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|align="left"|Phoenixville
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|align="left"|French Creek Junction || . || . ||align="left"| Connection with [[Delaware River & Lancaster Railroad]]
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|align="left"|Kimberton || . || . ||align="left"| On Kimberton Road
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|align="left"|Hallman's || . || . ||
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|align="left"|Pikeland || 0. || 0. ||
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|align="left"|Chester Springs || . || . ||align="left"| Served [[Yellow Springs, Pennsylvania|Yellow Springs]]
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|align="left"|Anselma || ? || ? ||align="left"| Also known as Cambria
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|align="left"|Byers || 11.5 || 18.5 ||align="left"| Terminus
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==Accidents==
The Pickering Valley Railroad was the scene of a significant wreck on the night of October 4, 1877. A torrential rainstorm had washed out a portion of the track near Kimberton, and a passenger train from Phoenixville, carrying about 130 people, including many returning from a family reunion, ran into the washout. The first passenger car fell on top of the locomotive, and the second passenger car landed atop the first. Seven passengers and crew were killed, and several dozen unjured.<ref>"[http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F0081EFD3B5B137B93C4A9178BD95F438784F9 Disasters on Railroads; Trains thrown into washouts]", ''The New York Times'', October 6, 1877, p. 1.</ref> A lawsuit arising from this accident rose to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, which affirmed the judgment for the plaintiff in the amount of $3,500.<ref>''Philadelphia & Reading RR. Co. v. Anderson'', 94 Pa. 351 (1880).</ref>
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