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A westbound late-afternoon SEPTA train approaches its station stop at Strafford, Pennsylvania. With its Victorian gingerbread architecture, the former PRR station at Strafford is one of the Pennsy’s most attractive suburban structures.
HO scale model of Septa OPS-6214 Precision Maintenance Rail Grinder. Kitbashed from a Custom Finishing Models kit #7002 Fairmont Spot Grinder. Decals are custom from PDC.ca
For a few years in the 1990’s I worked in downtown Philadelphia, and commuted from the western suburbs on the former PRR main line. There were three trains that left downtown at the end of the working day that were classified as “Limited, meaning that they made no local stops before Wayne, saving the riders from the farthest-out stations from having to endure all of those stops. The limiteds were always locomotive-hauled trains, which required the most juice from the overhead catenary when starting from a stop. I usually took the first of the three limiteds, which departed 30th Street at 4:54.
On this particular day, the train that I was riding (I have it recorded as train 7555) ground to a halt near Ardmore. As we waited, the second limited crept by at a restricted speed. Somehow, I managed to get to a vestibule door undetected, and get this shot of a rare occurrence, a SEPTA locomotive-hauled train running around another locomotive-hauled train.
Honestly don't even remember why I was here for this. I believe that the 615 has been scrapped, or is being readied for scrap.
While riding the first of three AEM7-pulled Limited trains that departed Philadelphia for western suburbs along the R5 line, the AEM7 on my train suffered a failure. After the second Limited rolled past us at Ardmore, we sat stranded for some time as other local and express trains were routed around us.
Finally, we felt a bump, and after another few minutes, we were slowly moving. The third Limited had coupled onto our rear, and its AEM7 was pushing our train while pulling its own. I’m not sure if the second train was MU’ed to ours, or whether the second engineer had control with radio instructions from our engineer. When we got to my station stop at Strafford, I quickly got to the inbound platform to record the event. Here my train is being pushed away from the platform so the other train could make its station stop.
Bullet 203 loads a crowd at Ardmore Junction Station inbound. Soon after this photo was taken, Bullets were barred from operating with the ex-CTA cars because of anticlimber height differences. August 21, 1987. © 2015 Peter Ehrlich
Aa told in the caption with this photo: flic.kr/p/2nkd6qE hanging out here was my consolation while waiting in vain for the CRSA local on Delmor Ave.
That caption details the history of this busy and fascinating junction on Amtrak's ex PRR Northeast Corridor mainline. In addition to frequent Amtrak trains and deadheading NJT moves to and from their Morrisville Yard, SEPTA's Northeast Corridor service terminates at the Trenton Transit Center with 46 revenue trips scheduled on weekdays.
Outbound SEPTA train 725 with two matched pairs Silverliner IVs is led by SPAX 172 delivered by GE in 1976. MORRIS tower was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1941 and closed by Amtrak in 1990.
Morrisville, Pennsylvania
Friday April 29, 2022
I am reading the Game of Thrones series right now, which is an awesome story about a fantasy Kingdom split up into 7 sections. There are even real dragons introduced at one point so it totally satisfied my sci-fi thirst. Isn't it great how books can be an escape from the everyday? I find it the most relaxing part of my night.
Anyhow, their is a religious figure in the books they call the "Septa". It sounds feminine to me for some reason. So there ya go.
A set of MARC coaches, being used by SEPTA, completes a station stop at Neshaminy Falls, PA with ACS-64 #906 on the rear.
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date: 2019.12.13
The rains of Friday the 13th continue to fall, as 126 leads a northbound train into a station stop at Holmesburg Junction Station.
SEPTA's newest, 904 and 905 are on their way home, after SEPTA 70 has picked them up from CSX' Woodbourne Yard.
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date: 2020.01.07
SEPTA train 9745 pulls into a station stop at Holmesburg Station, along the Northeast Corridor, on a cool rainy night.
Location: Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania
Date: 2020.07.15
The Story: SEPTA Train 6336 has just completed dropping off,,,,,,ONE......passenger at Neshaminy Falls Station. No social distancing issues should exist on this particular train, for certain.
SEPTA Silverliner IV 146 rounds the bend approaching the Norristown Transportation Center from Main Street Station on the former Reading Stony Creek branch. The fireman’s side window displays the signs “SPECIAL” and “EXPRESS”, as these cars will be transporting passengers from the Blue Mountain & Reading’s steam-powered shopper’s special from Norristown to Market East in Philadelphia.
Operated by: SEPTA
Built in: Sep. 2017
Manufacturer: New Flyer Industries
Model: XDE40
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3027 seen on Chestnut Street working an eastbound route 42 service to Penn's Landing.
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After making its two station stops at Strafford, Pennsylvania , two SEPTA R5 Limiteds that have been combined roll west with AEM7 2302 doing all of the work.
Operated by: SEPTA
Built in: 2009
Manufacturer: New Flyer Industries
Model: DE41LF
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8244 finishing a run on the 23 at 11th and Market.
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Fifty-six year old SEPTA MU car 9125 spends the weekend at West Trenton, New Jersey. Incredibly, the car is in revenue service in relatively fresh paint, its third paint scheme. Beginning life in 1931 as part of the electrification of Reading’s suburban Philadelphia service, the self-propelled coach was painted like the rest of the fleet, in Reading’s dark Pullman Green, and was numbered 870. In the mid-1960’s, the 870 was one of 38 MU cars that were rebuilt by the railroad, renumbered , and repainted blue with a large white window-band stripe. Now numbered 9125, the car was a part of the so-called “blueliner” fleet, serving in revenue service until 1990. The 9125 then was assigned to wire train service until the early 2000’s. Today the car still exists, languishing at the New Hope and Ivyland Railroad.