools and trains from my weekend 11/3/13
<Reply # 6 on 11/6/2013 2:34 PM >
| | | | Posted by Radical_Ed
Out of all the times I've been to the train tunnel in 2 & 5, I've NEVER seen a train come through. I've spent hours there, multiple times and even went through the active tube to the end. I'm now realizing that might not have been the best idea I've had, lol! |
It's actually not that bad of an idea. The tunnel was originally double-tracked, it was reduced to a centralized single track in order to increase vertical clearance quite sometime ago; therefore, not only do you have a lot of space along both sides of the track, you also have the nice deep cubbyholes in the walls to hide in. Also, the speed limit is only 15 mph, so it isn't like you wouldn't have any time to react.
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DigitalDirtbag
Location: Boston/Cape Cod
Gender: Male
DigitalDirtbag
| | | | Re: Schools and trains from my weekend 11/3/13
<Reply # 7 on 11/6/2013 2:50 PM >
| | | | I am not from the area, so I do not know the history. The school was cool. Just something different. I was taken around by a friend out there that knows some spots and on my way out of town, we stopped at the school. I would love to come back and explore more of such a great city
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esslemont
Location: Bethlehem
Gender: Male
| | Re: Schools and trains from my weekend 11/3/13
<Reply # 8 on 11/6/2013 4:28 PM >
| | | | Thanks, Ed. I was actually about to message one of you about that tunnel. It's really great. Is there any history available on it?
"And when he came to, he was flat on his back on the beach in the freezing sand, and it was raining out of a low sky, and the tide was way out." |
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DigitalDirtbag
Location: Boston/Cape Cod
Gender: Male
DigitalDirtbag
| | | | Re: Schools and trains from my weekend 11/3/13
<Reply # 9 on 11/6/2013 4:38 PM >
| | | | I did not think I would be lucky enough, but within 10 minutes we heard the train coming. It was slow moving, probably 15mph but it was a loooong train.
[last edit 11/6/2013 4:40 PM by DigitalDirtbag - edited 1 times]
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Radical_Ed
Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Gender: Male
"You work your life away and what do they give? You're only killing yourself to live!"
| | Re: Schools and trains from my weekend 11/3/13
<Reply # 10 on 11/6/2013 9:10 PM >
| | | | Posted by Byberrian Fanman
It's actually not that bad of an idea. The tunnel was originally double-tracked, it was reduced to a centralized single track in order to increase vertical clearance quite sometime ago; therefore, not only do you have a lot of space along both sides of the track, you also have the nice deep cubbyholes in the walls to hide in. Also, the speed limit is only 15 mph, so it isn't like you wouldn't have any time to react.
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Dude, it was fuckin' KILLER! I would've laid waste to my bikini-briefs though if I was in there and a train came. It may have been originally constructed for two trains but Goddamn bro, what a tight squeeze!
"Are you happy now with all the choices you've made?" "Are there times in life when you know you should've stayed?"
"Will you compromise and then realize the price is too much to pay?" "Winners and losers... which one will you be today?"
***Social Distortion*** |
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Radical_Ed
Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Gender: Male
"You work your life away and what do they give? You're only killing yourself to live!"
| | Re: Schools and trains from my weekend 11/3/13
<Reply # 11 on 11/6/2013 9:34 PM >
| | | | Posted by esslemont
Thanks, Ed. I was actually about to message one of you about that tunnel. It's really great. Is there any history available on it?
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Please check out the two links I've included above and also read this one as well.
http://hiddencityp...ossiercity-branch/
Here are some vintage photos from it's creation.
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"Are you happy now with all the choices you've made?" "Are there times in life when you know you should've stayed?"
"Will you compromise and then realize the price is too much to pay?" "Winners and losers... which one will you be today?"
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Soldat
  
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Gender: Male
The Mayor of Noobtown
| |  | Re: Schools and trains from my weekend 11/3/13
<Reply # 12 on 11/7/2013 4:54 AM >
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DigitalDirtbag
Location: Boston/Cape Cod
Gender: Male
DigitalDirtbag
| | | | Re: Schools and trains from my weekend 11/3/13
<Reply # 13 on 11/7/2013 12:14 PM >
| | | | Thanks for the history guys
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Porcelain Doll
Location: philadelphia
Gender: Female
Who Cooks For You?
| | | Re: Schools and trains from my weekend 11/3/13
<Reply # 14 on 11/9/2013 5:07 AM >
| | | | Posted by Radical_Ed
Dude, it was fuckin' KILLER! I would've laid waste to my bikini-briefs though if I was in there and a train came. It may have been originally constructed for two trains but Goddamn bro, what a tight squeeze!
http://img51.image...img51/290/k2au.jpg
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That picture isn't part of the PA Ave Tunnel, it's a 6 track tunnel. Unless that's some sort of off part of the active side used by CSX
[last edit 11/9/2013 5:08 AM by Porcelain Doll - edited 1 times]
it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
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superphoenix
Location: New York City
Gender: Male
There's a madness to my methods
| | Re: Schools and trains from my weekend 11/3/13
<Reply # 15 on 11/9/2013 7:45 AM >
| | | | Posted by Radical_Ed
Dude, it was fuckin' KILLER! I would've laid waste to my bikini-briefs though if I was in there and a train came. It may have been originally constructed for two trains but Goddamn bro, what a tight squeeze!
http://img51.image...img51/290/k2au.jpg
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Do-able for sure but seems fairly risky in terms of getting spotted.
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Radical_Ed
Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Gender: Male
"You work your life away and what do they give? You're only killing yourself to live!"
| | Re: Schools and trains from my weekend 11/3/13
<Reply # 16 on 11/9/2013 3:21 PM >
| | | | PD, the photo is from the end of the right-hand, active CSX (formerly the B&O) train tube next to the abandoned, trackless, 6-track Reading tunnel on the left. It's one single track. It begins at the point the poured cement part of the wide tunnel turns into the hewn block and red brick arch construction.
We all know the wide, trackless tunnel dead-ends at the 9th District Police Station parking lot at 21st street.
Sorry for this shitty photo, it was just a snap. It was overcast and raining and the darkness at this junction was complete.
Here's the exit of that tunnel at the other end along the Schuylkill Banks Trail near Eakins Oval. This is where I took the photo in dispute.
"Are you happy now with all the choices you've made?" "Are there times in life when you know you should've stayed?"
"Will you compromise and then realize the price is too much to pay?" "Winners and losers... which one will you be today?"
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Porcelain Doll
Location: philadelphia
Gender: Female
Who Cooks For You?
| | | Re: Schools and trains from my weekend 11/3/13
<Reply # 17 on 11/9/2013 10:39 PM >
| | | | Posted by Radical_Ed
PD, the photo is from the end of the right-hand, active CSX (formerly the B&O) train tube next to the abandoned, trackless, 6-track Reading tunnel on the left. It's one single track. It begins at the point the poured cement part of the wide tunnel turns into the hewn block and red brick arch construction.
We all know the wide, trackless tunnel dead-ends at the 9th District Police Station parking lot at 21st street.
Sorry for this shitty photo, it was just a snap. It was overcast and raining and the darkness at this junction was complete.
http://img708.imag...g708/4110/xza8.jpg
Here's the exit of that tunnel at the other end along the Schuylkill Banks Trail near Eakins Oval. This is where I took the photo in dispute.
http://img201.imag...g201/3601/c56p.jpg
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ooooohhhh!! i was wondering cause it looks pretty cool!
it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
“Everyones so shady. That’s why I’m so fuckin pale.” - Porcelain Black |
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Radical_Ed
Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Gender: Male
"You work your life away and what do they give? You're only killing yourself to live!"
| | Re: Schools and trains from my weekend 11/3/13
<Reply # 18 on 11/9/2013 10:59 PM >
| | | | On retrospect, it probably would've been smarter to park near the exit and take those photos instead of going through the tunnel. Now knowing the train only travels 15 miles per hour and the tunnel was designed for two set of tracks gives me the peace of mind that if a train did come, I may not have died. Before traveling the tunnel, I had no idea where it led. If you can get a time table for the train that DOES use this, you could probably take some amazing photos with a real camera, tripod and your lighting skills. It's dead-black for most of the tunnel. The tunnels 1920's construction though is amazing and extremely photogenic. There were some sleeping crackheads on the bridge above the 1921 stone though, so bring someone with you.
"Are you happy now with all the choices you've made?" "Are there times in life when you know you should've stayed?"
"Will you compromise and then realize the price is too much to pay?" "Winners and losers... which one will you be today?"
***Social Distortion*** |
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Dayman
Location: Oxford, Ohio/Middletown, Ohio
Gender: Male
"Too Much, Too Soon...You're way out of tune"
| | Re: Schools and trains from my weekend 11/3/13
<Reply # 19 on 11/10/2013 12:48 AM >
| | | | Sounds like a fun weekend. Even now I still don't think I'd risk it, with my luck I'd either trip and fall in front of a train or it'd derail and smash me or something.
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