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NAS Willow Grove has been closed for over 10 years. The northern end of the base is a Air Force Raptor site with all the satellite dishes and military security that goes with it.
The main portion of the base just sits still in time due since it is a super fund site

very mush modified plans for the new station at this point.Township will announce work schedule at the January main meeting

SEPTA planning group has for the past 4 years promised to begin work on the replacement and relocation of the Willow Grove station on the Warminister line. They come to meetings, show plans give dates, get concessions from the township on plans. All went quiet about three years ago except for "...

Well only 54 Million spent on this project. Perhaps this will bode well for the Philly to Reading service. This program was WAY to heavy in costs, 1234 would have fallen over if all the consultants showed up at one time and started dancing! It died from over feeding of dollars and planning. Another ...

Anybody know is the Conductors union at SEPTA will honor the strike if it happens??
SEPTA Union is SMART affiliated.

One problem with all this "change" is that the people making the decisions do not use the system. Septa should mandate that everybody on the teams or imputing to the decision should use the SEPTA system for ONE MONTH without free passes (pay cash or use the card) before making any input de...

Inquirer has two articles on SEPTA. One is the fate of the whole rail system, the other CHW lline
85% drop in ridership has some serious impacts for regional rail, many people will not come back.

just some interesting data regarding Montgomery County commitment to Mass transit Highway improvements directed at the town of Norristown. Figures taken from county web site Proposed Capital Improvement Program 2021- Ridge Pike Improvement – Turnpike to Chemical Road $12,917,417 Ridge Pike Improveme...

Well here it goes The key card is subject to a high degree of failures due the "cost reductions" regarding the original design. They did not anticipate the high number of taps and the internal chip just fails, My original card failed at a tap in at Willow Grove, later the conductor attempt...

Great article in Inquirer regarding another 14 ML dumped on the Key card implementation.
Original coat target 122.2 ML now 207.7ml, other shoe is that another 4ML will come in the spring as an unanticipated expense PER THE WEB SITE OF THE VENDOR!!!!!
SHAME ON THE IMPLEMENTATION TEAM

INQUIRER reports 85% reduction in rail travel, with funding in limbo. Turnpike revenue is down and bond payments are due in Jan with not enough funds to pay for them.
Something will need to give in the face of no money!!

Montgomery, Bucks and Lehigh planning "departments" are NOT transit orientated, highway OH BOY lets go!!! DVRPC is not much better due to the makeup of the counties and the failure to develop a broad based planning board. MONTGOMERY COUNTY has no interest in increasing anything with the wo...

CR had an exposure to property taxes and they went an a concerted effort to reduce taxes paid. Anything they could tear down they did to save money. The Trenton cutoff was singled lined by first removing rails on one side at points along the line and they just rip it out. Beth was just caught in the...

More info doodlebug #4663 built by Westinghouse-Pullman circa 1929, rebuild date 1941 The Pennsy had a shovelnose oil-electric, #4663, frequently used on the Logansport - South Bend, Indiana, branch, but it was a Westinghouse 73' rail car (combine), NOT a locomotive, and it was not shovel-nosed as o...

I think this might be what you are looking for, link photo is from 8/1941

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