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In case anyone didn't hear, the Sears property is now going to become a Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia satellite office, so there goes any hope of transit use.

Do we need to remove all of the track ballast and replace it with new? (Then bury the old ballast in a hazmat dump.) The only tunnel areas SEPTA has with ballast that I know of is a small amount of track near 15th Street in the trolley tunnel and I think Suburban Station to the portal might be ball...

trhickey wrote:Not aware of any study commissioned by SEPTA or anyone else in 1991.

One of the biggest expenses after fleet replacement is likely bridge reinforcement (the new vehicles are significantly longer/heavier).

And, no, it was demonstrated repeatedly that restoring Newtown Line service would not be a good investment. Citation needed. Every actual study done of the line that I've seen pre-bike trail propoganda era demonstrated it to be worthwhile; though the longer it was left to rot, the closer to the tru...

It would likely be easier to simply electrify and signal the N. Philadelphia Connecting Track that runs from the Norristown line at 16th st junction and continues up a slope onto the the NEC. Some clearance issues exist with a couple existing catenary structures but would be cheaper to resolve than ...

Interesting. Thanks You brought up the WCRR. There's a rumor circulating around that if SEPTA won't look seriously into restoring service to West Chester, the WCRR will run some sort of service from Wawa into town. Doubtful without significant upgrade to the track; its currently FRA excepted meanin...

The NHSL track that ducks down along the access road to the MFL shop used to continue eastalong what is now the North Terminal bus loop. The gate at the east end was the ROW and the track continued along the river behind Sears. Always thought that on Earth 2, an extension of the 36 trolley from Balt...

jonnhrr wrote:Did the CBTC for routes 101/102 complete and have their been any improvements in operation as a result?

People are dopes. In the event of a power related emergency, trying to evacuate is the last thing you want to do. Also, even if you grant the benefit of the doubt that they're just panicky; per pictures these people just seemed to stand there on all four tracks on their phones even while the platfor...

Actually the Airport Line's constant tension catenary was replaced with standard compound wire a few years ago. Not all of it. I believe its still in most of the middle section where freight is commingled. Isn't that a step backwards? Why would they do that? Possibly an obsolete system, almost cert...

The MFL does not have the capacity to allow an extension appreciably far up the Boulevard, though the plan always was to extend it TO the Boulevard to meet a BSL extension. The BSL was designed to a much higher standard with 4 tracks specifically to accommodate (several) extensions. You would only n...

The 52nd flyover bridge will probably share the same fate as the current bridge over the PRR mainline at Whitford NPL and Everyone: The Whitford truss bridge is now a "glorified catenary pole" as I describe it since it was closed to anyone using the rail trail over remnants of the former ...

I think a reopened Roeloffs (with parking) would do great business, especially in the glaring geographical absence of the Newtown branch or any stations between Levittown and Trenton.

I don't see how this is any bigger a deal than if a bus rear-ended another bus.

If the NTSB recommends CBTC on the street, the climate of rail safety will have officially gotten ludicrous.