this was the best BSL video! I loved the operators narration learned some great things wish there was more of that narration and tips and stuff! GREAT VIDEO THANKS!
I'm a Philly native. 35 yrs old. Took the BSL all my life. The stations look mostly the same. But you can tell some of the stations got a new paint job. Either way, I've always loved how every station looks different
Im listening to the operator as closely as i can, if not mistaken he said the old Subway cars were restricted to 30mph? As someone who rode the old Subway Cars back in the 70's and up till they were retired, those cars were capable of doing 65 to 70 mph easy!!!
I lived one block north of Fern Rock terminal for twenty years. How well I know that station and growing up riding the Broad Street Line...the ancient 1930’s cars!
You’re not kidding Michael. I went to Temple u in the 60s and South Philly to visit family. Dark and dingy is an understatement. Look a lot better today
You'd think after years of neglect they would repair the track in the restricted zone. that speed restriction has been there since I was in high school 20 years ago.
One of the original 1928 Broad Street Cars is now the dining room for a CT pizzeria. Haven't been there yet but I hope to visit Trackside Pizza in Wallingford, CT.
@@havenas1020yt Man......After COvid????? I got on the subway the septa workers had the booth open D.-Jing rap music. People were hopping over the turn style. Teenagers hollering out drugs at Broad and Olney, people on the train smoking and doing drugs on every train. There is absolutely no law on the subway. I take the regional rail. Fern Rock to Center City.
@@jarisstarling6696I'm a Philly native and I grew up taking The Broad Street Line. I love the BSL. I mean...just look at how every stop has a different color layout and design. That might not be a big deal to many. But it makes the BSL unique. compared to any other subway line. The things you've mentioned happening on that train does occur. But it's still a far better option than taking The Frankford Line. Trust me
I wanna operate these trains so so bad. Got almost six years with Septa and I've been putting my transfer in for the longest now. But now I think it's going to take about 10 years to get over there and I'm not sure if I can wait that long. Hopefully I'm wrong and by the grace of God I get there sooner but not liking my chances right now
Every time I come across a latest video about The Broad Street Subway, I reminisce about my occassional visits (1989-2005), and always have expectations of the line while reading about many various plans that was shelved over the years for the usual reasons that transit is deeply underappreciated, especially nationwide, and that saddens myself; although I've made comments on earlier videos, I'm still impressed with the signaling co•ordinations that NYC originally had until upgrading: 🔴/🟡/🟢 +🔴; today every aspect is doubled up: 🔴+🔴- the most common, 🟡+🟡- especially yard movements, 🟢+🟢- clear track speed, 🟡+🟢/🟢+🟡; in other new systems there's 🔴,🟡, and ⚪ in place of 🟢-sometimes in flash mode too.
Correct me if I'm mistaken, but weren't those sections of this subway where the columns consisted of four 'L's' riveted to a web plate were of earlier build than those with straight columns?
Instructor carter is a good friend of mines I’m a Broad street operator been down there now for 17yrs now those Kawasaki cars are work horses but old age is starting to catch up
Larry McNeil Instructor goes to my church! i love those old girls, I really cant see anything else replacing them!! I havent done a lot of footage of Broad St lately but I'm going to get back on top of that and I'd like to meet you someday!
He’s a good dude and sure not a problem it makes me angry that they are in the shape that they are in because they are really good subway cars way better than the m4 which I had the privilege to operate as well
Hello sir i have a question for you. Hello, i have 2 questions How would the BSL use the Erie Ave Fly junction from the express track ? Excluding between Fairmount & Girard How would that propesed line link Adams avenue to the vicinity of blue grass road via The Roosevelt Boulevard express way? im having trouble visualizing the route beyond that northbound ramp at Erie station
carey hightower Those are good questions to access the Erie ramp you have to go up four track Which goes all the way back to Broad and hunting Park then it was supposed to turn right and go up the boulevard that way
I am searching for an audio of the old BSL cars (from the 50's and early 60's). As they started up, especially from City Hall heading south, there would be a sort of a really low hum/vibration and the tone would rise...
@algomaone121 Hey. I have in mind the combination of that humming sound you imitated, the screech of the wheels and the whistle as the train pulled out of City Hall for Walnut-Locust.. And, it's kind of neat to see that 2 years after I wrote that, you saw it and replied! Wishing you all the best
@@MMendelG nice to meet you! I love the Broad Street Subway! Such wonderful memories, and some scary ones too, but less of those. I think the thrumming was created by the spinning magnet in the car’s electric generator, which probably gave it start up juice and emergency power. I believe I asked a conductor about that once. The Japanese cars of the 1980’s didn’t have anything like it, as you’d know. Do you remember how the conductor/engineers used to carry their magnetic (actually looked a lot like this 👉🧲) transmitter loop around, fixing it just outside their cab window? That, I learned, sent switch signals when necessary at the train’s approach to a light or switch. I’m glad you saw my reply and I’m interested in any more facts or memories you’d share.
Weird that they make express trains loop clockwise while locals loop counter clockwise. With the side effect that express trains have to cross their own path entering and exiting the loop. I wonder why they build it thst way instead of making both go clockwise.
this was the best BSL video! I loved the operators narration learned some great things wish there was more of that narration and tips and stuff! GREAT VIDEO THANKS!
It's so nice how they fixed up the stations. I rode this line in the 60's and 70's and the stations were so filthy and dark and dingy.
I'm a Philly native. 35 yrs old. Took the BSL all my life. The stations look mostly the same. But you can tell some of the stations got a new paint job. Either way, I've always loved how every station looks different
As a kid, I memorized all the stations! Loved riding in the front cars!
Im listening to the operator as closely as i can, if not mistaken he said the old Subway cars were restricted to 30mph? As someone who rode the old Subway Cars back in the 70's and up till they were retired, those cars were capable of doing 65 to 70 mph easy!!!
I lived one block north of Fern Rock terminal for twenty years. How well I know that station and growing up riding the Broad Street Line...the ancient 1930’s cars!
You’re not kidding Michael. I went to Temple u in the 60s and South Philly to visit family. Dark and dingy is an understatement. Look a lot better today
You'd think after years of neglect they would repair the track in the restricted zone. that speed restriction has been there since I was in high school 20 years ago.
Damn
One of the original 1928 Broad Street Cars is now the dining room for a CT pizzeria. Haven't been there yet but I hope to visit Trackside Pizza in Wallingford, CT.
Now that was cool. Thanks fellas for your professionalism.
I took this train everyday to school during high school. #Dobbins92
Damn u still fine lol. U still in Philly lol
Back when the subway was normal. Got on threre last month thought I was walking through a horror movie
It’s been a few years since I’ve been on it since I relocated. Is it really that bad? Market Frankford Line bad?
@@havenas1020yt Man......After COvid?????
I got on the subway the septa workers had the booth open D.-Jing rap music. People were hopping over the turn style. Teenagers hollering out drugs at Broad and Olney, people on the train smoking and doing drugs on every train. There is absolutely no law on the subway. I take the regional rail. Fern Rock to Center City.
@@jarisstarling6696I'm a Philly native and I grew up taking The Broad Street Line. I love the BSL. I mean...just look at how every stop has a different color layout and design. That might not be a big deal to many. But it makes the BSL unique. compared to any other subway line. The things you've mentioned happening on that train does occur. But it's still a far better option than taking The Frankford Line. Trust me
@@havenas1020ytIn my opinion, nothing is that bad lol
@@homeoftek5844 Philly native, lived for 21 years. How they described it is a normal day on Broad St lol
I wanna operate these trains so so bad. Got almost six years with Septa and I've been putting my transfer in for the longest now. But now I think it's going to take about 10 years to get over there and I'm not sure if I can wait that long. Hopefully I'm wrong and by the grace of God I get there sooner but not liking my chances right now
what position in at septa? I took the test today for 0771 auto mechanic
Did you ever get in, as a Train Operator?
@@bestrto yup going on 3 years now
@@csherard8 Nice!! Congrats. Do like it more than driving the bus? I want to leave buses and operate trains.
@@bestrto best decision I've made
8:52 The backbone of the Sliverliner ll and lll
i used to drive a rolloff truck and had a chance to get to see a lot of the the yard as I pick up containers all over the fern rock yard.
Cool!!
Same four-track layout as New York's trunk lines. Same I-beam spacing, too.
Every time I come across a latest video about The Broad Street Subway, I reminisce about my occassional visits (1989-2005), and always have expectations of the line while reading about many various plans that was shelved over the years for the usual reasons that transit is deeply underappreciated, especially nationwide, and that saddens myself; although I've made comments on earlier videos, I'm still impressed with the signaling co•ordinations that NYC originally had until upgrading: 🔴/🟡/🟢 +🔴; today every aspect is doubled up: 🔴+🔴- the most common, 🟡+🟡- especially yard movements, 🟢+🟢- clear track speed, 🟡+🟢/🟢+🟡; in other new systems there's 🔴,🟡, and ⚪ in place of 🟢-sometimes in flash mode too.
Correct me if I'm mistaken, but weren't those sections of this subway where the columns consisted of four 'L's' riveted to a web plate were of earlier build than those with straight columns?
Instructor carter is a good friend of mines I’m a Broad street operator been down there now for 17yrs now those Kawasaki cars are work horses but old age is starting to catch up
Larry McNeil Instructor goes to my church! i love those old girls, I really cant see anything else replacing them!! I havent done a lot of footage of Broad St lately but I'm going to get back on top of that and I'd like to meet you someday!
He’s a good dude and sure not a problem it makes me angry that they are in the shape that they are in because they are really good subway cars way better than the m4 which I had the privilege to operate as well
Pingas
Hello sir i have a question for you. Hello, i have 2 questions
How would the BSL use the Erie Ave Fly junction from the express track ?
Excluding between Fairmount & Girard
How would that propesed line link
Adams avenue to the vicinity of blue grass road via The Roosevelt Boulevard express way? im having trouble visualizing the route beyond that northbound ramp at Erie station
carey hightower Those are good questions to access the Erie ramp you have to go up four track Which goes all the way back to Broad and hunting Park then it was supposed to turn right and go up the boulevard that way
I was only to get through the yard in 2012 but this is definitely new and awesome.
Thank you!
in this video I was thinking where did the local train came from?
Looks like they got rid of the old 'Fire-trap' cabs that were in service before I was born. lol
I am searching for an audio of the old BSL cars (from the 50's and early 60's). As they started up, especially from City Hall heading south, there would be a sort of a really low hum/vibration and the tone would rise...
Mendel. I remember those trains as a kid. That might have been the way those electric motors sounded when starting up
Grew up with those! Rummm dummmm dummm dummm dummm...
@algomaone121 Hey. I have in mind the combination of that humming sound you imitated, the screech of the wheels and the whistle as the train pulled out of City Hall for Walnut-Locust.. And, it's kind of neat to see that 2 years after I wrote that, you saw it and replied! Wishing you all the best
@@MMendelG nice to meet you! I love the Broad Street Subway! Such wonderful memories, and some scary ones too, but less of those.
I think the thrumming was created by the spinning magnet in the car’s electric generator, which probably gave it start up juice and emergency power. I believe I asked a conductor about that once. The Japanese cars of the 1980’s didn’t have anything like it, as you’d know.
Do you remember how the conductor/engineers used to carry their magnetic (actually looked a lot like this 👉🧲) transmitter loop around, fixing it just outside their cab window? That, I learned, sent switch signals when necessary at the train’s approach to a light or switch. I’m glad you saw my reply and I’m interested in any more facts or memories you’d share.
...And I love the Philly accents!
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Wait, we Philadelphians have a accent????😎
@@congregation-bethyahusha2851 Yes, it's even worse than the blue collar New York accent.
We used to say thank God. For the motormen
Weird that they make express trains loop clockwise while locals loop counter clockwise. With the side effect that express trains have to cross their own path entering and exiting the loop.
I wonder why they build it thst way instead of making both go clockwise.
Excellent video. How did you to ride in the cab? Thanks for sharing.
adelgado75 I knew the operator and he let me in so i could record. He gave out pointers as you can hear in the video too!
iTransitFan Thank you.
iTransitFan
Rare treat to hear all that. Glad I watched this video.
No headlights?
*That's a cool thumbnail*
how did u get into the cab
I knew the operator and he let me in
Cool !
Do you know when's the next Roadeo?
October
Joseph Heston u just missed the last rodeo...me and him met irl on the market frankford line
R u free 2 meet me at Philadelphia international airport at 1700 eastern time on 8 December 2017?
I cant.
Worked that track used to say thank God For the motor men
FAirmount still the artist of the track system
I hate riding septa in the morning.