Silverliner V RFW head end ride Philadelphia to Chestnut Hill East plus a surprise!!! Nice engineer.
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Published 2021-08-07
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Remember riding these trains back in the mid-80's as a teen, the scenery looks way different now! Lot of the old rundown industrial buildings are gone. I used to think they looked pretty cool. Thanks for taking us along!
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Thanks for the upload, I really miss seeing the old stations. In the late 70s and early 80s I use to get on and off the old stations like fishers, but my favorite stations were Tabor and Logan. I lived and grew up in Logan in the 60s, 70s, and early 80s. I really miss the Bethlehem branch, with all the freight action, like coal, iron ore, and tofc trains. OH Bethlehem branch in Logan, also had local way freights,and even some general merchandise freight trains.
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The sight that greeted you as you pulled into Chestnut Hill must have made your day.
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From a former long islander I love your videos
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Temple University - along with Penn and Villanova, one of the original Philadelphia Big Five. (Because they are the Owls, I associate them with Hedwig (of Harry Potter fame); it doesn't hurt that the Temple Owl mascot is white in color.) Like Penn, Temple's primary thing is medicine. (Full disclosure - my oncologist is a Temple alumnus.)
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I enjoy the narration along the way with some of the history of these different lines. Excellent video!!
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By the time you reach the northern terminus, youβve gained enough elevation to be in a slightly different climate- about double the snowfall per winter on average than downtown. Will see whatβs on the docket for this year tho, so far minimal or zero accumulation at the start of the end of Dec.
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Good video, surprising how slow the line goes. Your theme music in the intro is a good choice, very upbeat and energetic. Seems very fitting for passenger trains.
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Beautiful day for a train ride. couldnt ask for a better day.
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Nice i was at Jefferson Station at 6 pm today
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Love these end to end route videos! So great to see these routes from a whole new perspective!
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Wow what a treat! Enjoyed this!
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The reason why the trains on this line - SEPTA's Chestnut Hill East Line - move slowly is not because the line is uphill or because of all the curves in the track - it's because the stations are so close together. (With less than half a mile between most of the stations.) I have never traveled on any other commuter train line with stations that are so close together. But over on the Chestnut Hill West line, the stations are spaced further apart - so those trains go faster.
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Thanks for the memories
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Sometimes I wonder if Septa benefit from Chestnut hit lines into light rail and deliver higher frequency. Though I problem with that is the Chestnut hill East line you end up at Wayne Junction so you still have a decent frequency in trains. For the Chestnut hill West line you end up at North Broad and connect with The Trenton or the BSL but that's some walking to connect.
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BTW i forgot to tell you that the weird curve at Germantown was because the line was supposed to run to Norristown but they abandoned that idea because the grade was to steep, so they hung a right and sent the line to Chestnut Hill.
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Wow! That's fast!
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Good video once again. I've never been on a SEPTA train before, but I will when I visit Philly, which is next weekend.
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There is a Germantown in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - but unlike Germantown in Mongomery County, Maryland, it has no rail service. (The Maryland one is on the MARC Brunswick Line.)
