With its train of five blueliners in the Lansdale holding yard, the Amtrak AEM7 being tested by SEPTA has coupled to the opposite end of the MU cars, and is preparing to return to Philadelphia.
In anticipation of delivery of seven AEM7’s, SEPTA wanted to test the new locomotives’ burden on its electrical distribution supplying the former Reading electrification. A Sunday, the slowest... (more)
Amtrak AEM-7 #927 roars north (Amtrak east) through Bristol Township with a Regional Express passing the 1947 built former PRR "Grundy" Tower. The tower remained in operation through Amtrak up un... (more)