I've been on the Silverliner 5 two times and compared to the IV they seem bouncy and noisy inside. Part of the problem might be that the doors are on the side of the cars, whereas on the IV they are in their own outside compartment. Kind of disappointed with them. I rode the IVs to and from work every day and it was a pleasant ride Thanks for the video!
This line was - literally - the prototype of the NEC of today - from Paoli to 30th Street Station which is why the original Acela tested here (and why Avelia Liberty also tested here - and why Frazer Yard stayed alive as long as it did - it was the old central test yard for Acela test operations before they were moved first to Bear, DE, and later Wilmington.
Thanks for the upload. I live far away from Philly now, but I rode the Chestnut Hill West line daily in the 1970s. (Silverliner II, III, and IV days) and I remember when the GE cars were brand new. I've been almost everywhere in the USA, but SEPTA commuter rail has a character all its own because so much of the equipment goes way back to the Pennsylvania Railroad days. Love the old cuts and fills in the rocky terrain, the arched stonework alcoves in the tunnels the old rusty support towers and signal towers, etc........... Philly commuter rail is the best eye candy anywhere!!!
No problem thanks for enjoying it! Oh I see if you were here now you could see and ride the leased Amtrak MARC sets they've been using. During the 70's they still had some MP54's and the Bluebirds I think. I bet it was cool to see the Silverliner 4's when new. Oh really that's cool not many people can say that. Yes that is true very true. I am glad a lot of the PRR is still around in some way. Yeah indeed you are right its one of a kind for sure!!
I'm still imagining in my "mind's eye" what it must have been like on the head end of the GG1's, E44's, E33's and the Diesels during the PRR/PC and early CR days out on the Mainline when there was tons of Freight trains on a daily basis. So glad I got to see the Electrics in freight service on this part of the PRR Main.
Indeed I feel the same way. I wish I could have seen it. I was able to see Conrail Intermodals running on the NEC. I sure wished I could have seen even the experimental electrics running like the O1C, P5B, E3C,E3B,DD2 and even the FF2. My dad can tell you some great stories about the PRR electric freights and wreaks also. Man I bet those days were awesome.
Understandable - the Blue Route is the foot of Pennsylvania bow-hunting turf. (While Delaware County is mostly urban, it is not completely so - and especially not the western portion, where it borders Chester County. The same is true of the eastern and southern portions of Prince George's County, MD - my current home county - darn nearly as rural and exurban as Charles County MD - to its south.)
Curious question, I've noticed that some stations that the platforms are not raised have what appear to be steps on the station platform leading up to the train cars but other stations that also have platforms are not raised, don't have these steps. Am I seeing things right?
Yeah your seeing that correctly. One of those Stations was whitford which was at the beginning of the video. The westbound platform didn't have steps while the eastbound side did.
seems like an episode from the twilight zone, who really lives in these little "Hooterviles". if I were in a high rise I could see all of these towns from my house, but the only high around here are the dope addicts
This was my *home line* for two years - before the Thorndale Extension. Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and St. Davids are all "college towns", as is Villanova. Bryn Mawr was a "ladies' college", and the sister school of Haverford College (the two merged in 1980 for financial reasons).
chicago's metra needs more pantograph power. It's frustrating how slow trains there have to accelerate, then soon stop at the next station, over and over
@hobog: I agree with you 100%! I wish METRA would electrify all of its lines. Union Station and Olgalvie terminals you can certainly smell the diesel fumes. Maybe cars like the Silverliner 5s could be used from Hyundai - Rotem.
As is the Main Line itself - which predates SEPTA, and even most of the Pennsylvlvania Railroad - and actually originally referred to the Lincoln Highway - which later became US 30 and US 1 in Philadelphia proper - which I had to look up - and it's why the two intersect.
I've been on the Silverliner 5 two times and compared to the IV they seem bouncy and noisy inside. Part of the problem might be that the doors are on the side of the cars, whereas on the IV they are in their own outside compartment. Kind of disappointed with them. I rode the IVs to and from work every day and it was a pleasant ride Thanks for the video!
This line was - literally - the prototype of the NEC of today - from Paoli to 30th Street Station which is why the original Acela tested here (and why Avelia Liberty also tested here - and why Frazer Yard stayed alive as long as it did - it was the old central test yard for Acela test operations before they were moved first to Bear, DE, and later Wilmington.
Thanks for the upload. I live far away from Philly now, but I rode the Chestnut Hill West line daily in the 1970s. (Silverliner II, III, and IV days) and I remember when the GE cars were brand new.
I've been almost everywhere in the USA, but SEPTA commuter rail has a character all its own because so much of the equipment goes way back to the Pennsylvania Railroad days. Love the old cuts and fills in the rocky terrain, the arched stonework alcoves in the tunnels the old rusty support towers and signal towers, etc...........
Philly commuter rail is the best eye candy anywhere!!!
No problem thanks for enjoying it! Oh I see if you were here now you could see and ride the leased Amtrak MARC sets they've been using. During the 70's they still had some MP54's and the Bluebirds I think. I bet it was cool to see the Silverliner 4's when new. Oh really that's cool not many people can say that. Yes that is true very true. I am glad a lot of the PRR is still around in some way. Yeah indeed you are right its one of a kind for sure!!
I'm still imagining in my "mind's eye" what it must have been like on the head end of the GG1's, E44's, E33's and the Diesels during the PRR/PC and early CR days out on the Mainline when there was tons of Freight trains on a daily basis. So glad I got to see the Electrics in freight service on this part of the PRR Main.
Indeed I feel the same way. I wish I could have seen it. I was able to see Conrail Intermodals running on the NEC. I sure wished I could have seen even the experimental electrics running like the O1C, P5B, E3C,E3B,DD2 and even the FF2. My dad can tell you some great stories about the PRR electric freights and wreaks also. Man I bet those days were awesome.
16:24 LOL!!! It looks like Bambi wants to hitch a ride on the Blue Route!
Understandable - the Blue Route is the foot of Pennsylvania bow-hunting turf. (While Delaware County is mostly urban, it is not completely so - and especially not the western portion, where it borders Chester County. The same is true of the eastern and southern portions of Prince George's County, MD - my current home county - darn nearly as rural and exurban as Charles County MD - to its south.)
Curious question, I've noticed that some stations that the platforms are not raised have what appear to be steps on the station platform leading up to the train cars but other stations that also have platforms are not raised, don't have these steps. Am I seeing things right?
Yeah your seeing that correctly. One of those Stations was whitford which was at the beginning of the video. The westbound platform didn't have steps while the eastbound side did.
seems like an episode from the twilight zone, who really lives in these little "Hooterviles". if I were in a high rise I could see all of these towns from my house, but the only high around here are the dope addicts
This was my *home line* for two years - before the Thorndale Extension. Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and St. Davids are all "college towns", as is Villanova. Bryn Mawr was a "ladies' college", and the sister school of Haverford College (the two merged in 1980 for financial reasons).
that's what I've been told a few time but personally I think it depends on the conductors on the train that day or week
Obviously was a 4 track line. Now a 3 track line.
It still 4 tracks from the east end of Paoli to Philly. West of Paoli its 2 tracks, then from Glen Junction to Thorndale its 3 tracks.
thanks!!
chicago's metra needs more pantograph power. It's frustrating how slow trains there have to accelerate, then soon stop at the next station, over and over
You mean they need more electrified lines? Or are you referring to how the diesel trains run?
@hobog: I agree with you 100%! I wish METRA would electrify all of its lines. Union Station and Olgalvie terminals you can certainly smell the diesel fumes. Maybe cars like the Silverliner 5s could be used from Hyundai - Rotem.
@@EMDSD14R: BOTH! Electric Trains are quicker especially from a stand start. Virtually no pollution.
yeah that name popped into my head..lol
Hey man can you meet me at 30st station this weekend
It’s very 1910.
As is the Main Line itself - which predates SEPTA, and even most of the Pennsylvlvania Railroad - and actually originally referred to the Lincoln Highway - which later became US 30 and US 1 in Philadelphia proper - which I had to look up - and it's why the two intersect.