SL5 RFW/train

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

🚄🚄 Thumbs up!! Have a great Sunday!

[@ocsrc]

Seeing all of this old infrastructure is amazing That is a lot of infrastructure Just mind blowing to think what it took to build this Seeing the old towers abandoned and remembering this used to all be done with human beings and manual setting of the switches and signals The amount of people that was required to run the rail networks not just in America but all over the world, it was a big employer. Remembering the towers with the ladders that were occupied 24 hours a day in all weather and they didn't have heat or A/c. Or water or a bathroom. The guys would bring a thermos and a lunch box and a bottle to pee in. Just incredible seeing how things change as the years went by. I remember when roads were mostly gravel and many back roads were dirt. Now they are all paved. I miss the old days

[@davidsteiner-px7bv]

Great job and I love it👍❤😁

[@Adamdaj]

The one Engineer I have had the great honor of knowing for nearly 30 years, if not over, is Jackie Pettyjohn the First Female Engineer that SEPTA hired back in 1984. Jackie is still there, and she enjoys her fellow workers as well as Rail fans like me. Jackie was there for me and my family at my mother's funeral. That's a kind of Engineer you see all the time.

[@davidsteiner-px7bv]

I love it👍

[@3985uprr]

Maybe I said hello to her and I didn’t even know it

[@MsNeeci]

Hey Mr. Railfan Horn guy…. Thanks for another great one……Happy weekend 🎉

[@Ostermond]

Always a treat to see another one of these RFW vids. Relaxin' is what they are.

[@rickschell7874]

Nice video. Its ashame septa doesnot wash their equiptment. Filty ourside.

[@luislaplume8261]

At the Shore Tower the Market Frankford El was still painted in its original 1922 colors of light green in the 1970s.

[@randydobson1863]

hello retiered railfan horn guy its is randy and i like yours video is cool thanks friends randy

[@TBF_1J]

Great ride. Want to visit the NEC soon again

[@jimlasterni7310]

What a great video totally enjoyed it

[@jameskerner7782]

Boy do I miss looking out of the front window!

[@jimpern]

That certainly is a fast run! A lot faster than any trains I ever took on the Marcus Hook or Media/Elwyn lines. (Maybe they need to "abandon" some of the stations on those lines.)

[@luislaplume8261]

At Cornwalls Heights I see the shortest city transit bus I ever saw to the right by the station entrance in SEPTA colors.

[@DynamicDuo795]

Approaching the old Cross Bros Slaughterhouse at 10:24 on the right. The PRR and later Penn Central use to serve that plant back in the day. Loaded cattle cars would go in and loaded reefer cars filled with Kosher beef would go out.

[@3985uprr]

Lots of buildings there that are crying out for demolition

[@steve-o5600]

I am sending $1 to the SEPTA Window Washing GoFundMe account.

[@3985uprr]

I am very mindful of sun angles. If sun isn’t shining at it, it doesn’t look too bad

[@steve-o5600]

@@3985uprr You do a great job of that as 95% of the time even the grungiest windows aren't obvious. No complaints here. Just super thankful to have the chance to take all these rides, many of which are nostalgia for me going back to the '60s and even '50s.

[@3985uprr]

Sun angle on this ride was excellent for the most part

[@malachimuhammad-dy2ow]

There's another train to ride on Monday.

[@Gojira160]

​@@3985uprrThere's another fast train trip on SEPTA.

[@railbug6281]

dramatic speed increase at Mantua👍

[@MCRRjim]

When did the green lights on the old PRR "monsters" replace yellow lights for clear indications and who done it? CR or Amtrak? Also -- are the old PRR "monsters" PTC compatible? (Yes -- I'm a old ex-PC on former NYC lines block operator (towerman) -- but I do like those old "monster" signals!) THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR GREAT VIDEOS AND ALL OF THE INFO YOU PROVIDE IN THEM!!!!

[@3985uprr]

I think the color signals replace the cadmium yellow about 25 years ago. Amtrak did that

[@frederickschulkind8431]

They were replaced after an accident at Chase MD where are crew was slow to recognize a stop signal and ran through it.

[@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont]

@@frederickschulkind8431 I think that crew had some other problems besides not recognizing the signal. I do think it was interesting that Amtrak switched to what are essentially "Color Position Lights" about the same time CSX started retiring B&O's CPL's en masse.

[@malachimuhammad-dy2ow]

Is it Express to Holmesburg, and Local to Trenton?

[@harrychest4303]

Finally a Septa train that moves over 30mph

[@3985uprr]

Normally when I do these head end rides, I zoom the camera to frame the image better and it gives the illusion of the train going slow.

[@malachimuhammad-dy2ow]

Well, I filmed another train that runs fast like this one.

[@MaryHernandez-5909]

Lol I thought you meant Levittown NY 😂😂

[@3985uprr]

No train station there

[@MaryHernandez-5909]

@@3985uprr Hello. Levittown doesn't have a LIRR station?? I didn't know that..😲

[@nebyuhangarasa2127]

Did the train make the announcements

[@3985uprr]

Not on this trip.

[@kornellred]

This one of your earlier videos. Why did you re-release it?

[@3985uprr]

No. It’s brand new footage.

[@kornellred]

I could swear that I have taken this ride with you before. Either that or my 74 year old brain is creating false realities. But I love your work, your style and your knowledge of railroading. Keep up the great work!@@3985uprr

[@3985uprr]

@@kornellred I did a Trenton to Philly ride a month or so ago. I also did a Philly to Levittown ride several weeks ago, but I think this one is better than that one.

[@DrQuagmire1]

@@3985uprr it'll be cool if and when you'll be able to ride on the Pennsylvanian from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, which is a nearly 7-1/2 hour ride (almost 9-1/2 hours, if not longer, if riding from Pittsburgh to New York when taking freight train traffic into account), as i've personally rode on that train when I vacationed out in Johnstown last week. not to mention, this'll be a great way to point out (through annotations when possible) any points-of-interest, like the iconic Horseshoe Curve, located just outside of Altoona, PA.

[@winstonpx]

Is there a higher resolution available?

[@rlbijster]

KZbin sometimes needs time to sort out higher resolution uploads, only allowing access to lower resolutions first.

[@winstonpx]

@@rlbijster I have the 1080p option now, thank you!

[@cbalducc]

What is the track on the right?

[@3985uprr]

Where?

[@cbalducc]

@@3985uprr On the NE corridor. I figured out it is just a freight line.

[@malachimuhammad-dy2ow]

Uh, Retired Railfan Horn Guy? Can I ask you something?

[@3985uprr]

Eh?

[@malachimuhammad-dy2ow]

There are two limited trains going to Warminster during rush hours, are there?

[@malachimuhammad-dy2ow]

@Retired Railfan Horn Guy And how about a trip on a limited train operated by SEPTA?

[@3985uprr]

@@malachimuhammad-dy2ow 9759 to Trenton

[@malachimuhammad-dy2ow]

@Retired Railfan Horn Guy. I caught another fast train. And that train is 6480 to Warminster.

[@samuelbennie7690]

For anyone who has said SEPTA is slow. 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤣🤣💁🏽💁🏽💁🏽

[@3985uprr]

I’ve gotten so many comments about slow septa trains, but this is definitely the fastest line