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BlueRiband wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:57 pm It appears the local news media is more focused on five serious accidents in five days rather than a single accident.

...septa either should have kept the 2 or 3 most reliable as revenue and work locos, to get the most use out of them... They didn't get rid of them for random reasons. Cost effectiveness is a major , if not the top, consideration. Basically, they did get the most use out of them, and now retention ...

Imagine the relocation of utilities that would have to happen for a Boulevard subway. That has to add substantial cost.

But it put North Haverbrook on the map!

That's good news. That section has been excepted track for years. My old home used to back up to the R3; I missed the overnight rumble of the ballast train.

That first picture, as noted above, is indeed the Sharon Hill line where Springfield Road meets Woodlawn and Pennsylvania Avenues. West Chester/Media Line bridge would be behind the photographer. The gas station on the left is now a small park, and there is a current SEPTA stop behind the trolley.

Can you imagine riders on the 102 heading to the airport with luggage? Would there be room for that on a modern vehicle?

WashingtonPark wrote: ↑Mon Feb 22, 2021 5:17 pm I worked in the subway for decades. How am I not dead yet?

That's what I'm hoping for. I work in the city, but the hours that I commute really don't mesh with Regional Rail schedules, so, personally it wouldn't be a daily-use situation. I would like the ability to get into Philly via train for other times, though. I agree with you on 422. Anything to lighte...

Considering that I moved to Phoenixville last year, I would love Regional Rail. My last home had a NHSL station around the corner. I miss that for the Center City connection, but the extension to KOP makes sense, too.

If they name the station Wawa from the start, they can't go asking for naming rights later. I wouldn't be surprised if it's eventually called "Wawa" and they make some coin for that.

I can't recall if I read, or someone in Clifton Heights (I'm a former resident) told me, that if the rails were pulled from the 102 ROW in the borough, SEPTA would lose the rights.

ExCon90 wrote:...after all passengers had left, the 3 trainsets would close up to form one mammoth train (called a draft) which would then move out to Powelton Ave. coach yard.

Rode the Media line into Suburban today. First platform reader at Clifton wouldn’t read the Key card, second one did. Conductor just did a visual check, and told me to tap out when I got into the city. An ambassador at the Suburban turnstiles told me not to tap out; tapping out begins “on the first”...

rugbychix wrote: Implications for Navy Yard:
-Man that extension of the BSL seems to be a lot more important if you stick 50k jobs in the navy yard. Obviously the lead time on that project is incredibly long.