The current station sits along the once-busy former Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) four-track Main Line, which, in its prime, hosted a constant flow of commuter and long distance trains.

To circumvent constant bottlenecks near Philadelphia, the PRR constructed a low-grade double-track electrified line in 1906 to host its freight traffic.

After the sharp decline in rail traffic in the 1970s, the freight line was abandoned outright by Conrail in 1989.

[5] In its heyday, the PRR produced a series of calendars that included paintings of scenes throughout the extensive rail system.

Artist Grif Teller captured a busy moment at Whitford in his "Main Lines—Freight and Passenger" painting from 1949, when the overhead trestle was still in use.