Norristown High Speed Line

The Norristown High Speed Line is a unique part of the Philadelphia transportation system. It begins at 69th Street Terminal in Upper Darby, just outside Philadelphia. From there it runs west through the suburbs to Norristown, a small city up the Schuylkill river from Philadelphia. The NHSL is a completely grade separated light rail line, powered by a third rail. It is also one of the last inter-urban style high speed trolley lines in the country. Still called the P&W (Phila. and Western) by many, the NHSL was served for over fifty years by the famous Brill Bullet cars. The current vehicles were placed in service in 1993.


Car 136 at 69th Street Terminal.	133 at Wynnewood Road (westbound).

130 at Ardmore Junction (westbound). This is where the Ardmore trolley once passed under.	147 at Wynnewood Road (eastbound).

A car approaching Ardmore Junction.	Brill Bullet 203 at the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, Maine.

Car 203.

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