Septa SL5 RFW Philadelphia to Thorndale and back to Paoli. 10/21/21
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- Had a nice ride on a lovely day. The conductor was an enthusiastic young man calling out all of the stops. He was a very warm-hearted and jovial fellow who got a kick out of me doing all this rail fanning for my CZcams channel. My apologies if the window was a little dirty but doesn’t look too bad Thankfully the sun was not shining directly onto the window 
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In the early 60s our family lived in Rosemont. Dad would take us up to Paoli to watch trains. GG-1s were pulling passenger trains back then and they'd stop there. More than once a friendly W/B engineer would take us inside those huge (and scary for a little kid) black monsters. One time an engineer tossed us kids a dime each to buy ice cream. I can still smell the Creosote ties that were stacked nearby. If I recall correctly the 20th Century Limited passed through that yard. Thanks for this video! Brings back great childhood memories.
I think you might mean the Broadway Limited. The 20th century Limited ran on the New York Central.
Yes Sir! Broadway Limited.@@3985uprr
I grew up in Paoli and my grandfather was a machinist in the shops at the yard. I have ridden this route on the the Paoli Local hundreds, if not thousands, of times growing up. There were no malls back then, so my parents and grandparent took the local to do their shopping at Gimbels, Strawbridges and Wannamakers in Philly.The original Paoli station on the south side (eastbound) was high above track level. I remember a slide (like a sliding board) to get baggage down to track level. In the 50s, the land was graded down to track level and a new station was built. Now even that is gone. As Bob Hope sang, Thanks for the Memories.
1:24 Philadelphia - 30th Street Station
12:36 Overbrook
14:01 Merion
15:58 Narberth
17:40 Wynnewood
19:39 Ardmore
21:22 Haverford
23:32 Bryn Mawr
25:19 Rosemont
27:19 Villanova
29:52 Radnor
31:35 St. Davids
32:59 Wayne
35:02 Strafford
37:20 Devon
39:33 Berwyn
41:43 Daylesford
44:15 Paoli
47:57 Malvern
54:37 Exton
56:53 Whitford
1:03:18 Downingtown
1:13:15 Thorndale
I used to take the R5 into Philly two or three times a year and I recall they always had loud conductors.
I seem to recall at that time it was two tracks each way almost the whole trip.
1:13 That NS train looks like the daily scrap metal round trip to and from (what used to be) Luken's Steel. When I worked at a little machine ship just next to the tracks I would see it come full and go empty but a different engine was pulling it.
I love this an idyllic train journey of Septa!
When things calm down Covid-wise, I want to bring my mom out here - either out at least as far as Exton (which I never went to by rail), or even all the way to Thorndale (another place I never took the train to), but then come back to Paoli (duplicating this trip).
A very nice video. I've lived close to Philadelphia all my life, and have had the opportunity to ride SEPTA trains a couple of times. I should also add that while the Bryn Mawr station is closest to my home (about 15 minutes), I'm a tad more familiar with the Paoli station.
I took this ride in 1992 when it still terminated at Parkesburg. It would bring you 23 miles to Lancaster. I just walked the little town and came back before the return train to Philly.
i live in Parkesburg now and lived along main line all my life
I worked Zoo tower. That railroad coming out from 'upstairs' 30th st is unnecessarily slow..
Any reason why? I feel like all of the RR trains can go faster
@@DeltaFish11 Signaling needs adjustment
SEPTA Regional sure has a lot of stations that are close to each other.
That is because when the lines were originally built, the trains themselves were even slower than they were when I rode the Paoli Local - let alone the Paoli/Thorndale line of today. Further, commuter rail serves a different customer class than AMTRAK - look at every case where commuter rail overlays the NEC - not just SEPTA.
Unlike near Paoli, the route the train parallels thru Downingtown and Thorndale is actually Business US-30; the primary route is a freeway that runs a few miles north.
Pre-Thorndale extension, I spent my share of time in Exton - to shop (Exton Mall) - it (the town AND the mall itself) was the midway point between West Chester and the Pennsylvania Turnpike (the Exton/Pottstown Interchange).
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Did you do a video about the Norristown High-Speed Line? To me, it is nothing less than a modern interurban, and quite scenic. You should also do the route 101 Media trolley, which also has interurban characteristics and is quite scenic at times. I don't know if you can do RFW videos, but you can try.
The Norristown High-Speed Line, is still known and loved as the Pig and Whistle. It was originally the Philadelphia and Western. The "Western" part of the line was truncated at Stafford many years ago.
I am amused at "Watch your step eXIDing"
wow do they ever clean the windows on these Septa trains?
You should taking the train to Princeton Junction you might like it it’s only two stations away from Trenton
I do believe that most of the wire on the line is still the original ones laid in 1915.
From Paoli eastward if that’s the case
@@3985uprr Almost certainly from Paoli eastward - if not to Frazer (which was an M&R yard pre extension) - Frazer is still that, and is between Paoli and Malvern.
US 30 is also part of the Lincoln Highway.
It is, in fact, the eastern end of the Lincoln Highway - which runs east from Philadelphia into New Jersey (to Atlantic City via the Brigantine Extension).
@@PGHammer21A - At US 30 and US 1, the Lincoln Highway turns north on US 1 (City Ave., which forms the city line between Philadelphia and its western suburbs), and follows US 1 and Business US 1 almost to the NJ state line. It joins NJ 27 through Princeton.
@@OldsVistaCruiser - However, US 30 itself doesn't - instead it takes Interstate 76 - the Scuylkill Expressway - to Vine Street and Interstate 676 - leaving Philadelphia and Pennsylvania itself via the Ben Franklin Bridge - near the Franklin Museum, Independence Hall, and the Liberty Bell. (The first Boeing 707 is on static display there -it was the first Boeing I had ever sat on. When I was there it had been repainted in 1970s British Airways paint scheme - a nice touch for a plane not going anywhere.) US 30 and US 1 cross - but share no pavement - in either Pennsylvania or New Jersey. Their crossing is in Villanova - neither shares pavement with the Blue Route, either - just separate interchanges with it. The Blue Route itself - in addition to connecting to the Pennsylvania Turnpike - is a nice alternate to Valley Forge and King of Prussia from Interstate 95 and US 322.
Starting 1999/2000 I took the R5 from Thorndale to Downtown for 3 or 4 years twice a day. and I don't remember Whitford or Exton being stops. Were they added later, or do I just not remember?
Does anyone know what the name of that S-curve is west of Malvern? It does have a name but I couldn’t think of what it was.
You’re thinking about Duffy’s Cut which is in this area along with the Irish worker memorial. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duffy%27s_Cut
@@PhillyBagel Now I know what the name of that curve was. It was called Sugartown curve!!! That article help refresh my memory
What’s the speed limit on this line. It seems like the train didn’t go faster than 25-30
They can do 90 out west
Is this video shot through a telephoto lens?
when will you do the elwyn line or fox chase line oe cywnned line
I want to do them but it’s the luck of the draw when I go down there. I did Fox Chase yesterday but didn’t download it yet. Unfortunately there was an engineer training session on the line and I couldn’t do it the way I wanted. I shot the line with a mentor sitting in front. You can see the line though and the Autumn leaves. You can also hear the other mentor giving some. instruction to the operating trainee on the characteristics of the line. I also did a foliage filled PHL to Doylestown round trip!!!
They should have moved Paoli a bit westward and they could have had two island platforms.
Paoli is both dual-purpose (SEPTA and AMTRAK) and is old - it goes back to the Age of Steam (and even appears in a movie ("Twentieth Century Limited")). Despite the death of both the 20th Century Limited and its successor "National Limited" - the only AMTRAK train I ever took to Paoli - and I took it from Washington DC - not 30th Street Station - they won't move it willy-nilly.
@@PGHammer21A - Ironic that a PRR station was shown in a movie about an archrival NYC train!
Why did you delete the RFW video going eastbound from Thorndale?
Wasn’t happy with it. Would like to do it over. I’ve done Bryn Mawr to Thorndale and Bryn Mawr to 30th Street which looks better so that route in essence was covered.
1:09:0 signal to nothing?
5:49 ello Q409
I saw that. Wasn’t sure of the symbol. That’s about the time of day it gets there.
What is the speed here?
I think west of Paoli they can do 90. Otherwise the stations are too close together to go fast
Between Narberth and Paoli, the top speed is 70 mph on the outside tracks and 80 on the inner express tracks. A few restrictions for curves near stations like St. Davids and Berwyn are also in effect.
@@PhillyBagel Riding on those locals I never think about speeds because they never come close to reaching those speeds
Maybe riding an Express train you could see these SLV go fast.
@@DeltaFish11 Trenton Line they go fast. Wilmington Line stations are too close. Many places stations are close to prevent speed
This is way too slow! I would never ride this slow thing.
It picks up speed after awhile
It was always slow east of Paoli, but to drive from 30th St out to Thorndale is usually a much, much longer trip. It's a shame still, they replaced all the wooden ties with concrete and they still drive slow.