Specifically on the R3...er um, I mean...West Trenton Line? At one point they called these the Neshaminy Limited and the Something Else Limited, and they ran with Comet cars and the AEM-7 loco instead of the Silverliner IV beer cans. Is this still true?
Anyone know if SEPTA still uses the AEM-7 train sets on morning rush h
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Posted 23 May 2012 - 10:31 PM
The push pulls are still out there. But there have been recent mechanical problems and MU substitutions aren't rare.
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Posted 24 May 2012 - 09:31 PM
They run on the Trenton, Paoli/Thorndale, West Trenton, Wilmington/Newark, and Media/Elywn. Look in the Timetables for details. They terminate at 30th Street and Temple U. The ALP runs with the NJT Comets and runs to/from West Trenton. I can tell you the NJT Comet set runs on the first Push-Pull in the afternoon to West Trenton. There's one to Trenton, Newark and Elwyn. Two to West Trenton, and I am almost certain 1 to Thorndale and 1 to Malvern, in the morning and afternoon. One of which runs non stop to Paoli. I think that's the first. The other runs Express to Bryn Mawr local to Malvern. Vise Versa with the Morning trains. Their are Seven used out of Eight.
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Posted 25 May 2012 - 07:42 PM
All of SEPTA's named trains, such as the Great Valley Flyer, run with push pulls. They are used on fast express service, where their economical benefits over a MU are most obvious, and an MUs tractive advantage is largely irrelevant.
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Posted 26 May 2012 - 09:18 PM
Was indeed a Comet trainset.
Nearly empty when I got on at Neshaminy Falls but we had about dozen standers by the time we left Bethayres (and then expressed to Temple).
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Posted 02 June 2012 - 01:16 AM
Was indeed a Comet trainset.
Nearly empty when I got on at Neshaminy Falls but we had about dozen standers by the time we left Bethayres (and then expressed to Temple).
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