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[Stairway entrance to the northbound waiting platform at Bristol Railroad Station before it was demolished in 1983]
It was replaced with a new platform. -
[Northbound waiting area platform at Bristol Railroad Station]
Left of center is the freight elevator. A tunnel connecting the two sides is visible in the lower center. The ticket office is in the lower left. Visible are pipes from the street level building, intended for carrying hot water for heating the two upper level waiting rooms. -
[Bristol Railroad Station ticket office at Prospect and Washington Streets]
This station was originally built in 1910. Closed, but historically restored and completed in 2000 and opened as a coffee house. As of 2020, it is a daycare center. Building restoration was completed by a confederation of Bristol Service clubs. -
[Bristol Railroad Station ticket office at Prospect and Washington Streets]
This station was originally built in 1910. Closed, but historically restored and completed in 2000 and opened as a coffee house. As of 2020, it is a daycare center. Building restoration was completed by a confederation of Bristol Service clubs. -
[Bristol Railroad Station waiting area on the southbound side (Garden Street)]
Erected 1910 when the route through Bristol was elevated. The waiting area was torn down in 1983 and replaced with an open small area for regional commuter trains between Trenton, NJ and Philadelphia. Note the elevator freight on the right. Elevators were required when the railroad through Bristol was elevated in 1910. -
[Bristol Railroad Station waiting area on the southbound side (Garden Street)]
Erected 1910 when the route through Bristol was elevated. The waiting area was torn down in 1983 and replaced with an open, small area for regional commuter trains between Trenton, NJ and Philadelphia. -
[Pennsylvania Railroad station in Bristol in disrepair]
The PRR station opened in 1911. Upkeep was not done on the station and it fell into disrepair. A new platform was built and a small waiting area on the platforms. -
[Pennsylvania Railroad station in Bristol in disrepair]
The PRR station opened in 1911. Upkeep was not done on the station and it fell into disrepair. A new platform was built and a small waiting area on the platforms. -
[Pennsylvania Railroad station in Bristol]
The PRR station opened in 1911. Upkeep was not done on the station and it fell into disrepair. A new platform was built and a small waiting area on the platforms. -
Postcard: "Spruce St. Crosing [sic] P.R.R. Bristol PA."
Spruce Street Crossing Pennsylvania Railroad (P.R.R). Bristol, PA.
When the PRR was elevated in 1900, six underpasses were required on Otter Street, Bath Street, Spruce Street, Corson Street, Beaver Street, and Jefferson Avenue. Two were required over water. One was over Otter Creek, which came from Silver Lake and the other was over the Canal above Jefferson Avenue. -
"PRR at Bristol PA"
A post-1910 photograph of the PA Railroad pumping house, located near the Otter Creek underpass of the railroad. -
[A steam engine heads north toward Trenton as it crosses the Canal at Mill Street]
This was between locks one and two. The building in the center is the restaurant and hotel located at Mill Street crossing. Otter and Bath Street would be to the left of the picture. W.H.H. Fine was proprietor of this establishment known as the “Railroad House.” -
"John Bull No. 1, The Oldest Locomotive in America"
"First put in service on the Camden & Amboy Railroad, November 12 of 1831, Schenck's Railroad at Croydon, PA."
Photograph taken at Schenck’s Railroad at Croydon, PA named for Dr. Schenck, who owned a lot of land in that area. This station was located about 1,000 feet north of the present (2000) Croydon station. -
[Construction of elevated Pennsylvania Railroad embankment in Bristol at Bath Street]
Postman Daniel Thompson holds daughter Dora Thompson (later Dora Thompson-Colville) in foreground. Beyond is the Mill Pond, later called Silver Lake. -
"P.R.R. Bristol, PA"
Photograph taken during the construction of the elevated railroad at Bristol (1910-1911). -
"Bath St., Crosing [sic] P.R.R. Bristol PA."
Bath Street looking north. Photograph taken during the construction of elevated railroad embankment in 1910-1911. Trolley tracks connected Doylestown, Newtown, Langhorne, and Bristol between 1900-1932. -
"P.R.R. Bristol PA."
Construction of the PA Railroad raised embankment through Bristol. -
Postcard: "Pennsylvania R. R. Station, Bristol, Pa."
Pennsylvania Railroad Station in Bristol, PA at the elevated tracks.
Addressed to "Mrs. Helen Lewis, Aquetong, Pa., From William." Stamped Bristol, March 13, 1914.