A 1947 St Louis Car Company PCC decked out in the livery of SEPTA's predecessor, the Philadelphia Transportation Company, makes its rounds through Philadelphia, captured here on Girard Ave by the ... (more)

A paired set of Silverliner IV's arrive at SEPTA's Torresdale station in northeast Philadelphia late one Sunday afternoon. Philadelphia's 30th Street Station is 14.8 miles and 5 stations ahead.

An Amtrak Acela Express, led by No. 2008, flies through Torresdale in northeast Philadelphia bound for 30th Street Station and points south.

An Amtrak Acela Express, led by No. 2009, flies through Torresdale in northeast Philadelphia bound for Philadelphai and points south.

A set of SEPTA GE built Silveriner IV's make a mid-afternoon appearance in the Torresdale section of northeast section of Philadelphia, while en route to 30th Street Station.

An Amtrak Regional, led by AMTK No. 623 sprints past the rebuilt Torresdale Station on the express track in northeast Philadelphia en route to 30th Street Station and points south.

Happy Independece Day from Philadelphia: Part II!

Philadelphia's 30th Street Station captured on July 26th, 2016 illuminated with alternating Stars & Stripes themes during the 201... (more)

Happy Independece Day from Philadelphia!

Philadelphia's 30th Street Station captured on July 26th, 2016 illuminated in alternating Stars & Stripes themes during the 2016 Democrati... (more)

An old PRR platform lamp stands guard, one of the few surviving, as an Amtrak "Cities Sprinter" makes an appearance with a string of leased MARC cars in tow. SEPTA leased No. 619 from A... (more)

SEPTA's AEM-7 #2305 makes an appearance on a rush hour train pushing a set of Bombardier cars from 30th Street Station over the PRR built viaduct and under the Center City Commuter Tunnel towards ... (more)

Summer-long construction on the Routes 10 & 15 causing service to be run by buses instead of streetcars combine with a Sunday schedule to gives us a nearly full depot at the Southeastern Pennsylva... (more)

The new kids on the block

Just south of 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, an Amtrak Acela Express, led by No. 2015, is captured southbound with the expanding city skyline serving as ba... (more)

An Amtrak Cities Sprinter leads a long distance train westbound through Torresdale in northeast Philadelphia on a beautiful sunny day in July.

SEPTA's sole ALP-44, No. 2308, arrives at the upper deck of Philadelphia's 30th Street Station. The unit was one of 33 built by Asea Brown Boveri of Sweden between 1989 and 1997. Of those, 32 went... (more)

"Whose line is it, anyway?"

A leased set of NJT Comet IV's along with even an ALP-46, substitutes for SEPTA equipment, under the watchful eye of William Penn. SEPTA leased the trains from NJT,... (more)