"Arriving at Terminal B" An inbound SEPTA Regional Rail train approaches Airport Terminal B Station at Philadelphia's International Airport.

SEPTA Mid-Train Helper 2

After making its two station stops at Strafford, Pennsylvania , two SEPTA R5 Limi... (more)

SEPTA Mid-Train Helper

While riding the first of three AEM7-pulled Limited trains that departed Philadelphia for western suburbs along the R5 line, the AEM7 on my train suffered a ... (more)

For a few years in the 1990’s I worked in downtown Philadelphia, and commuted from the western suburbs on the former PRR main line. There were three trains that left downtown at the end of the w... (more)

A westbound late-afternoon SEPTA train approaches its station stop at Strafford, Pennsylvania. With its Victorian gingerbread architecture, the former PRR station at Strafford is one of the Pennsy... (more)

Running on borrowed time, SEPTA AEM-7 2305 flies through Eddystone with an express on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.

Wearing the SEPTA paint scheme, the ex Reading push-pull train pauses to pick up passengers at Phoenixville, PA

Display train for Lansdale, PA Founders Day Celebration

"Turning at TRENT"

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.

One of SEPTA's short-lived Allentown trains crosses the Little Lehigh Creek on the former Lehigh Valley main line.

From June, 1978 until August, 1979, SEPTA extended some of its Bethlehem trains to Allentown. In order to get to Allentown, the RDC's would complete their Bethlehem station stop, pull across the L... (more)

A SEPTA R2 Wilmington train, consisting of two Silverliner II and two Silverliner IV cars, passes under the B&O Philadelphia line in West Philadelphia.

By 1979, SEPTA had repainted the former Reading push-pull set in the SEPTA paint scheme. Seen here at Bethlehem Union Station, the new paint is not an upgrade to the classic Reading colors.

The Reading operated a large network of commuter trains in the Philadelphia area. The majority of the equipment was electrified MU cars, both of ancient (1931) and of Silverliner vintage. For line... (more)