Today's installment of Classic Photos are from some SEPTA and Amtrak activity in May/June of 2003 around the time of my college graduation. The Amtrak photos are from a pretty standard NEC run between Connecticut and Philadelphia and the SEPTA photos involves my first visit to Norristown Elm St. You can find the two sets of photos here ( mirror ) and here (mirror ).
First up at Meriden, CT is Amtrak P40DC Phase IV heritage unit P40DC #827 at the Meriden, CT Amtrak station. The station had recently been upgraded with new concrete and a platform awning. These upgrades would be short lives as the station would be rebuilt with high level platforms around 2018 for the Hartford Line commuter rail.
Fun fact, the Cedar Hill yard in New Haven is the location of Amtrak's major continuously welded rail facility where 78 foot lengths are electrically butt welded together into quarter mile or longer segments.
New Haven's new State Street Station had recently opened to serve workers in the Yale area.
Changing trains at New Haven I found HHP-8 #658 at the head of my southbound Regional.
Metro North Caboose and catenary inspection coach at Stamford.
The Penn Central sign was still affixed to the New Haven Railroad's SS3 OAK tower at the Oak Point yard in the Bronx.
At 30th St station Amtrak MoW orange painted GP9 #770 in was being used to shift road railers for Amtrak's express cargo services that would end in 2005.
Acela coach sets were in Penn Coach Yard without power cars perhaps having just been delivered or returning from warranty work.
NJT ALP-46 #4613 was on hand as these engines were used on the also soon to be discontinued Clocker service.
At Norristown Transportation Center, N-5 cars #146 and #143 were overhead at the NTC Route 100 platform waiting for their next departure.
The vintage Reading RR substation at Norristown had yet to be rebuilt.
SEPTA SL-IV #422 was waiting to depart at Norristown, ELM St.
Slow and Medium Clear signals at SEPTA ELM and KALB interlockings respectively.
Well that's it. Like I said these trips were pretty basic and my camera at the time didn't have a lot of zoom or storage capacity.
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