glennk419 wrote:Glenn: This post and subject got me to think of this question: Where to find pictures and information of the SEPTA RRDMACTRAXX wrote:The RL-1's were used due to the fact that they have HEP. The SW's do not have HEP and could not have been used to power the Bombers.
Yes-RL1 locomotives 60 and 61 were assigned to one of the through runs-they ran as a pair remembering
that they were 1000 hp units and their glorified bus diesel engine sound stands out in my mind...
The experimental Fox Chase runs used the small switchers - 51 and 52 were used there I believe...
I only rode that service once during what I remember to be a six week period...SEPTA put out a
special timetable folder for these trains that is probably one of the most obscure timetables that
they have issued in their history...
MACTRAXX
Pretty sure that SEPTA actually leased three NJT U34CH's with two being used for passenger service and the third for work train service, I believe on the Norristown Branch which received concurrent work while shut down to regular service.
alternate train service offered during both Railworks shutdowns?
For pictures: John Almeida,Larry Eastwood,Dale Woodland,Bob Vogel and probably the late Gerry Williams collection...
For information: Philadelphia Chapter NRHS "Cinders" from both shutdown time periods - I am especially interested
in August-September-October 1992 for information on the experimental Fox Chase trains...
Railpace Newsmagazine should be another source from the Railworks shutdown months...
MACTRAXX
EXPRESS TRAIN TO NEW YORK PENN STATION-NO JAMAICA ON THIS TRAIN-PLEASE STAND CLEAR OF THE CLOSING TRAIN DOORS