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Re: Report SEPTA Delays Here:

 by AlexC ¦  Thu Feb 22, 2024 7:13 pm ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: Report SEPTA Delays Here: ¦  Replies: 1113 ¦  Views: 346819

Amtrak misroute: CBSNews SEPTA says Amtrak redirected a Regional Rail train to a dead track in Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Riders aboard a SEPTA train headed into Philadelphia were stuck Thursday morning after the car was routed to the wrong track, a spokesperson confirmed to CBS News Philad...

Re: R1 airport train and former R designations

 by AlexC ¦  Fri Feb 09, 2024 10:33 pm ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: R1 airport train ¦  Replies: 6 ¦  Views: 1083

On a personal note I joined Railroad.Net 19 years ago today - February 7, 2005 One of the best benefits of the Forums is having almost 20 years of information saved and available... The RR.Net Archives go back to March 11-12, 2004 when the "revival" of Railroad.Net began service... This i...

Re: Obscure Facts about SEPTA

 by AlexC ¦  Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:59 pm ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: Obscure Facts about SEPTA ¦  Replies: 38 ¦  Views: 4444

This, while interesting, has drifted away from "Obscure Facts about SEPTA"

Re: Amtrak Wi-Fi (WiFi) Availability

 by AlexC ¦  Sat Feb 03, 2024 11:25 pm ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: Amtrak Wi-Fi (WiFi) Availability ¦  Replies: 515 ¦  Views: 120182

Would Starlink work? Starlink requires a dish and a fixed-on-ground point. It gets complicated real quick on a train consist in motion. Starlink to cellular to wifi? It may be more complicated than just running more fiber along the rail lines. Starlink supports airplane service, so other than tunne...

Re: AEM-7/ALP-44 status

 by AlexC ¦  Thu Jan 11, 2024 10:00 pm ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: AEM-7/ALP-44 status ¦  Replies: 175 ¦  Views: 84663

Let's keep it on SEPTA AEM-7s & ALP-44s.

Or post in the NJT Forum - new-jersey-transit-njt-rail-and-light-rail-lrt-f69.html

Downingtown Metroliner

 by AlexC ¦  Sat Jan 06, 2024 4:02 pm ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: Downingtown Metroliner ¦  Replies: 16 ¦  Views: 2192

I saw this paragraph on the Metroliner wikipedia page . On October 29, 1989, Amtrak introduced a single one-way morning Metroliner trip from Downingtown, Pennsylvania, to Washington. The trip largely served Amtrak employees, as a corresponding evening trip to serve regular commuters was not offered....

Drexel Station @ 30th Street

 by AlexC ¦  Sun Dec 24, 2023 12:15 pm ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: Drexel Station @ 30th Street ¦  Replies: 2 ¦  Views: 565

https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2023/12/21/drexel-university-naming-rights-septa-station.html The five-year, $3.1 million agreement will rename SEPTA's 30th Street Station into Drexel Station at 30th Street. The station serves riders on SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line, trolley and bus ro...

Re: 40th Street Portal - Questions

 by AlexC ¦  Wed Dec 06, 2023 6:54 pm ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: 40th Street Portal - Questions ¦  Replies: 5 ¦  Views: 1208

My daughter reports to me that there is more than one trolley decorated for the season popping up in her neighborhood.

Who is decorating them? The shop or the drivers? Do drivers get assigned a particular numbered trolley for any duration?

BLET Authorizes Strike

 by AlexC ¦  Mon Nov 20, 2023 6:00 pm ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: BLET Authorizes Strike ¦  Replies: 3 ¦  Views: 417

I dont see a strike date, but it's no doubt sooner than later. https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/septa-strike-locomotive-engineers-union/ "The engineers and trainman on SEPTA are the lowest paid in the industry," BLET Vice President James P. Louis said in a release. "With the ...

Re: SEPTA to possibly rename as SEPTA Metro

 by AlexC ¦  Wed Nov 15, 2023 5:10 pm ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: SEPTA to possibly rename as SEPTA Metro ¦  Replies: 10 ¦  Views: 1166

I will still call it the P&W or R100!!!!

Norristown HSL - Injuries 11/4/23

 by AlexC ¦  Sat Nov 04, 2023 12:09 pm ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: Norristown HSL - Injuries 11/4/23 ¦  Replies: 0 ¦  Views: 398

https://6abc.com/septa-norristown-high-speed-line-delaware-county-radnor-township/14011404/ Two SEPTA employees were injured after an accident Saturday morning. It happened around 9 a.m. near the County Line Station on the Norristown High Speed Line in Radnor Township. SEPTA says there was an incide...

Re: Travel Advisory: Multiple Events in Sports Complex This Tuesday

 by AlexC ¦  Wed Oct 18, 2023 11:48 am ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: Travel Advisory: Multiple Events in Sports Complex This Tuesday ¦  Replies: 9 ¦  Views: 632

Yeah, I guessed a dewire as well. I dont know what else it could have been.

She didn't say anything about going down to the lower level.

Re: Travel Advisory: Multiple Events in Sports Complex This Tuesday

 by AlexC ¦  Tue Oct 17, 2023 9:46 pm ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: Travel Advisory: Multiple Events in Sports Complex This Tuesday ¦  Replies: 9 ¦  Views: 632

My daughter took the trolley and BSL to the game. Packed both ways she said. Just before popping out of the tunnel at 40th street "there was a very loud thump then all the lights went out". The operator had to go out and "fix something" A friend drove down from Newtown for the Fl...

Travel Advisory: Multiple Events in Sports Complex This Tuesday

 by AlexC ¦  Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:33 am ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: Travel Advisory: Multiple Events in Sports Complex This Tuesday ¦  Replies: 9 ¦  Views: 632

https://www.wellsfargocenterphilly.com/news/detail/travel-advisory-multiple-events-in-sports-complex-this-tuesday Below is the schedule of events set for Tuesday night: Tuesday, October 17 Philadelphia Flyers vs. Vancouver Canucks at Wells Fargo Center at 6 p.m. Mexico vs. Germany Men’s National Tea...

40th Street Portal - Questions

 by AlexC ¦  Wed Aug 23, 2023 9:39 pm ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: 40th Street Portal - Questions ¦  Replies: 5 ¦  Views: 1208

My daughter moved into an apartment near the tunnel portal, so I've been gawking at it every time I'm down there. How do the trolleys activate the switches? Are they controlled by the trolley itself? or is there a centralized dispatching system of some kind? Are there any scheduled runs that come ou...

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