Most of the ride is covered. No narration early on as I was in quiet car. Graphics included. Interesting ride. Finally covered all Regional Rail lines with this trip
The N5 cars on the route 100 high speed line were built by ABB, they were almost 3 years late on delivery that they ended up giving Septa an ALP-44 electric locomotive.
Excellent video. I live in Georgia now and it was a real treat to watch the old region. When the N5 Norristown High Speed Line cars arrived, my brother Robert and I rode the new Norristown High Speed Line N5 from 69th Street Terminal to Norristown and took a SEPTA Regional Rail Silverliner home. I too never saw the tracks or stations past the transportation center. I didn't know about the two Dodger greats being from Norristown. I must call my brother Donovan the sports guru and see if he knows. Enjoyed the previous ride inbound from Norristown to Temple. Temple has torn down lots of our Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood and built in it. We live around Broad and Erie.
9:21 I really like the abandoned industrial sidings. Not sure what that building was on the right, but the siding goes up the steep embankment and had to cut into the main line at a sharp angle, You can see where the switch was removed near the bridge. Must have been fun to watch them shoving cars up that hill long ago up a sharp turn and incline. Great video!
I used to live less than a block from Wissahicken station, and I rode this line for many years. This video seriously needs a do-over, because all the spectacular views are on the LEFT side, when traveling outbound. Like seriously, ALL of them! It doesn't matter before you get to East Falls, and quite frankly, you could have skipped everything before that. As soon as I realized that you weren't going to show the slightly scary view from the bridge between East Falls and Wisshickon, I realized the rest of the video was going to be nothing but train tracks. Really disappointing! Literally everything worth seeing is on the left, including the view facing downhill in Manayunk, the historic (defunct) Shawmont Station, the quaint Miquon waterfront, and the soothing river between Conshocken and Norristown. I used to work in Norristown, and it was such a beautiful ride.
I’m from Queens and moved to Philly. I ran the Schuylkill trail right next to that line many times. Nice to see I’m not the only NYer around these parts lol
0:20 Philadelphia - 30th Street Station 1:59 Suburban Station 5:20 Temple University 7:41 North Broad 13:30 Allegheny 15:56 East Falls 18:17 Wissahickon 20:41 Manayunk 25:22 Miquon 29:30 Spring Mills 33:27 Conshohocken 40:05 Norristown Transportation Center 43:33 Main Street 46:03 Elm Street
Really enjoyed the video...used to be my old stomping grounds years ago. Living in Harrisburg area I would often drive down US 30 or the turnpike to go here and check out the action. Now in Huntingdon County love very close to the East Broad Top soon to be reopened with steam.
Being a 62 year railroader from the EL in Hoboken as a Sr road foreman of engines i now know why many people dont ride commuter trains here. huge dwell periods and slower than hell....WHY THIS! i DONT EXPECT TGV SPEEDS BUT after a long day at work its like walking backword's no wonder people are not riding the rails NJT is just as bad TOO MUCH DWELL TIMES AT STATIONS.. I USED TO RIDE OUR TRAINS AND CHECK CREWS FOR STATION DWELL TIMES. WE MOVED AND I MADE SURE OF THIS THAT WE DID!!!
Railfan, I laughed out loud when you said you had never travel from the Norristown Transportation Center to the final stop at Elm Street (in your 50+ years of coming there). It must have been a tremendous letdown :)
This is the only video I didn't enjoy it lacks narration and there are very few posts giving information about the interlockings and the other trains shown.
@@MidnightAspec I rode the Norristown line from 1969 to 1971 and the trains were faster .The schedule quoted 33 minutes from Dekalb Street to Reading Terminal.
@@rutheliz75 today it’s a faster railroad on paper as it’s mostly 50 mph with a couple stretches of 60 mph running. Back in the day 50 was the MAS the whole way. But in practice it’s slower now. The cab signals and PTC force the train to slow down prematurely. Most commuter rail lines are slower than they were 50 years ago despite the vastly improved fixed plant.
