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The Last 2 Philly Air electric or "pre war" PCC cars in existence have found new homes. 1940 car #2054 (painted in the "Philly cream cheese" livery) Which last ran in 1993 and has been stored since is destined for the Electric City Trolley Museum in Scranton PA.1942 car #2647 which has been rusting away at Germantown for many years has been acquired by a private owner and is scheduled to go to the Baltimore streetcar museum for temporary storage. Let’s hope these cars now have a new lease on life.

A Frontier Eldorado Has been Confirmed to have an Amber LED sign. The number of this vehicle is unconfirmed how ever it is very likely to #4526 which is the prototype bus of the Eldorado Overhaul program which is scheduled to begin later this year. Also it is not know if the sign is an Luminator LED sign like that retrofitted on Midvale NABI #5251 or if the sign is an Twin Vision LED sign like that on SEPTA's New Flyer and Champion fleet as well as Neoplan Articulated #7101. More info to come.

Two of the last three of the Kawasaki LRVs in the old livery #9042 and #9073 have been confirmed to be overhauled and repainted. Car #9094 has yet to be seen overhaul and repainted but it is very likely to have went thru the process meaning the entire fleet of 112 Single end and 29 Double end LRVs have been repainted into the current scheme.

Here are some more rumors concerning route 15's return to trolley service. The first rumor has the start date set as either June 12th or June 15. SEPTA would build specialty work and switches built on the 60th street side of the Callowhill depot for route 10 and 15 pullouts, this would effectively end the fight over trolleys running on 59th street for pullouts. The Second rumor less likely to occur has route 15's start date as June 15th with route 15 cars operating out of the Elmwood depot. Once again these are just rumors with nothing confirmed yet.

Apparently SEPTA is planning to keep 50 or so Neoplan EI and EZs until New Trackless Trolleys arrive in 2007. The EI and EZs Will be assigned to Frankford once the last batch of 100 New Flyer D40LFs arrive this summer. They will receive specialty work to keep them in working order for the Next 2 years. We will keep you posted as new info emerges.

A second NABI is reported to have an Orange Luminator sign! 5152 Which is also assigned to Midvale was sighted with the Orange sign. We will keep you posted on this situation. .

To start off we would like to welcome you to our new Philly region transit news and info site. This site is mainly dedicated to news and info concerning SEPTA's Bus, Light Rail, Heavy Rail, and Commuter Rail fleet. This is a monster undertaking and we ask for help from fellow transit fans in our area.

To start off we would like to welcome you to our new Philly region transit news and info site. This site is mainly dedicated to news and info concerning SEPTA's Bus, Light Rail, Heavy Rail, and Commuter Rail fleet. This is a monster undertaking and we ask for help from fellow transit fans in our area.