Station Renovations on the BSL

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Station Renovations on the BSL; Improving with the weather conditions!
Topic Started: Apr 30 2009, 07:56 PM (1,062 Views)
buswizard	Aug 27 2009, 10:26 AM Post #31
^^^ My sister needs a copy Posts: 1,647 Group: Members Member #2,659 Joined: September 22, 2008	redarrow5591 Aug 27 2009, 10:21 AM Suburban Station DO have Central Heating. No, it is a Central Baking system via roof duct. The area where the AEM7's rest can get up to 97 degrees! I was there with a thermometer. Edited by buswizard, Aug 27 2009, 10:26 AM.



TRANSIT_FREAK	Aug 30 2009, 09:23 PM Post #32
Simpsonized! Posts: 2,646 Group: Members Member #865 Joined: August 2, 2007	Speaking of A/C's and trying to keep cool, 69th street terminal atrium has a huge ceiling fan on the ceiling. It's the biggest I've ever seen!



bdub215	Sep 5 2009, 10:17 PM Post #33
MR.DD50 Posts: 148 Group: Members Member #2,689 Joined: March 31, 2009	redarrow5591 Aug 27 2009, 10:21 AM Suburban Station DO have Central Heating via roof ducts. I remember seeing them install it during construction. However during the summer, all it does is blows air around. Period. As for the MFSE, you're going to run into ceiling clearance issues because those stations are just that tight. I think both 13th and Juniper have ducts, but their units don't work at all. ok im confused.... im not trying to be a dick but, your how old again to remember suburban stations construction???



TRANSIT_FREAK	Sep 5 2009, 10:44 PM Post #34
Simpsonized! Posts: 2,646 Group: Members Member #865 Joined: August 2, 2007	Lights in Spring Garden have been dimmed in the closed off section. As posted before the BSL diesel LM2 has been moved to the east end on the reading connection track possibly to pull the 3 flat bed cars in from delivery. Posted Image



redarrow5591	Sep 5 2009, 10:52 PM Post #35
Light Rail and Railroad Historian Posts: 938 Group: Members Member #29 Joined: April 23, 2005	bdub215 Sep 5 2009, 10:17 PM redarrow5591 Aug 27 2009, 10:21 AM Suburban Station DO have Central Heating via roof ducts. I remember seeing them install it during construction. However during the summer, all it does is blows air around. Period. As for the MFSE, you're going to run into ceiling clearance issues because those stations are just that tight. I think both 13th and Juniper have ducts, but their units don't work at all. ok im confused.... im not trying to be a dick but, your how old again to remember suburban stations construction??? 25. And I meant to say REconstruction and renovation. Edited by redarrow5591, Sep 5 2009, 10:54 PM.



TRANSIT_FREAK	Sep 28 2009, 01:45 PM Post #36
Simpsonized! Posts: 2,646 Group: Members Member #865 Joined: August 2, 2007	Small update: The LM2 was moved. The old track vac and the black and orange tanker is now on the reading connection track. Possibly to be moved.



TheOneCalledA1	Sep 28 2009, 03:46 PM Post #37
Advanced Transit Fan Posts: 794 Group: Members Member #223 Joined: January 1, 2007	TRANSIT_FREAK Sep 28 2009, 01:45 PM Small update: The LM2 was moved. The old track vac and the black and orange tanker is now on the reading connection track. Possibly to be moved. Is it on the tail end, under the BSL turnstiles/walkway?



SouthernSeptaRida215	Sep 28 2009, 04:52 PM Post #38
Southern Depot PTV Co-Leader & Correspondent. Posts: 369 Group: Members Member #2,708 Joined: July 5, 2009	During my days of riding the BSL north & south. North Philadelphia was a horrible and bizzare station to be at now it is actually pretty decent.



TRANSIT_FREAK	Sep 28 2009, 05:26 PM Post #39
Simpsonized! Posts: 2,646 Group: Members Member #865 Joined: August 2, 2007	TheOneCalledA1 Sep 28 2009, 03:46 PM TRANSIT_FREAK Sep 28 2009, 01:45 PM Small update: The LM2 was moved. The old track vac and the black and orange tanker is now on the reading connection track. Possibly to be moved. Is it on the tail end, under the BSL turnstiles/walkway? Exactly.



TRANSIT_FREAK	Oct 5 2009, 05:17 PM Post #40
Simpsonized! Posts: 2,646 Group: Members Member #865 Joined: August 2, 2007	Crews have finally come up with a good 1 color theme for North Philadelphia Station! Posted Image So far half the columns on the North Bound platform has been painted.



TRANSIT_FREAK	Oct 17 2009, 05:22 PM Post #41
Simpsonized! Posts: 2,646 Group: Members Member #865 Joined: August 2, 2007	Quote: -3 days ago on the north bound platoform at North Philadelphia Station the coloumns on the Glenwood ave half were painted a teal greyish color. -The day after that, the columns on the lehigh half were painted in the the teal grayish color and the columns on the glenwood ave side were repainted (spray painted this time now!) back to the original colors they had before. -Today, I find that every 3rd column on the lehigh ave side that was painted teal-grey were repainted back to red agian. All in all, good thing about this is that half of the staion now has our school colors! :P I don't know what on earth is going on but the crew has better find a good color scheme, or paint the rest in our school colors! Post made by TRANSIT_FREAK Oct 9 2009, 07:27 PM in the Post Your Daily Sightings of Equipment X The columns have been spray painted back to their original colors. Here are some shots taken with my cell phone. This was when the coulmns were painted in the teal grayish color. Posted Image Posted Image Here is a picture of some of the contruction in the Fern Rock car yard. If you noticed the historic fleet was moved up to! It surprising how far it moved after twenty something years of rotting and rusting on those axles and wheels! Posted Image Here are 2 pictures from before the contruction even started. Posted Image Posted Image



IkarusFan	Oct 17 2009, 10:32 PM Post #42
Let The Legacy of The Bricks Live On!!! Posts: 182 Group: Members Member #2,628 Joined: June 19, 2008	TRANSIT_FREAK Oct 17 2009, 05:22 PM Quote: -3 days ago on the north bound platoform at North Philadelphia Station the coloumns on the Glenwood ave half were painted a teal greyish color. -The day after that, the columns on the lehigh half were painted in the the teal grayish color and the columns on the glenwood ave side were repainted (spray painted this time now!) back to the original colors they had before. -Today, I find that every 3rd column on the lehigh ave side that was painted teal-grey were repainted back to red agian. All in all, good thing about this is that half of the staion now has our school colors! :P I don't know what on earth is going on but the crew has better find a good color scheme, or paint the rest in our school colors! Post made by TRANSIT_FREAK Oct 9 2009, 07:27 PM in the Post Your Daily Sightings of Equipment X The columns have been spray painted back to their original colors. Here are some shots taken with my cell phone. This was when the coulmns were painted in the teal grayish color. Posted Image Posted Image Here is a picture of some of the contruction in the Fern Rock car yard. If you noticed the historic fleet was moved up to! It surprising how far it moved after twenty something years of rotting and rusting on those axles and wheels! Posted Image Here are 2 pictures from before the contruction even started. Posted Image Posted Image Off topic: On that last pic, That's the Spur, why does it have green lights instead of Ember, they have a swtich that still can display the Fern Rock/8th-Market signage, instead of having the green light-Fern Rock/Walnut diagram. And on Saturdays, some of the Spur drivers have the Olney/8th-Market diagram! That's on Saturdays, not weekdays.



TRANSIT_FREAK	Nov 14 2009, 09:01 PM Post #43
Simpsonized! Posts: 2,646 Group: Members Member #865 Joined: August 2, 2007	More ties have been delivered. Enough to make a wall on the south east end of the Fern Rock yard.



Van2006ko	Nov 14 2009, 09:06 PM Post #44
Foamer Posts: 2,528 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: February 16, 2005	Nabi60SFW9620 Aug 27 2009, 10:20 AM Van2006ko Aug 27 2009, 09:15 AM Especially at Suburban station!! That was the most humid station Ive been to within the SEPTA MF line. Maybe even the BSL. The 2nd street station can be humid but at least before the gate on the Westbound side theres a good opening to the street level. Then 8th street the enterance to the Gallery is right by the station. Not having AC is worse then the AC crapping out. Since if the AC craps out its only a short amount of time until a tech can come and repair the AC. Not having AC you gotta find other ways to keep cool. If the stations have a heating system all they have to do is replace that with a heating/AC unit and possibly install a heat pump outside the station. And since theres no windows they cant install window units in the stations like with Philadelphias City Hall. I can tell from looking at the building theres no central AC in that building since every window has a Air Conditioner installed. So they use window units for the offices and the hallways are more likely humid. I'm a little slow here, but Suburban Station and MFL does not belong in the same sentence. Suburban Station serves the Regional Rail, not the MFL.



idpated	Nov 14 2009, 10:14 PM Post #45
Transit Fan Posts: 96 Group: Members Member #92 Joined: July 8, 2006	Nabi60SFW9620 Aug 27 2009, 08:10 AM Does SEPTA have heating in the underground stations? I know the MF line stations and the BSL stations do not have AC as it happens to be hotter in the stations then on the street level. Baltimores Metro system isnt as hot in the stations as with SEPTAs subways. And I dont think the DC Metro is as hot either. But the DC Metro was built in the 70s and the Baltimore Metro in the 80s. And AC probably wasnt invented in 1907 or 1928. And the PATCO I dont think is Air Conditioned either. But that was built in 69 and I dont think AC was affordable for middle class residents or even affordable in commercial buildings. But now days most newer buildings have a Central AC system. Being in a SEPTA underground station in the summer time is probably worse then being on a transit bus with no AC. Especially one where the windows dont open. There is no heating in the MFL or orange line public areas, with the exception of 69th st and FTC. In the other stations, The bathrooms, porter closets, storage, and cashier's booths are heated. The cashier's booths have AC. Some stations have offices, lunch rooms, etc. These are heated and air conditioned. The signal towers have heat and ac as well. They installed new AC at 69th street as well as a huge ceiling fan that is actually named like it looks http://www.bigassfans.com/



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