SEPTA Articulateds In 1999-2000: Richmond & Westmoreland

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5 жыл бұрын

Volvo and Neoplan articulated buses on Route 60 mingle here at Madison Loop, located at Richmond & Westmoreland Sts.

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@thor-elfalcon3057 11 ай бұрын

I was ecstatic that SEPTA got the Neo Artic. Had just discovered the AN460s of SamTrans around this time via the net.

@brett8706 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, the rear wheels on the Volvo’s turned unlike the Neos and Novas.

@trainman1971 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, they did indeed.

@shirellehill1738 5 жыл бұрын

I miss those Volvo artics. Those were real buses.

@kevinhoward9593 5 жыл бұрын

those Neoplans at the end of their life were a disaster. they went 0-40 in half an hour. lol.

@dysontyronetd 3 жыл бұрын

Last time I took the Volvo articulated bus was route 9

@wallyprice515 3 жыл бұрын

Which Volvos had the current livery if anyone can remember? I know 7004, 7005, 7007, 7010, 7011, 7021-23, 7035 and 7041 so far

@brando3395 5 жыл бұрын

5:28-5:45 is this same septa volvo # 7044 that you were ride on and film it?

@trainman1971 5 жыл бұрын

Yep.

@davidjames8613 4 жыл бұрын

The year the Neoplan AN460S was born

@blue9multimediagroup 4 жыл бұрын

*AN460 OQ

@drewk1514 4 жыл бұрын

Is SEPTA going to bring streetcars back to this route? The overhead wire is still intact but the tracks are paved over.

@trainman1971 4 жыл бұрын

Route 15? Westmoreland Loop is under reconstruction for that purpose as we speak, but the trolleys will be delayed until the I-95 construction in the vicinity of Richmond Street is completed and the street restored.

@blue9multimediagroup 3 жыл бұрын

Loop is done. Tracks relaid. Now just waiting for 95 and the PCC rebuild to be done.

@lambo8961 3 ай бұрын

@@blue9multimediagroup same deal right now (apr 2024) but the PCC's are undergoing testing after completing rebuild

@Thatgamingdiary Ай бұрын

June 2024 The PCCII’s are back!

@blue9multimediagroup 3 жыл бұрын

Only ride them once on the 48 and 60 each.

@blue9multimediagroup 2 жыл бұрын

And one downtown for a few blocks on either the 33 or the 48 back in 2000 when the NEOPLANs were brand new.

@Mr.Ratchet 2 жыл бұрын

Just realized that the Volvo's had rear steering

@trainman1971 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, the rear axles steered as well. I did not notice that myself until sometime in the 1990's!

@TransitChuckG678 5 жыл бұрын

Water main break? Also why were buses on the 15?

@Wingnutcaseman 5 жыл бұрын

SEPTA discontinued 15, 23, and 56 in 1992 with no intention of ever restoring them. But the city exerted political pressure on them to reopen the 15 in the early 2000s with the PCC II’s. It was still bus operated when this was recorded.

@Eko34tj 5 жыл бұрын

0:22 the R when to richmond and westmoreland?

@trainman1971 5 жыл бұрын

Owl service combined with the 73.

@franksanders9677 4 жыл бұрын

@@trainman1971 how they do that??

@trainman1971 4 жыл бұрын

@@franksanders9677 from Frankford Terminal, they simply continued to/from Richmond & Westmoreland via the 73 routing.

@franksanders9677 4 жыл бұрын

Did volvo's ever run on the 6 & 65 ??

@trainman1971 4 жыл бұрын

No. They only ran on the 9, 27, and 48, for the most part, since there were only 50 of them. Also, they were all based at Allegheny depot. The 6 was out of Luzerne (since replaced by Midvale), and went to Allegheny after the Neoplan articulateds arrived. The 65 was split between Germantown and Callowhill at the time the Volvos arrived. When Germantown closed, Allegheny got that portion of the line. But artics still did not appear on 65 until the Neoplans arrived.

@franksanders9677 4 жыл бұрын

@@trainman1971 so when did Volvo become the 60 when the Neoplan Articulated buses came?? And tbh I think the Volvo was the worst buses that ever came out

@trainman1971 4 жыл бұрын

@@franksanders9677 Oh shoot, I forgot they ran on the 60 too from the beginning.

@franksanders9677 4 жыл бұрын

@@trainman1971 lol unfortunately I never had the chance to ride on the Volvo. I remember my first time seeing the Neoplan Articulated as a test bus and my first one I got to ride was the 6 year of 1999

@videonut1988 4 жыл бұрын

trainman1971, when the Volvo’s arrived in ‘84, the 65 was the E back then.