We begin on Spring Garden Street. These are the arches supporting the trestle one drives under between 9th & 10th Streets:


The former Spring Garden Station:


This is an old warehouse just screaming for conversion at 8th & Poplar, just above the end of the trestle in this essay. The one you see here is Septa's active trestle:


Turning a little to the left:


Under Septa's active trestle, the Poplar neighborhood has made good use of the space left:


Looking due north from the end of the old trestle, a Septa regional commuter train passes:


Turn 180° and we see the northern end, where we begin:


And up we go -- we are now 20 feet above ground:


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