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2 unusual facts about Lansdale


Brooks Instrument

Founded in 1946 by Stephen A. Brooks, Brooks Instrument was originally based in Lansdale, Pennsylvania.

Lansdale/Doylestown Line

The ex-Reading's electrification system, however, relies on a transformer at Wayne Junction, and separate high-voltage pylons for longer-distance trains, similar to those found on European high-speed rail systems and on the Northeast Corridor between New Haven, Connecticut and Boston.


By Bizarre Hands

The re-issue contains a new introduction by Joe R. Lansdale and new artwork by Alex McVey.

Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania

Public transit routes that service the area include SEPTA bus routes 94, 96, 132, and 134, with connections to SEPTA Regional Rail's Lansdale/Doylestown Line in nearby Lansdale and North Wales, and beyond.

North Pennsylvania Railroad

The following year, a branch was built from Lansdale to Doylestown and during the 1860s another extension was built to Sellersville, running parallel to Bethlehem Pike.

Philip Lansdale

With Lieutenant Lansdale in command, the landing party was ambushed and forced to retreat after a fierce fight near Vailele.

SEPTA Main Line

The North Pennsylvania Railroad (North Penn) opened south of Gwynedd (north of Glenside) on July 2, 1855, and the continuation to Lansdale (including the branch to Doylestown, now the Lansdale/Doylestown Line) opened October 7.

Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing

Another line "The most famous person to come out of here was the guy that played Leatherface in all of those chainsaw massacres." refers to Andrew Bryniarski, a graduate of North Penn High School in Lansdale.


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