Septa SL5 RFW Chestnut Hill West to PHL. 10/4/23
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2023
- 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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Awesome
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!!
Fond memories of the Chestnut Hill West line. I remember the old Pennsy Tuscan red coaches.
Thanks Tim💚👌
that bug on the window is enormous
It obviously doesn’t like the RRHG!!
Love Upsal station. That was my station when I had my first apartment in Greene Manor up the street from Upsal.
The ties looks 1918
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
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.
Interurban Pennsylvania style.
Tim, The Book also says "Lead Us Not Into Temptation"
I didn’t have enough room to put that on the screen
re Richard Allen Lane station. Bishop Richard Allen was the founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1784, incorporated in Philadelphia, 1816.
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. . .
18:18 I live there at Ontario Street.
Rooting for the Phillies.
18:53 Norristown Line Local train on the right.
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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.
Compared to the Trenton Trains on Septa those trains really take a hit from North Philadelphia to Philadelphia
@@3985uprrThe Chestnut Hill West Line passes just about 17 homes away from my house and I live there. 18:18
Oh, man, did you really have to bring up the '64 Phillies?
They are as much a part of Philadelphia as the Declaration of Independence!
Who would win in a race? This or the White Plains Local? 😆
Be tough to call.
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.
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.
Interesting.
Claymont do claymont new station
Nice Video but when was the last time they washed the windows? Dirty windows probably indicates a dirty train.🤨
I gotta take what I can get. I try to make the sun angles work for me as far as that goes.
@Retired Railfan Horn Guy Isn't that a local train?
Yes
What is the number on this train?
@@malachimuhammad-dy2ow I mentioned it in the very beginning of the video
@@3985uprrThe Chestnut Hill West Line passes by house.
@@3985uprr18:18 I live there.
I've watched a handful of your SEPTA videos and the rides seem painfully slow. I'm used to LIRR and MNRR speeds.
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.
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!
Yea, it's filthydelphia.
That looks like Philadelphia Police….im under investigation and preparing to become one
I was told they were Septa police
@@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.
Oh it’s hard to tell cause they wear the same uniform lol….btw I’m former metro north and I enjoy your videos
@@CaptainMoondawgThanks much. I was getting dizzy the ride was so fast.
How fast does this thing move?
So first, I was getting dizzy
Would be nice if SEPTA washed the windows every once in a while. Cant hardly see where you are going.
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.
I am not changing a thing.