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If you were trying to catch the Pennsylvanian from BWI, you would have much more luck taking a train from BWI to PHL and catching the train to Pittsburgh there.

ABC is reporting that Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief , is on the ground in Missouri just outside of Kansas City. It is unknown if there were any fatalities. Train was doing track speed (90) just before the collision. https://abcnews.go.com/US/amtrak-train-derails-missouri-injuries-rep...

It should be noted that two of Amtrak’s best performing routes (two of the four with over 90% OTP) in terms of OTP use Siemens trains. The trains seem more than capable of running Harrisburg to Philadelphia and Milwaukee to Chicago. Yea two routes that regularly have two locomotives because ONE is ...

I am now much older, and an employee of a certain Authority that very graciously granted me access to these two concourses yesterday evening. It was a lifelong dream finally realized. Finally putting those YAC credentials to good use, eh? Eager to see the photo gallery once you get it uploaded. Tha...

McGrath, such an approach might be a good idea if SEPTA does go to a more metro style setup for at least some operations while having other operations being commuter focused. In reality, what the Railroad will end up being is somewhere between Options 1 and 2. They'll likely move to start having 30...

I would keep a close eye on this one. Stadler is working on an NEC-oriented version of the KISS that would be ADA for both high and low level platforms. Would be the perfect acquisition for SEPTA. In speaking with Ryan Judge, head of planning of SEPTA, he seemed to imply that the SLVIs would not be ...

As I read the wiki, 2 units have been involved in lethal wrecks. So my first question is are those units sitting at Bear for evidence collection, and awaiting repair? I know the Frankford Junction trial only recently ended, so it can be hypothetically put back into service. IIRC the unit that impac...

HElliott wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 3:30 pm Looks like most of the push-pulls are not running. Checking the SEPTA Real Time, yesterday afternoon I saw only one, on Paoli-Thorndale, train #1593. Anybody know what happened?

I ask again, Is brightline getting techs who actually know the gear, and amtrak getting contractors who had training classes? I think to others' points, Brightline never had another locomotive. Their techs and mechanics have only ever worked on SC-44s (at least, for Brightline). Amtrak has a little...

I ask again, Is brightline getting techs who actually know the gear, and amtrak getting contractors who had training classes? I think to others' points, Brightline never had another locomotive. Their techs and mechanics have only ever worked on SC-44s (at least, for Brightline). Amtrak has a little...

To be honest, I'd reassign the Lake Shore Limited as 448/449, get rid of the split (make it a full train), and revive the 20th Century Limited as 48/49. Offset the schedules to provide more service between Chicago and Albany. Sorry to stray further off topic, but if we're just talking NYP -> CHI, t...

Paint them PTC green.

Good morning all, It was a long-standing dream of mine to be able to bump the old discussion thread from 2012 on the North Broad/South Penn concourses with new information, but unfortunately it has since been lost to time. I am now much older, and an employee of a certain Authority that very graciou...

Mr. Jim Boylan is correct, the bridge to which OP actually refers is the former 52nd Street Flyover. This interlocking is currently called CP PAXON, CP VALLEY, and CP JEFF (it was split into three interlockings following the closure of the flyover). The flyover itself was host to the westbound Schuy...

When was the massive yard/trackage that formed the wye just north of 30th st sta removed? Looks like by the early 1970s it was not used. Substation #9 is in the middle of the wye. What did this area serve and why was it no longer needed? Only 2 tracks left that go on the Keystone line. Looks like A...