Septa SL5 RFW PHL to Newark, De. and back to Wilmington. Informative graphics. 4/7/23
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- Enjoy this video with informative graphics explaining many details. Always fun to ride along the NE Corridor. Many passing trains plus a drag race!!!
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That approach to 30th street has like a billion switches! Always fun to watch though
As you leave Wilmington and get off the elevated tracks, you see the tracks to the right at "YARD." This was the Reading's old Wilmington railyard. They also had a roundhouse back further to the right.
My Son would've really enjoyed this when he was little. He loved trains.
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Nice ride. Thanks Tim😀💚
I can't believe you guys beat the Crescent Amtrak Train.
I'm glad I am seeing what the signals means on screen, always wondered 🤔. Ty
Great footage!
Tim, that "race" with the Amtrak train northbound approaching Wilmington was priceless !! You deserve an Academy Award for that one. The only way to properly get that awesome shot and do it justice was out of the head end of a Silverliner V. A side window shot of that scene would have been useless. And you know how I feel about head end shots vs side window shots. This one really proves my point.
I wish the SEPTA engineer would have given the Amtrak engineer a little toot on the horn when he passed him approaching the Wilmington Station. That would have been classic. Regarding that "race", I assume that it was a rare occurrence and happened only because the Amtrak train was late. Doubtful it was a scheduled happening.
At 108:00 on the time bar, the PA states Churchman's Crossing is a wheelchair accessible station. At 113:40, the station is low platform. Is that a ramp? If so, it's strange looking.
Lucky shot. If I had carte blanche to do head end rides wherever. I’d make some good ones.
@@3985uprrThere's another Wilmington Newark Line train departing Temple University at 5:01pm. And that's 9241: Limited to Newark.
I remember taking this train to work @ CHOP formerly University City Station .😊
39:10 I was on that train! Took it down from NYP to ATL, GA I was in the first car of that train as well.
Baldwin Tower barely visible at 26:44. (I wish they'd cut down some of the foliage.) Just think of how many steam locomotives were built just south of there!
December 4 claymont new station opens
When I lived in this area, I always felt that the stations from Darby to Crum Lynne were too close together, more like they'd be on a subway line. (SImilarly for the Media/Wawa line.) They seem to be more reasonably spaced on the Trenton line and all the ex-Reading lines. And that new Claymont station looks like overkill. What's wrong with the existing station? And I think they should add a station at Newport, DE.
More parking. Bigger platforms.
I'm not a fan of parking at stations, more effort could have been put in for developing housing around stations.
Just a little bit of History here. Between the abandoned Tower named Bell and Landlith back in the 80ies . Amtrak stored mostly all of the GG1's to be scrapped in the Wilmington yard. It was a sight to see . They say there for about 5 years. 😮
I remember.
Man dodnt know that what an enginr never see power and durability like that again
Very good video, just too bad it was such a cloudy day. And by the way that track at the Southend of the station leading to the left used to be the old NS connection to the former Chrysler parts and assembly plant.
Sometimes cloudy days make it easier to do a video
drag races yeah pretty even on the speed or a bit faster from amtrak.
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Robert Roman.
Those cars really do make a ton of noise.
Some of Septa's tracks is not great at all, especially over switches
once again love this video especially the septa trains silverliner5s not the 4s the can stick it where the sun don't shine you know what i mean.
I know exactly what you mean extremely well 😀😀
The nec is super antiquated
Interesting that Davis interlocking hasn’t been upgraded to high speed turnouts out
Why? There is a highspeed switch(Ruthby) before Davis going to Newark. For some reason Septa is not using it
@@DeltaFish11 because Amtrak trains go pretty fast over it, and it could potentially become a limiting factor since moveable point switches perform much better than conventional switches
36:55 when will the station open?
Nice front seat ride but too much rattling noise
Loose ballast bouncing off car at speed
@1:06:43 So the train just reverses direction right at the platform?!
Yes
@@3985uprr well, they have no time to wait around before the return journey, it seems! A platform along the main artery of the Northeast Corridor doesn't seem very ideal for a line's terminal...
@@jayo1212 They have a dedicated station track. It doesn’t interfere with Amtrak. They actually have a dedicated track all the way back to Wilmington.
There's alot of knocking on this film in the background. What was that??? Other than that it was a good film. 4/12/23.
Loose ballast picked up at speed
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silverliners 4s can stick it where the sun doesn't shine.
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I'll tell you what. I don't like the seats. They are reminiscent of municipal bus seats instead of regular train seats like on NJ Transit.
Remember, it is pronounced NEW-ARK, not like Newark, New Jersey. 👌
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Give it a few
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It looks like, if we start on Monday, and everything is okay, we should get there by Wednesday . This train is even slower than some of the Japanese rural route. Not a very interesting trip.
He did 100mph in places
After watching these videos, I really am struck by how old, decrepit, garbage everywhere, rust, graffiti America's infrastructure have become. Trains are slow. Tracks in poor shape. It's striking compared to other countries around the world. I wonder when upgrading will actually occur to modernize the system.
Shame that MARC doesn't go to Newark. That would make a pretty seamless commuter rail service from Alexandria (or Fredericksburg) to New Haven without having to ride on Amtrak.
You are quite right, and I would add I wouldn`t mind seeing MARC going all the way to Wilmington.......take MARC from DC to Wilmington, then switch over to SEPTA to make the trip to Philadelphia or Trenton, New Jersey to catch New Jersey Transit to New York City, followed by whichever commuter rail service runs to New Haven.......ALL WITHOUT AMTRAK!!!