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Myrtone wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2019 11:55 pm Could Brookville equipment even gear up for a pivoting bogie low floor model similar to Skoda's ForCity?

mcgrath618 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2019 11:30 am and while I certainly disagree with his stance on the El

ExCon90 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2019 2:53 pm When was the last time girder rail was manufactured? Since new LRV lines have a lot of track not in pavement the demand must be minuscule.

mcgrath618 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2019 9:26 pm Thanks for the responses!

Another question, they were planning on burying the 44, no? I'm not just making that up, right?

Hello all, I was wondering if anyone knew more about the odd stub track that branches off of the trolley loop immediately after 13th. It also seems to be a wye, as I could’ve sworn I saw another one in the opposite direction as my trolley continued west. Was this part of a never built subway-surfac...

Apparently much of route 15 runs on a wide avenue with a dedicated lane than manually steered vehicles may only enter for left turns, are they required to yield trolleys? In other words, only use that lane to turn left if they don't delay them. Also, stops on that wide avenue (as I have seen in pho...

https://trib.al/DrjVZEJ Philly Inquirer says the MARC cars are being leased due to I-95 work. That is correct. PADOT requested SEPTA provide a few hundred more additional seats for Trenton Line trains. So one push-pull set was broken up to expand the two Trenton sets to 8 car trains, and the MARC c...

To the best of my recollection there was a dustup several years back in which the DRPA was seeking to expand its involvement in various projects; I forget now what some of them were, but they were far removed from DRPA's original purpose. The upshot was that DRPA has been told to confine itself to ...

njt/mnrrbuff wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 9:49 pm Septa Regional Rail will never serve West Chester anymore. The right of way, presently used by the West Chester Railroad, is very twisty, making it not viable at all for quick daily rail service.

Wawa also isn't a municipality. It's an unincorporated section of Middletown Twp. Pardon me, I was confusing Wawa, USA with Wawa, Canada :) What is the next logical extension point past Middletown? Seeing SEPTA is taking a progression approach here, would the next stop on the way to West Chester if...

Wawa also isn't a municipality. It's an unincorporated section of Middletown Twp.

Nothing nefarious. He's retiring.

The PCCIIs are in the 2300s

Also they've been sidelined for the summer due to various construction projects on the line.

I'm surprised no one has spotted any of the new SD70ACe-T4 (ST70AC)s yet.

MelroseMatt wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 8:52 am Anyone hear any updates on the overhead wire work? I haven't seen any PCC cars on the route 15 since June (3 weeks ago).