Passenger Trains > SEPTA Silverliner IV & III news

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is making significant progress in repairing its Silverliner IV cars.  SEPTA has received sufficient quantities of the thermal wire product to perform the federally required safety upgrades to the cars.  Eight cars are being returned to service every day.  More detail in this Billy Penn article:

SEPTA expects Regional Rail crowding and delays to subside this month

Northeast Rail Heritage has acquired the only remaining Silverliner III car, #238.  This organization plans to restore the car to its 1990d "Yellowbird" scheme used to promote SEPTA's airport service.

Silverliner III #238 — Northeast Rail Heritage

 As an aside, Northeast Rail Heritage has also acquired Amtrak AEM7 # 927.

 AEM-7 no. 927 — Northeast Rail Heritage

 

I was trackside yesterday on the Trenton Line. All trains ran with just two cars. Things not back to normal yet.

Where are the leased MARC cars from Maryland being used on the SEPTA system?

I was in the Main Line area west of Philadelphia from.mid-6December to earlier this week.  

At no time did I see any Paoli/Thorndale off peak trains with more than two cars. 

On two trips into Center City with train-watching time at Jefferson and 30th St. Stations during off
peak hours, I only saw two-car trains.  Typical normal operation with full 
fleet availability is four cars: two married pairs.

I did not want to stick around to see how short and how crowded the trains
would be during peak hours.

The leased MARC coaches are not in service.  They are in shops undergoing retrofit for SEPTA
use and crews are being trained. They are locomotive-hauled and thus not direct replacements
 for Silverliner EMUs.



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 01/09/26 21:45 by GenePoon.