by chuchubob
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South Jersey Budd wrote:The MARC set was 7 cars today with both cab cars on the train. Maybe today is finally their last day at SEPTA.It had all 7 cars in service on 9561 one day early in March when I last rode it. Tonight will tell....
Silverliner II wrote:Still in Penn Coach as of 3am today. Whelp, looks like "a while longer" lasted four more working days....Please don't tell me we need to grab one of our MP36's and "rescue" them...
STrRedWolf wrote:Still sitting in Penn Coach as of Monday afternoon. Well, Amtrak will take them down when they get around to it... lolSilverliner II wrote:Still in Penn Coach as of 3am today. Whelp, looks like "a while longer" lasted four more working days....Please don't tell me we need to grab one of our MP36's and "rescue" them...
...although having the GP40WH2 do it would actually be a sight to see!
Limited-Clear wrote:A set of Marc cars went south out of 30th Amtrak level around 9pm tonight, guess that was the last set being returned to Maryland, on a side note they passed Amtrak 188 with the 642 leading (a shame Septa never managed to get that one for a day or two)And thus closes a chapter of SEPTA Regional Rail agony that I'm sure they hope to never have to experience again.
Silverliner II wrote:Yes, it was agony from many perspectives but it was also fun having the varied equipment on the property. Kudos to SEPTA and the lending agencies in mitigating a terrible situation.Limited-Clear wrote:A set of Marc cars went south out of 30th Amtrak level around 9pm tonight, guess that was the last set being returned to Maryland, on a side note they passed Amtrak 188 with the 642 leading (a shame Septa never managed to get that one for a day or two)And thus closes a chapter of SEPTA Regional Rail agony that I'm sure they hope to never have to experience again.
boomer wrote:Hearing chatter that the powers that be are considering trying to get some of the MARC equipment again. Don't know if lease or outright purchase. We shall see.They're probably going to lease them until they get the multilevels because they'll have extra ACS-64s in the yard doing nothing.