QUOTE: Originally posted by MP57313 Evidently SEPTA also runs on this former PRR "Main Line" west of Philadelphia. Any locals know if it running on weekends? The website made it look like some of the other lines are closed for maintenance on the weekends, but it did not mention the "P5" out to Paoli. And how is Paoli pronounced, anyway...POW-LEE? PAY-O-LEE? Thanks MP
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QUOTE: Originally posted by MP57313 Well I did make it out there on Saturday (26th) and it sure is pronounced PAY-O-LEE. Only $8.50 round-trip from Phila 30th St. A BAH-gain! Some old PRR position light signals still in place...how many are left? And those SEPTA cars are really rough riding (or is it the track?). Trains still run every 30 mins on Saturday, but there were all kinds of notices about threatened reductions in service due to funding cutbacks. And I have never before ridden a commuter service with so many stops...it resembles the LA-area light rail lines in how close the stations are.
QUOTE: Originally posted by daveklepper It is the track and there is a program to rebuild it. During rush hours they have expresses and locals which speeds the commuters. The State came through with an emergency appropriation which doesn't completely solve but postpones the problem. This is one of the very oldest electrified commuter operations in the country, preceding the extension to Harrisburg by about 24 years. And after the electriciation was extended from Trenton north through Penn Station to Sunnyside Yard, GG-1's and P-5's used to hand off trains to K-4's at Paoli for a few year before moving the operation to Harrisburg.
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