Is any kind of permit needed to make a video from that position? I rode the SEPTA CHW line a few times from Center City to Chestnut Hill about a year ago while visiting a friend, and every time I tried to video my ride from the front seat I got yelled at by the train operator, who also threatened to call the police if I didn't stop videoing! Needless to say I was very disappointed I had to stop videoing, but I didn't want to cause any trouble. Is there anything I can say or do, for future reference?...
Well in practice the policy in regards to this and the actual enforcement aspect of it seems kind of inconsistent. Technically I have only ridden the SEPTA trains twice thus far. The first train ride was the one captured in this video. Both the conductor and engineer had seen me but neither said a thing about my filming while sitting down and holding the camera on a monopod and both tolerated it. On the return trip, which was on a Silverliner 4, the conductor stopped my filming. But remember that the Silverliner 4 had a rear facing door behind a full width cab and I had to use a suction mount to mount my camera on the glass. So it's tricky to say whether there is an universal policy against filming that's not always enforced or rather I was told to stop because I mounted a camera on their partition glass.
Sorry about that. I had trouble finding a way to mount my camera when I first got on the train. As a result of that I ended up holding my camera up with a monopod. But it took time to set it up. By the time everything was ready to go, the train had already arrived at Penn Medicine.
My relatives are from Marcus Hook (next station up and first station in PA) - because I took AMTRAK, I got off in Wilmington (at what is now the BTC on DE 4).
When I arrived in Delaware County in 1984, I laughed at the fact that they called these "High Speed Lines" at the time, since the stations are so close together that they are anything but! I approved of the terminology change to "Regional Rail Lines" later. I only ever traveled as far as Ridley Park. I couldn't confirm that these trains were even capable of "high speeds" until I rode an older-model SEPTA Silverliner from NYC to PHL on the Corridor, loaned to Amtrak on Thanksgiving Day. That train cruised at 90 MPH!
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This is really cool.
OMG I think the forward leaf of the center door was stuck open on the second train!
I only took this line on AMTRAK (not SEPTA) - and that was from New Carrolton to the Wilminington BTC (1987 was last trip).
Got the same exact same train as the train car 860 as well. Engine sound was awesome. Got it from Miquon station to Jefferson on the Norristown line
Thanks for sharing.
*TImestamps*
*Pennsylvania*
*SEPTA Fare Zone C*
*SEPTA West Chester Branch*
01:02 Penn Medicine (SEPTA Regional Rail: Airport Line, Media/Elwyn Line, Manayunk/Norristown Line, Warminster Line, and West Trenton Line; SEPTA City Bus: 30, 40, 42, 49, LUCY)
02:11 _SEPTA Airport Line Splits from SEPTA West Chester Branch_
02:27 *SEPTA Airport Line*
04:23 _Crossover with Amtrak Northeast Corridor_
05:10 _SEPTA Airport Line Leaves Alignment_
05:13 *Amtrak Northeast Corridor*
*SEPTA Fare Zone 2*
07:37 Darby
09:12 Curtis Park (SEPTA Suburban Bus: 115)
10:51 Sharon Hill (SEPTA Media-Sharon Hill Line: Route 102 @ Sharon Hill; SEPTA Suburban Bus: 115)
12:17 Folcroft (SEPTA Suburban Bus: 115)
13:54 Glenolden
15:26 Norwood
16:45 Prospect Park
*SEPTA Fare Zone 3*
18:23 Ridley Park
19:59 Crum Lynne (SEPTA Suburban Bus: 114)
21:54 Eddystone (SKIPPED)
23:01 Chester Transportation Center (SEPTA City Bus: 37; SEPTA Suburban Bus: 109, 113, 114, 117, 118, 119)
26:04 Highland Avenue (SEPTA Suburban Bus: 113)
27:56 _Linwood Track Splits_
28:21 Marcus Hook (SEPTA Suburban Bus: 119)
*Delaware*
*SEPTA Fare Zone 4*
33:03 Claymont (DART First State: 31, 61)
Is any kind of permit needed to make a video from that position? I rode the SEPTA CHW line a few times from Center City to Chestnut Hill about a year ago while visiting a friend, and every time I tried to video my ride from the front seat I got yelled at by the train operator, who also threatened to call the police if I didn't stop videoing! Needless to say I was very disappointed I had to stop videoing, but I didn't want to cause any trouble. Is there anything I can say or do, for future reference?...
Well in practice the policy in regards to this and the actual enforcement aspect of it seems kind of inconsistent. Technically I have only ridden the SEPTA trains twice thus far. The first train ride was the one captured in this video. Both the conductor and engineer had seen me but neither said a thing about my filming while sitting down and holding the camera on a monopod and both tolerated it. On the return trip, which was on a Silverliner 4, the conductor stopped my filming. But remember that the Silverliner 4 had a rear facing door behind a full width cab and I had to use a suction mount to mount my camera on the glass. So it's tricky to say whether there is an universal policy against filming that's not always enforced or rather I was told to stop because I mounted a camera on their partition glass.
@@Shuotography Thanks, I really appreciate hearing about your experience with videoing! 🙏
aww, you skipped the 30th Street to Penn Medicine segment...
Sorry about that. I had trouble finding a way to mount my camera when I first got on the train. As a result of that I ended up holding my camera up with a monopod. But it took time to set it up. By the time everything was ready to go, the train had already arrived at Penn Medicine.
I want to go to the Northeast just to ride their commuter rail systems
Love that line! Right to Wilmington after Claymont, where I’m from.
My relatives are from Marcus Hook (next station up and first station in PA) - because I took AMTRAK, I got off in Wilmington (at what is now the BTC on DE 4).
Still some of the old PRR 3 bulb position light signals hanging around?
Love the sound on this
the motors sound different
When I arrived in Delaware County in 1984, I laughed at the fact that they called these "High Speed Lines" at the time, since the stations are so close together that they are anything but! I approved of the terminology change to "Regional Rail Lines" later. I only ever traveled as far as Ridley Park. I couldn't confirm that these trains were even capable of "high speeds" until I rode an older-model SEPTA Silverliner from NYC to PHL on the Corridor, loaned to Amtrak on Thanksgiving Day. That train cruised at 90 MPH!