Septa Comet I Status

 EX-NJT 5121: Courtasy of Boomer Engineers are training on the Comet I cars in-around Frazier.  There have been reports that these units was not able to coexist with the current AEM-7 cars because of HEP issues, they may operate as a single consist with a ALP-44 unit. These cars are currently slated to enter service beginning on October 26th 2008 (next schedule change on the Regional Rail lines). These cars were recently purchased from NJT to address the current overcrowded situation.

boomer, a member on the Railroad.net forums has several shots of these Comet Is at the Frazier Shops.

http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=54926&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=30#p587610

For Photos

http://s485.photobucket.com/albums/rr220/rrbum/SEPTA%20Comet%201/

((Photo to the right: EX-NJT 5121: Courtasy of railroad.net’s member Boomer))