Fun Fact: Until 1951, the Philadelphia & Western (or Red Arrow Line) once hosted the Lehigh Valley Transit that connected Allentown, Bethlehem, and other communities with Philadelphia.
@joesmith8821: Horns also used on Expressway Trains bypassing stations approaching each station they don't stop at. Also the horns on these trains sound identical to the South Shore Line Electric Interurbans.
Wow, didn't expect a shorty to be putting together a pretty detailed railfan video about an obscure transit route. But it's cool that it happened! Great job, cub!
When these cars were bought, there still was enough traffic in rush hour to hook two cars together into a dual car train with one driver. But it took a second conductor in the rear car to collect fares in there. Off hours the P&W (as it was named in the past) always used one car consists, but two in rush hour. And look up the "Liberty Liners" a four car unit that Red Arrow purchased and both Red Arrow and its successor Septa ran for a while. Those have a storied history.
There were also the Stafford (or Stratford; whatever) cars which were built to be coupled together and walked through as in a regular train, as well as operating singularly.... An old Walt Berkow video featured these cars, with their classic straight-tooth pinion gear sound!
I’m from the Chicago area I use to ride the 6000 series CTA cars that SEPTA used Are there any cars still on the property? 1 of the Liberty liners is at Illinois railway museum Back in it’s original Electroliner colors for the North Shore Great video thanks
Great presentation! Thank you, young man!! 🙂
Fun Fact: Until 1951, the Philadelphia & Western (or Red Arrow Line) once hosted the Lehigh Valley Transit that connected Allentown, Bethlehem, and other communities with Philadelphia.
That connection would be so valuable today
I’d consider it heavy rail since before they got the current fleet, they used old SEPTA El and Chicago CTA El cars.
Horns are generally used when workers are on the track and if there is wildlife (deer) on the tracks.
Yeah ik
There is 1 particular driver that I've noticed who uses the horn when approaching stations to alert the passengers that are standing on the platform.
@joesmith8821: Horns also used on Expressway Trains bypassing stations approaching each station they don't stop at. Also the horns on these trains sound identical to the South Shore Line Electric Interurbans.
Wow, didn't expect a shorty to be putting together a pretty detailed railfan video about an obscure transit route. But it's cool that it happened! Great job, cub!
I would highly recommend the West Trenton or Lansdale Doylestown Lines of SEPTA Regional Rail. Both are incredibly scenic in my opinion.
@@hornshowrailfan2554 I’ll put that on my bucket list. Thanks for sharing!
The horns on these trains sound identical to the horns on the South Shore Line.
When these cars were bought, there still was enough traffic in rush hour to hook two cars together into a dual car train with one driver. But it took a second conductor in the rear car to collect fares in there. Off hours the P&W (as it was named in the past) always used one car consists, but two in rush hour. And look up the "Liberty Liners" a four car unit that Red Arrow purchased and both Red Arrow and its successor Septa ran for a while. Those have a storied history.
There were also the Stafford (or Stratford; whatever) cars which were built to be coupled together and walked through as in a regular train, as well as operating singularly....
An old Walt Berkow video featured these cars, with their classic straight-tooth pinion gear sound!
Good video about a train line I didn't know existed.
Wow and I’ll be riding on it next summer next year
Great video. When you're panning around (like at Norristown) slow down. Movement appears faster in the video.
PS: I love the Halloween icons
Well done!!
I’m from the Chicago area
I use to ride the 6000 series CTA cars that SEPTA used
Are there any cars still on the property?
1 of the Liberty liners is at Illinois railway museum
Back in it’s original Electroliner colors for the North Shore
Great video thanks
Nice vid!
Limited and Express services were eliminated.
Literally no problem understanding why....
Fun
These trains have horns but are rarely used
@ogtripplog: The horns are regularly used on Express Trains bypassing many stations that are just for local trains.
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