Septa SL5 RFW Chestnut Hill West to PHL. 10/4/23

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Septa SL5 RFW Chestnut Hill West to PHL. 10/4/23

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10 ай бұрын

We take a ride on one of my favorite Septa Regional Rail routes. Even though I’m at the mercy of how the windows look, I decided that the lighting wasn’t too bad to do this trip. I identify all trains, stations, interlockings, and signal indications. He will also see how Septa personnel give special attention to individuals along the way. 😀😀😀😀

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@BURRITO44 3 ай бұрын

Awesome

@scdevon 7 ай бұрын

Great Channel. I rode this line daily in the 1970s. Loved the SL II cars. I remember bumping over the remaining switches at 5:00 from the Ft. Washington line. It was just Allen Lane then. Also remember the Westmoreland stop between Queen Lane and N. Phila. Thanks!!

@scottyerkes1867 10 ай бұрын

Fond memories of the Chestnut Hill West line. I remember the old Pennsy Tuscan red coaches. Thanks Tim💚👌

@kevinhoward9593 Ай бұрын

that bug on the window is enormous

@3985uprr Ай бұрын

It obviously doesn’t like the RRHG!!

@tracedehaven2190 10 ай бұрын

Love Upsal station. That was my station when I had my first apartment in Greene Manor up the street from Upsal.

@JodyDavis-lu2fi 4 ай бұрын

The ties looks 1918

@vincentzablocki4930 10 ай бұрын

As always, thank you for the front view video postings. Would you know if decades ago, there was some local freight service ? So sad when you see the abandoned tracks and what were industrial structures...be well, VZ

@tracedehaven2190 10 ай бұрын

A little surprised to see a trespass at Carpenter. The most common trespass on this line is people using the bridge between St. Martins & Allen Lane to get over to the other neighborhood without having to walk the whole way through the valley on Creisham Valley Drive.

@michaelquinones-lx6ks 2 ай бұрын

Interurban Pennsylvania style.

@DonaldGuest-yz4du 9 ай бұрын

re Richard Allen Lane station. Bishop Richard Allen was the founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1784, incorporated in Philadelphia, 1816.

@PhilipMulligan 2 ай бұрын

There are three Allens involved. First is William Allen, a Colonial Mayor of Philadelphia. He had an estate on Germantown Ave and the street, Allen's Lane, is named for his estate. PRR called the station Allen Lane. Next is Richard Allen, who had been enslaved at Benjamin Chew's Summer House on Germantown Ave. When the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was about to ban slavery, Allen and other enslaved people were sold to people in Delaware, which kept slavery until the 14th Amendment was ratified. Richard Allen earned outside money preaching and wass able to buy himself and hid family out of slaverry. He founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the station is renamed for him. The third Allen is Dick Allen (his preferred nickname). He came up as a third baseman with the Phillies. He injured his right wrist and moved to first base. He hit the hardest hit ball I've ever seen at the old Shibe Park with a 42-ounce bat. Dick Allen also lived in the neighborhood, near Allen's Lane and Wissahickon Ave. He liked to ride horses and that's right next to the Wissahickon Valley with miles of trails. . .

@nonewherelistens1906 8 ай бұрын

Oh, man, did you really have to bring up the '64 Phillies?

@3985uprr 8 ай бұрын

They are as much a part of Philadelphia as the Declaration of Independence!

@isleman9473 10 ай бұрын

Tim, The Book also says "Lead Us Not Into Temptation"

@3985uprr 10 ай бұрын

I didn’t have enough room to put that on the screen

@douglasalan5783 10 ай бұрын

Rooting for the Phillies.

@malachimuhammad-dy2ow 10 ай бұрын

18:18 I live there at Ontario Street.

@malachimuhammad-dy2ow 10 ай бұрын

18:53 Norristown Line Local train on the right.

@johnchambers8528 10 ай бұрын

I agree this train runs slow. Part of the reason is how close the stations are to each other. This line also has many curves. But I was surprised to see how slow it went when you entered the Amtrak main line. They used to run much faster in years past. Thanks for the view from the front. While I have ridden this line in the past I rode the old Reading line more when I was a student at La Salle College in the 1970’s. It came in handy when SEPTA city transit went on strike.

@3985uprr 10 ай бұрын

Compared to the Trenton Trains on Septa those trains really take a hit from North Philadelphia to Philadelphia

@Gojira160 7 ай бұрын

@@3985uprrThe Chestnut Hill West Line passes just about 17 homes away from my house and I live there. 18:18

@SEPTA228 10 ай бұрын

💣

@dirkmontgomery5983 7 ай бұрын

Claymont do claymont new station

@dmeeknc 10 ай бұрын

Richard Allen was a minister, educator, writer, and one of the United States' most active and influential black leaders. In 1794, he founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the first independent Black denomination in the United States. He opened his first AME church in 1794 in Philadelphia. From Wikipedia.

@3985uprr 10 ай бұрын

Interesting.

@joesammartino847 10 ай бұрын

I've watched a handful of your SEPTA videos and the rides seem painfully slow. I'm used to LIRR and MNRR speeds.

@3985uprr 10 ай бұрын

No I agree. They are slow although my zooming the camera out a little bit makes it seems slower than it really is. I don’t like showing too much of the interior of the car. I want to show the railroad.

@tracedehaven2190 10 ай бұрын

I rode this line recently, as I did many times in the past. And actually I was really impressed with how much the time has improved! It used to be a solid half hour from Suburban Station to Mt. Airy. Apparently this latest generation of railcars starts and stops much more quickly than the previous, which cut a full ten minutes off the time. But actual running speeds have not improved that much, I know. Particularly from Center City to North Philly. But you have to remember: This line has to cross four tracks of the busy Northeast Corridor Mainline. It's always been difficult to thread that move. There's been talk--for YEARS--of building a new section of track that would allow the Chestnut Hill West a "flyover" (I'm not sure the actual construction) to avoid crossing the NEC mainline. But it's an expensive proposition and still has not been built. There's a lot of places in the SEPTA regional train network that have painfully slow speeds. Mostly due, I think, to unmet infrastructure needs. SEPTA has to make due with much lower operating subsidies than LIRR & MNRR enjoy. I attribute this to corrupt city & state gov't. You can see it in the roads, too. Terrible roads!

@jhardman4534 3 ай бұрын

Would be nice if SEPTA washed the windows every once in a while. Cant hardly see where you are going.

@ryanconnelly3685 10 ай бұрын

Who would win in a race? This or the White Plains Local? 😆

@3985uprr 10 ай бұрын

Be tough to call.

@PhilipMulligan 2 ай бұрын

Branch speed limit was 50 mph with reduced speed in curves leaving CHW and betweeb Chelten Ave and Queen Lane. The curve at North Phila is 15 mph. Before PTC the rules allowed the train to resume track speed in an interlocking, once the movement had cleared all the turnouts, the cab signal picked up to "clear" ant the train ran its length. Now you crawl down to the block signal at Margie St.OH Bridge and can run only to the distant signal for "MANTUA" and it's pretty much 30 mph "MANTUA" to 30th St.

@tenspeed99 10 ай бұрын

Nice Video but when was the last time they washed the windows? Dirty windows probably indicates a dirty train.🤨

@3985uprr 10 ай бұрын

I gotta take what I can get. I try to make the sun angles work for me as far as that goes.

@malachimuhammad-dy2ow 10 ай бұрын

@Retired Railfan Horn Guy Isn't that a local train?

@3985uprr 10 ай бұрын

Yes

@malachimuhammad-dy2ow 10 ай бұрын

What is the number on this train?

@3985uprr 10 ай бұрын

@@malachimuhammad-dy2ow I mentioned it in the very beginning of the video

@ExpressRailfan 6 ай бұрын

@@3985uprrThe Chestnut Hill West Line passes by house.

@ExpressRailfan 4 ай бұрын

@@3985uprr18:18 I live there.

@jhardman4534 6 ай бұрын

Yea, it's filthydelphia.

@duangerous 8 ай бұрын

How fast does this thing move?

@3985uprr 8 ай бұрын

So first, I was getting dizzy

@CaptainMoondawg 10 ай бұрын

That looks like Philadelphia Police….im under investigation and preparing to become one

@3985uprr 10 ай бұрын

I was told they were Septa police

@loocpoc 10 ай бұрын

@@3985uprrthey're Philly police. Septa police wear black outer vests and have police patches on both sides. I work alongside Amtrak and Septa police pretty often.

@CaptainMoondawg 10 ай бұрын

Oh it’s hard to tell cause they wear the same uniform lol….btw I’m former metro north and I enjoy your videos

@3985uprr 10 ай бұрын

@@CaptainMoondawgThanks much. I was getting dizzy the ride was so fast.

@jhardman4534 6 ай бұрын

I have a suggestion regarding your coverage of these SEPTA trains. my suggestion is to cease showing these runs until SEPTA has the common sense to clean the front windows. I think its a disgrace to allow their equipment to be that dirty. Doesn't cost that much to use a little elbow grease.

@3985uprr 6 ай бұрын

I am not changing a thing.