However no matter how much one tries you can't stamp out the old PRR and there are more than a few artifacts still standing with perhaps the best preserved in Old York. Not a lot to show here, but if you're interested you can follow up with the whole set of photos here.
First off the bat we see the old PRR YORK interlocking tower, which is a sister to WINSLOW tower in Winslow, NJ.
There is still a diamond out in front of the tower, although it isn't used for much these days.
The tower has clearly seen better days, but hopefully someone will find reason to restore it before it decays to badly.
What isn't in a state of decay are the old PRR freight terminals railroad south of the tower. These consisted of long loading/unloading sheds just south of the main tracks. Here we see them looking west on what used to be a former platform of sorts.
Some of the buildings still had freight rail access.
The PRR YORK station is also still standing and has been quite well looked after including its platform canopies and PRR signs.
Not sure exactly who owns it, but the tenants are a karate studio and Greyhound Bus terminal, which offers surprisingly frequent service to Baltimore, Harrisburg and Philadelphia.
YORK tower as seen from the station.
Here is the opposite side of the station where the Greyhound terminal is run out of.
While hanging out at the station I was lucky enough to catch an actual freight move consisting of Genesee and Wyoming GP16 #1600.
And a Maryland and Pennsylvania CF7 #1504. This engine was purchased by the old Ma and Pa short line, which was then in 1999 sold to the nearby Yorkrail company to form the York Railroad, which in turn was bought by the G&W in 2002.
