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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by motor</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Now, I don't know about potential stops in between Allentown and Philly, but is about sixty miles distance so we'll say it takes an hour to get to Philly. </i> [/quote] <br /> <br />You need to borrow Mr. Peabody's Waybac machine to do this. [:D] SEPTA trains come no closer to Allentown than Lansdale, which is about halfway between Allentown and Philly, per http://www.septa.org/maps/click_map.html . Service north of Lansdale was discontinued in the summer of 1981. It actually had gone up to Bethlehem which is next to Allentown. [/quote] <br /> <br />Conrail had extended the service to Allentown in the late 70s but it only lasted a few years.
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