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SEPTA's Commuter Rail Fleet


Last edited by Neo3488 on Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

 

The Regional Rail System operates throughout Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks, and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania, New Castle County in Delaware (Wilmington/Newark Line), and also Mercer County in New Jersey (West Trenton and Trenton Lines).  The fleet consists of nine (9) different models of rail equipment that are in revenue service.

The Silverliner IV fleet is the current backbone of the SEPTA regional rail fleet.  Due to their age and dynamic braking system, these units are the primary trains that SEPTA uses on their rail routes during the weekends. The Silverliner II & IIIs, however, are the secondary trains being used in the fleet being mainly used during the rush hour.  These trains are being replaced by new Silverliner V cars, and will be off the rails by June of 2012.

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 Comet I fleet were recently obtained from NJT and operates Media/Elwyn Line in the morning and the Pennypack Limited on the West Trenton Line in the evening.  The AEM 7 fleet was built in 1987, whereas the single ALP-44 unit was built in 1996.  For more information on their assignments .

 

 

Rotem Silverliner V

  • #701,  703-705  double ended and 801-806 sngle ended cars has arrived on SEPTA property. For the next several months, these three pilot cars will undergo testing.

 

Year   Manufacturer  Model Fleet
2010-2011 Rotem Silverliner V Double End #701-738
2010-2011 Rotem Silverliner V Single End #801-882

 

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 their 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

 

Year   Manufacturer  Model Fleet
1974-76 General Electric Silverliner IV Double End #270-303, #400-416
1974-76 General Electric Silverliner IV Single End 101-188, 304-399, 417-460

 

St Louis Car Silverliner III (MP85)


Budd Silverliner III
Ardmore, PA
Taken By Brandon S

  • All Silverliner III cars are Ex Pennsylvania RR

  • The engineer's operating position on these cars are located on the left hand side as opposed to the right hand side in order to speed up boarding when single cars were used on the Harrisburg service.

  • 224 was in a head old collision in Willow Grove in 2006, but later returned back into service.
  • In 1984/85 cars 232-239 were modified for SEPTA's Airport service. These cars carried a special yellow paint scheme, luggage racks, and comfortable 2-2 seating.  These cars were repainted into the new red-blue scheme like the rest of the Silverliners in 2000.
  • 237 was lost due to Transformer issues
  • 222 was destroyed in a fire in mid June of 2010

  • All Silverliner IIIs will be replaced by Silverliner V cars. As of May 4th, 2012, #235 is the only Silverliner III in service.  This car was used on the "Farewell to the Silverliners" Charter on Sunday, May 6th, 2012.

 

Year   Manufacturer  Model Fleet
1967 St Louis Car Silverliner III double-end 220-239

 

 

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 #214 has been retired

► Car 210 and 257 were destroyed by fire, and car 265 was destroyed in an Accident.

► There are a total of 51 Silverliner II cars in Service.

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

 

ROSTER & INFORMATION (as of 5/4/2012)

Year   Manufacturer  Model Fleet
1962-63 Budd Silverliner II double-end 216, 219, 255-256, 266, 9001, 9006-9007, 9009-9010, 9012-9013

 


 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.
  • ►   Cars 2401, 2503, 2506, 2508, 2509, and 2512 were victims of the Assunpink Creek flood at Trenton Station during Hurricane Irene last August. They will be completely overhauled before returning to service.

 

 

 

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 "Shoreliner" Coaches 2550-2559

 

#These units were purchased from NJT in 2008.

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