Also on my way home today I waited at Walnut-Locust for the 4:11PM northbound Fern Rock express.
However I noticed the train was taking a long time to pull to the platform, and it seemed like a SEPTA worker entered the lead car from the track. Like the worker climbed into the cab and opened the front center door to access the cab.
Then around 4:17PM the train's headlights finally came on, but no colored route lights.
It pulled slowly into the station, stopped, and then just continued on without passengers & with the interior lights off. I managed to snap a picture as it rolled by.
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As this was happening the southbound express which became the northbound 4:22PM express to Fern Rock pulled into the station. Then used the other turnaround track as this was happening.
Any idea what that train was? It was super weird, because that was supposed to be a revenue run but there seemed to be issues and it was cancelled w/o announcement.
Also on the 4:22PM northbound express, when it reached Olney it had a yellow signal. Yet the motorman said he had to wait for the train in front of us to move.
Why couldn't he proceed pass the yellow signal?
Plus we were riding the yellows from Spring Garden all the way to Fern Rock, I assume because of the aforementioned cancelled train and possibly a Ridge-Spur were in front of us.
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