Philadelphia Area Modelers: 40th St. Portal

[davekelly]

I'm kicking myself now for not taking photos of the 40th St. Subway-Surface Line portal while I lived in Philadelphia. I would like to include such a portal on my layout - where trolleys can go from surface running to subway (hidden reversing loop). It's easy to find pics of the front of the portal but I have no idea what the sides of this structure look like.

Does anyone have pics of this structure? Would anyone that lives near the area be willing to shoot a roll of film of the portal from all angles? I would happily pay for the film, postage as well as, given the current price, gas.

Thanks.

[Leon Silverman]

I no longer live near that area, but the structure was a series of successively lower square slabs of concrete with ventilation slots on rough every other slab.

[ndbprr]

I left Philly in 1968 but the two things I remember are:
1. about once a year somebody would follow the trolley cars on a foggy night right into the tunnel. I remember somebody wedged a ten ton box truck in there pretty good.
2. About once a year some drunk would come out of a bar on Delaware Ave., get in his car and pick on the big motorcycle that was blinding him. It was ususally a Baldwin siwtcher working the piers for the PRR. Needless to say the drunk always lost.