SEPTA train to Philadelphia departs Trenton on a warm summer day. With all the Silverliner Vs temporarily out of service for repairs and older set of IVs is in charge this morning.

A train to Wilmington Delaware heads into the Suburban platforms of 30th Street Station.

The Norristown train pulls east out of the 30th Street Station Suburban platforms and is about to cross the Schuylkill River on its way into Center City.

A train to Chestnut Hill West approaches the Suburban platforms of 30th Street station on a hot but gorgeous summer day in Philadelphia.

On the first day of SEPTA service disruptions due to an issue with the new Silverliner V equipment, a train bound for Center City Philadelphia departs Trenton about 15 minutes late with AEM-7 2306... (more)

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)

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.