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jackintosh11 wrote:Why are they using ALP-45s on the AC line?I wonder if they put up the pantographs when they got under a wire, to get into 30th Street?
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jackintosh11 wrote:Why are they using ALP-45s on the AC line?I wonder if they put up the pantographs when they got under a wire, to get into 30th Street?
jackintosh11 wrote:They don't do that usually and the line normally runs with regular dieselsThey do, as a matter of fact, change into E-Mode when they are laying over in 30th Street.
TrainPhotos wrote:Was disappointing to hear that NJT terminated at trenton per usual with no amtrak borrowing equipment. The whole weekend was a wash for any "pope train" photos. Service did terminate for SEPTA at levittown, but it looks as if that station were barely even used, as my friends and I scouted around for good photo spots. Traffic was super light sunday. I suppose I'll have to wait till thanksgiving to get any extra/borrowed moves..Forget photos, it was an absolute customer service failure.
TrainPhotos wrote:Was disappointing to hear that NJT terminated at trenton per usual with no amtrak borrowing equipment. The whole weekend was a wash for any "pope train" photos. Service did terminate for SEPTA at levittown, but it looks as if that station were barely even used, as my friends and I scouted around for good photo spots. Traffic was super light sunday. I suppose I'll have to wait till thanksgiving to get any extra/borrowed moves..NJ Transit made five trainsets available to Amtrak for lease on Saturday and Sunday for New York to Philadelphia service. Amtrak took four of them and put the service in their Pope timetable. When nobody reserved seats on the Pope Extras, Amtrak cancelled the lease.
jamesinclair wrote: Forget photos, it was an absolute customer service failure.Oh come on, the SS, Nutter and WMF blew this. Nail in coffin was requiring tickets for Sunday mass. Septa, NJT or Patco didn't experience anywhere near a meltdown. You can't transport bodies that aren't there.
The three agencies managed to scare enough people away that they successfully avoided their job to act as transportation services.
Its easier to run a railroad without passengers. SEPTA, NJTransit and Amtrak managed to accomplish that beautifully.