SEPTA's Commuter Rail Fleet

General Overview

Last Updated: April 18th 2009

The Regional Rail Lines (R1,R2,R3, R5, R6, R7, R8) operates throughout the Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia Countie(s) in Pennsylvania, New Castle County in Delaware (R2), and also Mercer County in New Jersey (R3, R7).  The fleet consists of nine (9) different models of rail equipment being used in revenue service.

The Silverliner IV fleet is the current backbone of the fleet. Due to to their age, and Dynamic braking system, these units are the primary trains that SEPTA would use on their rail routes and on the weekends. While the Silverliner II & III's being the secondary trains being used in the fleet being mainly used during the rush hour. Although they are mainly used during the rush hours there's still several units still in service during all times of the day with very exceptional service on the weekends.

The push pull fleet is used on both Limited and express runs on the R3, R5, and the R7 to be used to their full efficiency; These trains usually consists of 5-8 Comet I/II/III cars. The Aforemention Comet I fleet was recently obtained from NJT and operates on the Great Valley Flyer (R5). The AEM 7 fleet was built in 1987, whereas the single ALP-44 unit was built in 1996.  For more information on their assignments .

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General Electric Silverliner IV (GE MA-1H)

• There are a total of 47 Double End and 184 Single End cars in service

• Single end cars operate in married pairs.

• All of the 9018-9031 cars and some of the 270-303 cars have been renumbered into the 400-416 fleet when there PCB transformers were replaced

• Some of the 101-188 and 309-399 cars were renumbered into the 417-460 series when there PCB transformers were replaced.

• Car 9020 was destroyed in an Accident

 

 

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St Louis Car Silverliner III (MP85)

Budd Silverliner III
Ardmore, PA
Taken By Brandon S

• All Silverliner III cars are Ex Pennsylvania RR

• The drivers cabs on these cars are located on the left hand side as oppose to the right hand side do to fact that they were going to be used on a pay as you enter service that never came to pass.

• 19 Silverliner III cars are still in service.

• 224 was in a head old collision in Willow Grove in 2006, but have since returned back into service.
• In 1984/85 some of these cars were modified for SEPTA's R1 Airport service which now sees all Silverliners. These cars carried a special yellow paint scheme.

• All Silverliner IIIs will be replaced by Silverliner V cars.

 

Budd Silverliner II

Budd Silverliner II
Temple Station
Taken By Brandon S.

Notes

► Cars 201-219 (MP85BE1-TC) and 251-269 (MP85CE1-TC) are Ex Pennsylvania RR

► Cars 9001-9017 (REB13 (MA1B)) are Ex-Reading RR.

► Car 210 was destroyed by fire, and car 265  was destroyed in an Accident.

► There are a total of 52 Silverliner II cars in Service.

All Silverliner II cars will be replaced by Silverliner V cars.

 

 Push Pull- Locomotive hauled Push-Pull Fleet

Push Pull # 2301 lead
Taken at Temple station
By Brandon Shaw

Push-Pull Notes

► ALP-44 #2308 given to SEPTA by ABB for a damage settlement for late delivery of the Norristown-N5 cars.
► Comet III cars are built to Metro North Specifications
► Comet I cars were purchased by SEPTA from NJT in 2008.

 

Year	Manufacturer	Model	Fleet
1970	Pullman Standard	Comet I Cab	2460-2461
1970	Pullman Standard	Comet I Coaches	2590-2595
1987	ASEA	ASEA AEM-7	2301-2307
1996	ABB	ALP-44 Locomotive	2308
1987	Bombardier	Comet II Cab Coaches	2401-2410
1987	Bombardier	Comet II Coaches	2501-2525
2000	Bombardier	Comet III Coaches	2550-2559

#These units were purchased from NJT in 2008.