Was pleasantly surprised to find that the oldest surviving passenger railroad station in the country is here in Philadelphia county - Shawmont station in Roxborough. Currently undergoing rehab to reopen this summer.Melcheroni t1_j7dixs3 wrote
Reply to comment by hdhcnsnd in Was pleasantly surprised to find that the oldest surviving passenger railroad station in the country is here in Philadelphia county - Shawmont station in Roxborough. Currently undergoing rehab to reopen this summer. by Odd-Emergency5839
As far as I know the plans are just to rehab the building not add it as a stop on the line. You could always get off at the Miquon stop which is a little further up if you want to ride SRT, it’s also trail adjacent
WoodenInternet t1_j7ek1b0 wrote
Hmm..In that case are they just rehabbing to make it a museum or something? Seems like a waste to rehab it just to be ornamental if that's what they're doing.
MeEvilBob t1_j7eodkw wrote
The building needs a lot of work, rehabing it to be ornamental still means saving it from eventually just collapsing. Even if they re-do the whole thing with a nice exterior and leave the interior empty, they'll still have to have everything up to code, which will make a future use for the building a lot easier.
WoodenInternet t1_j7eqbwd wrote
Fair point. I just hope it's not rehabbed and left to sit unused for another lengthy period and it ends up needing rehab again. Would be kinda cool to make it a museum a caretaker could live in, like the old station family did.
mortgagepants t1_j7fo411 wrote
it would be cool if they made it into like...a place to stop on the trail. toilets, place to fill your water bottle, big maps, maybe some bike tools.
Hashslingingslashar t1_j7hg5k2 wrote
That’s the idea I think. That + a little café
mortgagepants t1_j7hkwtu wrote
i hate that cafe BS. i don't want a $5 cappuccino after a run or a bike ride. just pay an attendant to keep the place tidy and stock the vending machines. good grief.
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John_EightThirtyTwo t1_j7j5rwj wrote
OK, but do you mind if I buy a cappuccino? I mean, I agree that you shouldn't be forced to buy one.
I guess my view is that cappuccino should be neither compulsory nor prohibited.
Hashslingingslashar t1_j7jbtws wrote
Can’t upvote this enough. People are so quick to hate on things other people want when it barely affects them and I don’t get it.
mortgagepants t1_j7kkmxm wrote
No, I don't mind at all if anyone buys cappuccino. what bothers me is they use tax payer money to fix it, which i'm fine with, but then they just expect the opening, closing, cleaning, and maintenance to be done by..."cafe".
except whomever owns the cafe expects it to make a profit. so now the water bottle filling things dont work, because they make more money selling bottles of water. now they're only open a few hours a day, because that is the busiest time. after a season or two, it is basically a tax-payer funded private business building that nobody who isn't free saturday afternoons between 9-3 can use.
i would love to go on a nice long run and finish with an espresso and a beer, but not at the expense of everyone else in the general public.
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