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Posted by kp5308 on Wed Jun 29 23:04:18 2022 After at least 2 "farewell" runs the LAST Silverliner II (ex-Reading #9010) and SLIII (Ex-Penn Central 235) cars ran on the Cynwyd line on this date in 2012. IIRC we ended up riding free of charge. Nice touch. Personally I can't believe ten years have got behind me! When I found out I took the afternoon off and rode PATCO from Ashland into Philly to join what I thought was going to be a big crowd. Normally a 1 car move, SEPTA laid on an extra car for a crowd that didn't show. Some images from that afternoon:Boarding at Suburban:  Up the hill on the soon to be retired 52nd St. Flyover:  An ownership fight about who owned the land that the new ROW will occupy will delay this project till roughly 2014:  The SLII is my all time favorite MU car. I couldn't get enough of those as built outside disc brakes and racetrack oval windows when I was a kid. The 9010 leads us onto single track:  The fans were out to record our passing. I think this platform is Bala:  Photos were taken at Cynwyd before the last ride back:  Passing thru Suburban:  Lining up at "Market East" station  SEPTA is holding Reading Company #9001 on their property for eventual preservation at the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum in Hamburg PA. Negotiations on the move (particularly with Norfolk Southern) are an ongoing affair. AFAIK all the others are cut up:  Still have the tickets from that day:  |
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