The "Farewell to the Blueliners" trip pauses at the station at west Trenton, N.J. By the time the trip had run, all the ex-Reading Company Blueliners had lost their blue paint, replaced ... (more)

With Amtrak retiring their fleet of AEM-7s, the only place in the Philadelphia area to see the old workhorses is on SEPTA. Here, after making a station stop at the Neshaminy Falls station, SEPTA #... (more)

SEPTA train 7503 rolls outbound on the Media-Elwyn Line, crossing the I-476 bridge in the sun before passing into the shadows, on a crisp autumn morning.

On January 29, 1988, month-old SEPTA AEM7 2303 leads a Philadelphia-bound R5 express out of North Wales, Pennsylvania.

Pioneers

The first production stainless steel commuter cars were six Pioneer III cars built by Budd for the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1958. Here, two of those six cars, with t... (more)

In its first full month of service SEPTA AEM7 2304 pulls a Lansdale-bound train into North Wales, Pennsylvania. The Reading triangular signal and the cast-iron whistle post are now long-gone.

SEPTA Silverliner IV 146 rounds the bend approaching the Norristown Transportation Center from Main Street Station on the former Reading Stony Creek branch. The fireman’s side window displays th... (more)

A SEPTA Silverliner IV rolls underneath a set of color position light signals on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor as it brakes for its station stop in Chester, Pa.

Rush Hour in Philadelphia

A low setting Winter Sun envelops the catenary as it meets the horizon casting a golden glow down the barrel of the Northeast Corridor. In the foreground, a fou... (more)

With a quintuplet of Silverliner IV EMU cars, SEPTA train 4213 rolls southward along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor on a crisp autumn morning. Next stop, Claymont, Delaware.

With the Woodbourne Station serving as the end of the line on SEPTA's West Trenton Line for the weekend due to grade crossing replacement east of here, an outbound SEPTA local eases to a stop on t... (more)

Work train waiting for the Philly bound local to pass so it can follow it back to Philly.

Our hosts lined up a special combo for the finale of the Super Saturday Streetcar Special XXIII on February 6, 2016. To the right is PCC II 2320 which is normally only seen on the Route 15/Girar... (more)