South of Huntingdon Valley Station, travelers bound for Fox Chase and Philadelphia could stop at the more rural Valley Falls Station about two minutes away. Between the two stations, the Newtown train line crossed the line to Bethayres, Pennypack Creek, and Huntingdon Pike in quick succession, and before Huntingdon Pike was relocated and elevated in 1936 these grade crossings required flagmen and great caution. Valley Falls and its surroundings combined busy railroad activity with a scenic farm and creek landscape: Huntingdon Valley Station had sidings for passing trains and access to industrial sites, while near Valley Falls the Pennypack, the Hallowell farm, horse pastures, and the low rocky waterfall that gave the area its name made the valley a destination for outings. The Hallowell family owned much of the land along the creek in the late 19th century, and later owners maintained a horse racing oval in an area now known as Bethayres Swamp. Old Huntingdon Pike crossed Pennypack Creek on a long stone-arch bridge near the station until a new highway alignment replaced it in 1936, and a signal tower marked the railroad intersection between Huntingdon Valley and Valley Falls. The nearby Hallowell Mill stood downstream from the station beside the tracks and was once damaged by a fire sparked by a passing steam locomotive. Reports from 1892 noted a new waiting shed at Valley Falls Station, but by 1902 a passenger injured on a rotten, broken-down platform sued the railroad for negligence. Despite its rural setting, Valley Falls was a busy stop in the early years, drawing day-trippers by 1916 for scenic walks along the Pennypack and offering quick access from Philadelphia's urban edge at Fox Chase, as shown by an 1893 timetable.