Eastern Railroad Discussion > SETPA storm problem on north side (RDG)

The entire North side (old Reading Company) has a combination of signal and power problems due the heavy storms that rolled through the area. My rain gauge at home shows 3..5 inches
Warminister Line service is suspended due to signal and power, must be downed trees on the line,  maintenance staff walking the line with chain saws.
Doylestown, West Trenton and Lansdale all reporting 45 minute plus delays due to power problems
Telling commuters to seek "alternate travel means"
Not good since they are already running packed trains and there is no alternate means for three lines.

The lady at SEPTA that takes passenger complaint phone calls is going to be an alcoholic by the end of this summer. 

Everyone is getting fed up with the Regional Rail service.

It rains = the system falls apart
It gets hot = the equipment breaks down
It snows = they run a "Saturday schedule" with 1 hour service
Weekends &Holidays = the crews mark off and they annul trains due to manpower problems
It gets cold = the equipment breaks down
It takes 8-12 weeks of weekend or mid-day bustitution to do track work or tree trimming on each branch line
Somebody jumps in front of a train = SEEK ALTERNATE MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION

Before all the woes of 2016, most rush hour trains were over crowded. I have a feeling as long as gas stays dirt cheap, people are going to be driving to center city once the system gets back to "normal".





 

The storms in the Philly area were herculean. One cannot expect perfection with damagaing winds, hail,  and a barrage of lightning everywhere.

Art House

aehouse Wrote:
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> The storms in the Philly area were herculean. One
> cannot expect perfection with damagaing winds,
> hail,  and a barrage of lightning everywhere.
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> Art House

Amen. To blame the system for mother nature's wrath is rediculous.

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nhiwwrr Wrote:
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> aehouse Wrote:
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> > The storms in the Philly area were herculean.
> One
> > cannot expect perfection with damagaing winds,
> > hail,  and a barrage of lightning everywhere.
> >
> > Art House
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> Amen. To blame the system for mother nature's
> wrath is rediculous.
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> Posted from Android

Yes.  The CBS-NY weather guy described it as a nearly perfect storm technically.  Huge variation in moisture levels, upper level wind shear, sufficient turbiulence to generate huge wind power over small areas unlucky enough to be underneath.

My neighborhood in Philly saw 5 separate storms move through in the afternoon....between the burst of strong winds, very close lightning strikes, along with one storm dumping several inches of rain in one solid hour of a torrential downpour, I'm surprised there were not more delays and cancellations.

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