Railroading at PHILADELPHIA 1981. SEPTA action at Reading Terminal including Blueliners, RDC's and Silverliners. AMTRAK action at 30th Street station including PLATINUM MIST GG1's & E60's & RS3's. Super8 Sound film.
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@s.s.99 Жыл бұрын
I’m glad that someone in the 70s decided that this was worth recording. We can admire it 50 years later
@howardjohnson6911 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. I have even earlier but Super 8 sound is expensive to do.
@howardjohnson6911 Жыл бұрын
Yes I thought so.
@howardjohnson691110 ай бұрын
I got into recording the day Kodak came out with KMA594 Super 8 Sound Film and never stopped! That was March 1975.
@howardjohnson69117 ай бұрын
Thank you. I got so involved when Kodak brought out Super8 sound movie film in 1975. Strange they don't sell it anymore but they do sell the silent version??????????
@TheRailcarbusguyАй бұрын
@@howardjohnson6911Hey do you have films of the Fl9’s in the Penn Central and Conrail era?
@arthouston736117 күн бұрын
I worked second trick at Reading Terminal, doing SD tests with Mikey Monastero. John DeStolfo was still the supervisor of signals. It was was great to see those old wooden passenger cars, some not even fully painted with new SEPTA livery. During the afternoon rush, I was out at NX. One afternoon, the code machine failed, and John and I acted as dispatcher and towerman for the afternoon rush, with my panel set to "manual." I actually got a "good job" out of John, who rarely thanked or acknowledged anyone. At that time, it was a good job to have. I moved on in 1985, when the SEPTA split took place. Good memories, though. I also enjoyed seeing a GG1 in Amtrack livery. Another location I worked, in 1978, was out at the Nest yard, running the second trick trouble truck. The shanty was right next to the tracks, and a GG1 drove by and made such a noise I nearly fell out of my chair next to the old pot bellied oil stove. This was when Nest was still an automobile unloading facility.
@54blewis2 ай бұрын
I’m 69 and I remember the old terminal….along with John Wanamaker’s ,Lit Brothers,Gimbels,Strawbridge’s & Clothiers,Horn&Hardart’s …ect!!
@thewmreed5 күн бұрын
Will you meet me at The Eagle? I brought my first suit as a teenager from Wannamakers
@libertubey21992 ай бұрын
Wow, a scene that you will never see in Philly again, the trains roaring into Reading Terminal. I am happy, however, that they incorporated the train shed into the Convention Center.
@shaggy458318 күн бұрын
I was born in 2007, but seeing this and how things were back then is so interesting
@davidhibbs6989 Жыл бұрын
My father was a signal maintainer for reading and Conrail from 47'-82' worked out of race street tower location he really took his life in his hands walking up and down these active lines which is amazing just to watch!
@howardjohnson6911 Жыл бұрын
I hope he took a few pictures.
@davidluciano74957 ай бұрын
The Old 1930's Bluebirds with the ancient pantographs & JG Brill era traction motors, The Silverliners & Budd Diesels....20th Century Philadelphia in 81' right after the 1970's. The grittiness & grime of a Bygone time. Electric & Diesel Electric Locomotives & Switchers, workers & civilians nonchalantly crossing the tracks oblivious to imminent danger....Yup that's the Reading Terminal I remember in 1981. It was fun being 10 going on 11 with Family in railroading. Thanks for this timeless footage. -Engineer Trainee , Ex Trucker.🚄🚈🚋🚉❤🚂
@howardjohnson69117 ай бұрын
Thank you for this information! What did your family do in railroading?
@davidluciano74955 ай бұрын
Conductor/Engineer: Amtrak,Conrail Mechanic:SEPTA-Two Uncles,My Great Uncles were Pullman Porters.🚂🙏🏽💯
@victordubowski1276 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the upload. Really brought back wonderful memories. In the spring of 1981, Septa went on strike, so I took the train every morning from Logan Station to Reading terminal, when the busses and subway started running again, I would still on occasion ride the train to Reading terminal. Logan Station doesn't even exist anymore.
@longislandrailroadrailfan8339 Жыл бұрын
The old septa seems cool 😎
@craftedbrody316712 күн бұрын
love these types of videos
@scdevon Жыл бұрын
I lived in Philly during this era. The Budd RDC cars were my favorite. Thanks!
@Septa13141 Жыл бұрын
Same
@howardjohnson6911 Жыл бұрын
You're very welcome.
@shanayabuckery3618 Жыл бұрын
Right I miss the old Septa Train and trolley
@howardjohnson6911 Жыл бұрын
Plenty of Historic trolleys still run.
@himbourbanist10 ай бұрын
was this before the Center City tunnel was constructed? Also it's WILD to see some of the Amfleet coaches way back in 1981 - Amtrak still uses them to do this day (but damn were they well built, it's no wonder) - also WOW a GG-1. It's incredible that Amtrak was using them until the 1980's
@howardjohnson691110 ай бұрын
Probably is before the tunnel.
@railfan28217 күн бұрын
Also those SEPTA Silverliner IV EMUs are an icon of the Regional Rail network to this day in 2024.
@RedArrow73 Жыл бұрын
11:46 - Ex-Combine Coach. Baggage comp't where you now see picture windows. And fast as any Silverliner, too!
@atomsmash10010 ай бұрын
Amtrak was still very much in their Rainbow era at this point, but cool to see the GG1s in action.
@howardjohnson691110 ай бұрын
Yes I Loved them!!
@howardjohnson69117 ай бұрын
I LOVE GG-1s!!!!
@bradkuether3561 Жыл бұрын
@5:00 ... Those were the much older coaches that were not air conditioned, and should have been retired years prior. My father would sometimes ride them from the city at rush hour, and used to call them "klunkers". The silver coaches had AC. Also the small two car silver coaches without pantographs shown prior likely serviced the Fox Chase Newtown line. It had no electricity before Jenkintown (? & whose tracks tilted the train like 30 degrees....) and were diesel driven. I lived in Southampton and it was cool catching the train into the city. I wasn't there for the train vs. gasoline truck accident, but it spelled the end for that line. Now it's a rail trail that goes behind Klinger Jr High..... The Southampton station appears to still be there. Heard they were raising money for it's restoration. I actually bought tickets from an agent inside the building, that's how long ago it was...... Thanks for putting up this video, brought back many memories.
@eringardner4962 Жыл бұрын
I was attending OLGC when that accident happened.
@howardjohnson6911 Жыл бұрын
You're very welcome.
@wdd6864 Жыл бұрын
RDCs were used on the Fox Chase to New Town line, West Trenton to I believe Newark, NJ since the Aldene Project and the closure of Jersey City Communipaw. I believe that this time from reading that they Serviced Reading and Pottstown as well but service ended very shortly after this I believe in 83
@victordubowski1276 Жыл бұрын
Yes your absolutely right service to Newton ended in 1983, I believe in the fall, because I used to take that train to Newtown regularly, how I miss that ride. The tracks aren't there anymore, I believe it's a bike path.
@samjohnson10614 ай бұрын
Remember the signs posted in the terminal. No Photography
@egbutler114 Жыл бұрын
That brings back memories. I think the guy hated the GE'S
@howardjohnson6911 Жыл бұрын
why do you say that?
@egbutler114 Жыл бұрын
@@howardjohnson6911 there were no run bys of the GE'S
@scdevon Жыл бұрын
I was a daily rider on SEPTA rail back then. Silverliner II cars were the best ride by far, IMO. It took a while for rail fans to warm up to the GE cars I think.
@Thunder_62785 ай бұрын
I wonder if this can be done in hi res. or is the old videotape low quality.
@brianfalzon6739 Жыл бұрын
Very awesome
@trainrover Жыл бұрын
the incongruences even CN doled out had ended up enchanting you...their ultra modern Tower at Toronto or long passenger cowboy trains with ! clerestory rooves hauled through the mountain and over the back river by camelbacks or boxcabs
@northpennvalleysteamrailroad Жыл бұрын
Cool!
@egbutler114 Жыл бұрын
Do you mind if this is shared?
@howardjohnson6911 Жыл бұрын
Shared in what way?
@losh330 Жыл бұрын
It's interesting how dystopian and filthy everything looks in old videos.
@trainrover Жыл бұрын
so queer that bloke crossing the busy throat with his brolly all jollily..!