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New Regional Rail Catenary Wires; Located on East Oregon Ave.
Topic Started: Aug 11 2009, 09:32 PM (1,069 Views)
Van2006ko	Aug 12 2009, 05:43 PM Post #16
Foamer Posts: 2,528 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: February 16, 2005	I thought they were to be built in Philadelphia in the naval yard section of Philadelphia. I remember reading somewhere that the bodies were being devoloped in Korea, but the remaining work will be done right here in Philadelphia. This could explain the lite trackage in South Philadelphia. Back in the 1960s, Budd near Trevose PA used the Reading West Trenton Branch known today at West Trenton (R7) to run the metroliners under catenary to test these units for the PRR. They also done the same for the Prioneer's and the Silverliner II cars as well.



TheOneCalledA1	Aug 12 2009, 07:07 PM Post #17
Advanced Transit Fan Posts: 794 Group: Members Member #223 Joined: January 1, 2007	Van2006ko Aug 12 2009, 05:43 PM I thought they were to be built in Philadelphia in the naval yard section of Philadelphia. I remember reading somewhere that the bodies were being devoloped in Korea, but the remaining work will be done right here in Philadelphia. This could explain the lite trackage in South Philadelphia. Back in the 1960s, Budd near Trevose PA used the Reading West Trenton Branch known today at West Trenton (R7) to run the metroliners under catenary to test these units for the PRR. They also done the same for the Prioneer's and the Silverliner II cars as well. Trevose?? What are you smoking? The ex-Budd Yard is just north of Philmont Station. A good 10 minutes before Trevose. The site is seeing lots of activity as of recent, with the track improvements being done on the WT branch.



Van2006ko	Aug 12 2009, 07:31 PM Post #18
Foamer Posts: 2,528 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: February 16, 2005	TheOneCalledA1 Aug 12 2009, 07:07 PM Van2006ko Aug 12 2009, 05:43 PM I thought they were to be built in Philadelphia in the naval yard section of Philadelphia. I remember reading somewhere that the bodies were being devoloped in Korea, but the remaining work will be done right here in Philadelphia. This could explain the lite trackage in South Philadelphia. Back in the 1960s, Budd near Trevose PA used the Reading West Trenton Branch known today at West Trenton (R7) to run the metroliners under catenary to test these units for the PRR. They also done the same for the Prioneer's and the Silverliner II cars as well. Trevose?? What are you smoking? The ex-Budd Yard is just north of Philmont Station. A good 10 minutes before Trevose. The site is seeing lots of activity as of recent, with the track improvements being done on the WT branch. I said near trevose pal! Not in Trevose, PA. How many people actually know where Philmont is at? I'm not a native up there and live in West Philadelphia, so I referred the area as near Trevose.



TheOneCalledA1	Aug 12 2009, 09:05 PM Post #19
Advanced Transit Fan Posts: 794 Group: Members Member #223 Joined: January 1, 2007	Van2006ko Aug 12 2009, 07:31 PM TheOneCalledA1 Aug 12 2009, 07:07 PM Van2006ko Aug 12 2009, 05:43 PM I thought they were to be built in Philadelphia in the naval yard section of Philadelphia. I remember reading somewhere that the bodies were being devoloped in Korea, but the remaining work will be done right here in Philadelphia. This could explain the lite trackage in South Philadelphia. Back in the 1960s, Budd near Trevose PA used the Reading West Trenton Branch known today at West Trenton (R7) to run the metroliners under catenary to test these units for the PRR. They also done the same for the Prioneer's and the Silverliner II cars as well. Trevose?? What are you smoking? The ex-Budd Yard is just north of Philmont Station. A good 10 minutes before Trevose. The site is seeing lots of activity as of recent, with the track improvements being done on the WT branch. I said near trevose pal! Not in Trevose, PA. How many people actually know where Philmont is at? I'm not a native up there and live in West Philadelphia, so I referred the area as near Trevose. It's still not near Trevose. That's like saying it's near Neshaminy or Near Elkins Park. It's just outside the city limits in the Far Northeast.



TRANSIT_FREAK	Aug 12 2009, 09:30 PM Post #20
Simpsonized! Posts: 2,647 Group: Members Member #865 Joined: August 2, 2007	SouthernSeptaRida215 Aug 12 2009, 04:35 PM Location: East Oregon Ave. (RR) RailRoad Crossing Where you cross the tracks near the UPS warehouse. Where Rt. G runs to Columbus Commons, Rt.7 to Columbus Blvd & Pier 70, and Rt. 57 which runs to Packer Marine Terminal. All these Routes run East on Oregon Ave. I was a whole mile away on Snyder. I was on Oregon and front st. but oh well.



Septa_kid	Aug 13 2009, 08:15 AM Post #21
flxie!!!! Posts: 2,040 Group: Members Member #2,467 Joined: March 31, 2008	i dunno if someone already answered this, but is this, in any way, related to the new Hyundai RR cars that are to come?



Van2006ko	Aug 13 2009, 10:25 AM Post #22
Foamer Posts: 2,528 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: February 16, 2005	Someone did, look above!



septafan	Sep 21 2009, 03:04 PM Post #23
Bus Driver and transit fan at Southern Depot Posts: 99 Group: Members Member #97 Joined: August 6, 2006	rode past the rotem plant on saturday night when i was driving the 7 bus and at the railroad crossing at oregon ave they put up a new gate that blocks the rail line i notice alot of the freight trains has been running back down columbus since csx rebuilt the track under the walt whitman bridge so now i havent seen trains taking the branch that runs past the rotem plant and with the line gated off at oregon ave i dont think trains will be using that side except the test trains that will come out the factory soon.



philabob1	Sep 22 2009, 07:18 AM Post #24
Advanced Transit Fan Posts: 463 Group: Members Member #640 Joined: June 15, 2007	septafan Sep 21 2009, 03:04 PM rode past the rotem plant on saturday night when i was driving the 7 bus and at the railroad crossing at oregon ave they put up a new gate that blocks the rail line i notice alot of the freight trains has been running back down columbus since csx rebuilt the track under the walt whitman bridge so now i havent seen trains taking the branch that runs past the rotem plant and with the line gated off at oregon ave i dont think trains will be using that side except the test trains that will come out the factory soon. The line you noted (in the bed of Vandalia St) has been inactive for quite a while. The only 'customer' on it for a number of years was the CSX intermodal yard which became Columbus Crossing. CSX, CP, etc use the Delaware Ave track. Whether the Vandalia St track will be used to move the cars from the plant out for delivery, etc remains to be seen.



septafan	Oct 4 2009, 02:38 PM Post #25
Bus Driver and transit fan at Southern Depot Posts: 99 Group: Members Member #97 Joined: August 6, 2006	philabob1 Sep 22 2009, 07:18 AM septafan Sep 21 2009, 03:04 PM rode past the rotem plant on saturday night when i was driving the 7 bus and at the railroad crossing at oregon ave they put up a new gate that blocks the rail line i notice alot of the freight trains has been running back down columbus since csx rebuilt the track under the walt whitman bridge so now i havent seen trains taking the branch that runs past the rotem plant and with the line gated off at oregon ave i dont think trains will be using that side except the test trains that will come out the factory soon. The line you noted (in the bed of Vandalia St) has been inactive for quite a while. The only 'customer' on it for a number of years was the CSX intermodal yard which became Columbus Crossing. CSX, CP, etc use the Delaware Ave track. Whether the Vandalia St track will be used to move the cars from the plant out for delivery, etc remains to be seen. actulally that track has seen lots of action lately mainly late at night or early in the morning because when i had the 79 in the morning hours in the summer every friday i see the train drop off box cars to the warehouse across from famous daves bbq and on the track next to that warehouse plus CXS fixed the track just off snyder crossing when the train a derailed 2months ago but like i said earlier since they repaired the track under the walt whitman bridge the train has not been using that branch and they put a gate up so u cant acess the line from oregon but u can get to it at the wolf st crossing ride by and investigate and it will all make sense. The train that i see always have 2 engines on each end of the consist so the engines dont have to suffel around alot to push and pull box cars off the sidings. Edited by septafan, Oct 4 2009, 02:41 PM.



redarrow5591	Oct 4 2009, 04:07 PM Post #26
Light Rail and Railroad Historian Posts: 939 Group: Members Member #29 Joined: April 23, 2005	Septafan, maybe you can check this out the next time you're near the ROTEM facility. According to several reports, S-III 237 was towed by a CSX local job early last week to the plant for lift and crane testing. The 237 was at Wayne Electric for a transformer replacement and will be down there for about two-three weeks. With the S-V prototypes due in port later this month, that building SHOULD be buzzing with activity.



SouthernSeptaRida215	Oct 5 2009, 04:21 PM Post #27
Southern Depot PTV Co-Leader & Correspondent. Posts: 369 Group: Members Member #2,708 Joined: July 5, 2009	Hey Redarrow I can confirm for you that 237 is down there because I have some pics that I took down there .



SouthernSeptaRida215	Oct 5 2009, 06:11 PM Post #28
Southern Depot PTV Co-Leader & Correspondent. Posts: 369 Group: Members Member #2,708 Joined: July 5, 2009	Sadly for some reason this Post never lets me upload pics so they'll be on my Photobucket. Photobucket Account name is: SouthernSeptaRida215



Septa_kid	Oct 5 2009, 09:17 PM Post #29
flxie!!!! Posts: 2,040 Group: Members Member #2,467 Joined: March 31, 2008	Van2006ko Aug 13 2009, 10:25 AM Someone did, look above! sorry, the way i had the pages setup, the first post on this page was the one i posted asking about it.... so i didn't know where "up" was for a bit lol



SouthernSeptaRida215	Oct 6 2009, 09:27 AM Post #30
Southern Depot PTV Co-Leader & Correspondent. Posts: 369 Group: Members Member #2,708 Joined: July 5, 2009	Noww I'm able to Upload pics and here you go. Attached to this post: SilverLiner_III_237.jpg (427.71 KB) ROTEM_Test_Shop.jpg (403.59 KB) Hyundai_ROTEM.jpg (390.66 KB) Hyundai_ROTEM_Oregon_Ave.__1_.jpg (473 KB) Test_Track__1_.jpg (437.23 KB) Edited by SouthernSeptaRida215, Oct 6 2009, 10:42 PM.



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