Reading Company FP7 #902 leads a westbound passenger train into the Port Kennedy, Pa. passenger station. The Reading-bound train included five coaches sandwiched between two FP7s.

This consist was the railroad's last locomotive-hauled trainset; the remaining SEPTA service on the Reading's lines outside the Philadelphia area electrified zone was covered by a fleet of Budd RDCs.

Port Kennedy, adjacent to Valley Forge National Historical Park, was reopened for regional passenger service in the early 1970s. Trains continued to use the stop until SEPTA discontinued the service in 1981.

The depot building, eastward platform and parking area still survive, and the location is a popular local railfan gathering point along the former Reading main line, now Norfolk Southern's Harrisburg Line.

The station could see service again if the long-discussed Schuylkill Valley Metro is ever developed between Philadelphia and Reading.

Photographed by Thomas McCann, 1976.
Added to the photo archive by Thomas McCann, July 9, 2010.
Railroad: Reading.

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