A Septa Wilmington Line Train Hit A Surprising Speed Record
The SEPTA Silverliner IV that was destroyed in a spectacular fire in Delaware County PA had been reported with "sluggish performance" by an engineer earlier in the day. SEPTA Mechanical found "problems" but the train was left in service. Crew reported smelling smoke on its fatal trip on the Wilmington line, stopped and discovered the fire.
Catenary wires fell onto a SEPTA Paoli line Regional Rail train west of Philadelphia 30th St. Station Monday afternoon. 150 passengers on the train are remaining aboard as SEPTA and Amtrak power controllers work to shut off the catenary power, before rescue efforts can begin. Service Some community activists in Delaware are pleading with state and transportation leaders to reopen a SEPTA office and ticket window at the Wilmington train station. They say that the closure has ...
SEPTA Regional Rail R2: Wilmington/Newark Line – vanmaps
NBC 10 Philadelphia: SEPTA Regional Rail line train cancelations continue on Tuesday SEPTA canceled 27 Regional Rail line trains on Monday morning due to the ongoing safety inspections of the Silverliner IV fleet. And, cancelations for SEPTA’s Regional Rail line trains carried into a ... NBC 10 Philadelphia: SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale Regional Rail line suspended due to disabled train
Note: As of about 9:35 a.m. trains service was restored along SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale line. A disabled train at the Rosemont Station along SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale Regional Rail line led to slowdowns ... SEPTA Regional Rail service remains suspended on the West Trenton, Warminster and Lansdale/Doylestown lines in the aftermath of a massive fire at the SPS Technologies warehouse in Jenkintown PA. Fire began last night. Building located at the junction of SEPTA's West Trenton line (ex-RDG New York branch) and Lansdale line (ex-RDG Bethlehem branch). They were Septa's AEM-7s and replaced with the Siemens locos. I witnessed Septa testing an Amtrak AEM-7 before they bought their own. They were towing an assortment of the old Blueliners and Silverliners! SEPTA Silverliner dimensions Author: ChS7-321 Hello everybody, I'm looking for dimensions (technical drawings if possible) of the Silverliner (II/III/IV, doesn't matter) EMUs used by SEPTA. Drawings of NJT Arrow units would be fine as well. I'm specifically looking for the truck data, and it should be very, very similar for both types. Why SEPTA Regional Rail trains don’t have bathrooms Philadelphia Inquirer by Michelle Myers Published Feb. 23, 2024 If you need to go while riding a Regional Rail train, you’ll have to hold it for a bit longer because there are no bathrooms on board.
SEPTA has published the RFP for Silverliner VI. Submissions are due April 10th, 2026. They are looking to purchase 234 cars in married pairs with options for an additional 92 cars. The cars can be Steel or Aluminum. SEPTA is adding 10 leased rail cars from the Maryland Area Rail Commuter (MARC) system to help ease overcrowding on Regional Rail lines on Monday. The move, announced last year, is intended to help ... NBC 10 Philadelphia: Del. community fighting to reopen shuttered SEPTA ticket window in Wilmington 6abc News: Man fatally struck by SEPTA train near Morton Station, Delaware County MORTON, Pa. (WPVI) -- Authorities are investigating what led to a man being on the tracks when a SEPTA train struck and killed him on Friday. It happened just after 9 a.m. near Morton Station in ... Morning express service will be restored on SEPTA's Regional Rail lines on Monday now that enough railcars have cleared inspections to be returned to the tracks, transit officials said Friday. SEPTA ... MSN: SEPTA to cut 45% of services, including Delaware’s regional rail line, without more funding Insufficient funding and overdue repairs may lead to nearly half of SEPTA’s service to be taken away, including Delaware’s main regional rail line. The regional transit company released its budget for ... SEPTA to cut 45% of services, including Delaware’s regional rail line, without more funding MSN: As SEPTA service hangs in the balance, Delaware looks to build its own passenger rail line
