Not to turn this thread into a discussion of vestibule doors but what about the bombers? There are more being overhauled now. How's SEPTA supposed to protect them if vestibule doors are now outlawed?
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Re: I Think SEPTA Should Have Kept the SLII's/III's Longer..
by SEPTA2461 ¦ Sat Feb 22, 2014 12:17 am ¦ Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦ Topic: I Think SEPTA Should Have Kept the SLII's/III's Longer... ¦ Replies: 20 ¦ Views: 2826Re: SEPTA Push Pull overhaul status
by SEPTA2461 ¦ Fri Feb 07, 2014 4:40 pm ¦ Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦ Topic: SEPTA Push Pull overhaul status ¦ Replies: 7 ¦ Views: 2887Update: 2504 outshopped and coupled with 2512 in their new blended logos! Bound for Thorndale on the Great Valley Flyer!
Re: SEPTA might get multi-level railroad coaches
by SEPTA2461 ¦ Wed Jan 29, 2014 4:30 pm ¦ Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦ Topic: SEPTA Cancels CRRC multi level order (Was:SEPTA to get multi-level railroad coaches) ¦ Replies: 262 ¦ Views: 67914Clearfield wrote:They don't have bathrooms.R3 Passenger wrote:Also, after standing in the cold at Holmesburg Junction for an hour and 15 minutes after Train 9745 broke down last night, new locomotives should come first. Just sayin'.Did the bathrooms work without the power on??
Re: SEPTA might get multi-level railroad coaches
by SEPTA2461 ¦ Wed Jan 29, 2014 4:04 pm ¦ Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦ Topic: SEPTA Cancels CRRC multi level order (Was:SEPTA to get multi-level railroad coaches) ¦ Replies: 262 ¦ Views: 67914How will they run 12 trains with 36 coaches?
Re: SEPTA Push Pull overhaul status
by SEPTA2461 ¦ Tue Jan 28, 2014 8:40 pm ¦ Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦ Topic: SEPTA Push Pull overhaul status ¦ Replies: 7 ¦ Views: 2887I guess we'll never see 2401 again.
Re: Silverliner IIs and IIIs as parts cars?
by SEPTA2461 ¦ Sat Jan 25, 2014 12:23 am ¦ Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦ Topic: Silverliner IIs and IIIs as parts cars? ¦ Replies: 4 ¦ Views: 1180I guess it's too late for that. I have heard WABCO AA2 horns on a number of Silverliner IVs.
Silverliner IIs and IIIs as parts cars?
by SEPTA2461 ¦ Fri Jan 24, 2014 9:09 pm ¦ Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦ Topic: Silverliner IIs and IIIs as parts cars? ¦ Replies: 4 ¦ Views: 1180Is it possible for any of the remaining Silverliner IIs and IIIs to be cannabalized for the Silverliner IVs? They did often run together back in their days upon the rails.
SEPTA's poor performance in today's snowstorm
by SEPTA2461 ¦ Tue Jan 21, 2014 4:05 pm ¦ Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦ Topic: SEPTA's poor performance in today's snowstorm ¦ Replies: 62 ¦ Views: 9656Who here had difficulty commuting this afternoon? With all the schools and the workplaces closing early, passengers volumes were clearly piling up on the platforms. But SEPTA clearly wasn't prepared for this storm. Trains filled up too fast, and I saw conductors turning down passengers and trains by...
Re: Comet 1 Set Back on the Rails...again...for now...!
by SEPTA2461 ¦ Mon Dec 30, 2013 8:23 am ¦ Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦ Topic: Comet 1 Set Back on the Rails...again...for now...! ¦ Replies: 111 ¦ Views: 28082Silverliner II wrote:*whispers in a low, cold voice*So they're in the scrap yards now?
Nothing that parks in the west end of Overbrook yard.... ever leaves alive....
Bomber Sets OOS?
by SEPTA2461 ¦ Tue Dec 24, 2013 5:58 pm ¦ Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦ Topic: Bomber Sets OOS? ¦ Replies: 2 ¦ Views: 982Stopped by Jenkintown on the way home, and saw 6378 being operated with a set of Silverliner 5s, maybe four or five of them. Does this mean that the sets have been stored for the holiday? I seem to remember last year, one was used only on the Trenton run.
Re: SEPTA Proposed Capital Budget Plan "Catching Up"
by SEPTA2461 ¦ Mon Dec 23, 2013 2:21 pm ¦ Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦ Topic: SEPTA Proposed Capital Budget Plan "Catching Up" ¦ Replies: 64 ¦ Views: 7056Well here's another fact: most of the lines on the Reading Line are too short for push-pull anyway. So unless they re-extend the Lansdale line to Quakertown, and the Norristown Line to Pottstown, I just can't picture them on the RDG side.
Re: SEPTA Proposed Capital Budget Plan "Catching Up"
by SEPTA2461 ¦ Mon Dec 23, 2013 4:08 am ¦ Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦ Topic: SEPTA Proposed Capital Budget Plan "Catching Up" ¦ Replies: 64 ¦ Views: 7056scotty269 wrote:Because Bi-Levels might weigh down the wooden ties.SEPTA2461 wrote:Maybe they could use bi-levels on the PRR side and keep the overhauled bombers on the Reading side.Reasoning?
Re: SEPTA Proposed Capital Budget Plan "Catching Up"
by SEPTA2461 ¦ Mon Dec 23, 2013 1:04 am ¦ Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦ Topic: SEPTA Proposed Capital Budget Plan "Catching Up" ¦ Replies: 64 ¦ Views: 7056Maybe they could use bi-levels on the PRR side and keep the overhauled bombers on the Reading side.
Re: SEPTA Proposed Capital Budget Plan "Catching Up"
by SEPTA2461 ¦ Fri Dec 20, 2013 2:54 pm ¦ Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦ Topic: SEPTA Proposed Capital Budget Plan "Catching Up" ¦ Replies: 64 ¦ Views: 7056I wonder where they would buy the bi-levels from. Rotem took five years to deliver all the Silverliner Vs. I'm sure they don't want to go through that again. And here's another good question: would they be able to run with the bombers? they're probably gonna scrap the bombers Does that mean the ove...
Re: SEPTA Proposed Capital Budget Plan "Catching Up"
by SEPTA2461 ¦ Fri Dec 20, 2013 2:32 pm ¦ Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦ Topic: SEPTA Proposed Capital Budget Plan "Catching Up" ¦ Replies: 64 ¦ Views: 7056I wonder where they would buy the bi-levels from. Rotem took five years to deliver all the Silverliner Vs. I'm sure they don't want to go through that again. And here's another good question: would they be able to run with the bombers?