by mcgrath618
Did SEPTA trackage rights along the line just become null and void when they stopped diesel service?
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mcgrath618 wrote:Did SEPTA trackage rights along the line just become null and void when they stopped diesel service?Conrail owned the line and the service and contracted SEPTA to be the operator. Conrail actually abandoned the passenger service to Pottstown in 1981 before they spun the passenger rail system off to SEPTA in '83 so they kept ownership of the ROW and there were no rights to negotiate or change hands.
ekt8750 wrote:EKT: You have this backwards: Conrail operated commuter trains for SEPTA under contract. Whenmcgrath618 wrote:Did SEPTA trackage rights along the line just become null and void when they stopped diesel service?Conrail owned the line and the service and contracted SEPTA to be the operator. Conrail actually abandoned the passenger service to Pottstown in 1981 before they spun the passenger rail system off to SEPTA in '83 so they kept ownership of the ROW and there were no rights to negotiate or change hands.
Backshophoss wrote:They swapped in a SL III pic for he original pic,still one heck of a long shot to get NS to play nice here.BSH: The Patch has a Silverliner 4 picture. A S3 would have been the 1967 vintage St. Louis
MACTRAXX wrote:Someone must have called the Patch on posting the picture of the MFSE cars - which will never run west of Upper Darby let alone anyplace in the Schuykill Valley...MACTRAXXI confess to being the flagger
NorthPennLimited wrote:It currently takes a train an hour to run 18 miles from center city Philadelphia to Norristown.How about an express service? Have it only stop at East Falls, Manayunk, Conshohocken, and Norristown, before continuing to Phoenixville.
They have to find a way to shave-down the run times to make a 12 mile extension to Phoenixville competitive with an automobile drive time.
Same thing with the diesel/electric trolley to connect with the railroad at Paoli. Nobody wants to do a transfer. They'd rather just drive to Malvern or Paoli and catch the train.
It will be interesting to see the findings of the "umpteenth" feasibility study on extending commuter service west of Norristown. Hopefully, they don't shoot for the good-plated system Schuylkill Valley Metro envisioned.