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Philly and Conrail to clean up 'heroin hellscape'

The half-mile gorge in Kensington and Fairhill that is cut by a Conrail line has been home to scores of heroin users and hundreds of thousands of needles for nearly three decades.

One of many piles of trash and needles in the gulch that runs along Gurney Street in Kensington and Fairhill that is home to 75 to 125 heroin addicts.
One of many piles of trash and needles in the gulch that runs along Gurney Street in Kensington and Fairhill that is home to 75 to 125 heroin addicts.Read moreStephanie Farr