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Finally, the Silverliner V will be displayed to the public on track 0 at Suburban Station from October 2nd to October 16th, 11AM to 6PM.  The showing will start with a special ceremony with General Manager Joe Casey tomorrow at noon.

Out of the 35 new Trackless trolleys in service, about eighteen (18) of these units are now out of service because of electrical issues.  Many of these issues are because of a short which is found in their electrical system.  As result for the next several months, some trackless trolleys will be pulled from service so that SEPTA could give could address these issues.

Photo of Trackless #822 on route 75 – Taken by Kyle Wallace

Sure enough, with only about two weeks being on the property, SEPTA is already putting advertisements on the new hybrids.  They now have side and rear ads.  A few of them even have banner ads along the roof line, including 8129.

Also of note, with the new hybrids coming in, Callowhill is sending some of their original 50xx Ikaruses to Midvale.  Several of them in no particular order have been spotted on Midvale routes, including 5025 and 5031.  5030 was spotted at Comly a few days ago as well.  Also of note 5552, 5555, 5556, and 5557 are now at Midvale.  5552 and 5556 were on the 32 yesterday while 5557 was on the 9 and 5555 was on the 56.  Expect things to go a little crazy in terms of bus assignments while the new hybrids are coming in.

Amtrak and PennDOT came together to put up a new website highlighting the Keystone line from Harrisburg to New York, via Philadelphia.  There’s information about why people should take the train, as well as details about the amenities at each station along the line.  Check it out at www.catchthekeystone.com.

At the sunset of yesterday, Front5151 (A member on PTV) reported that the first batch (8121-8125)of the 2008 order of hybrids are here. These units are currently at Germantown depot undergoing inspection, and awaiting for tags. While at Germantown depot today, it appears 8126, 8127, and 8129 has also arrived on SEPTA’s property.

Upon viewing these hybrids, there were several things to notice:

1. These hybrids  retained the unique rear sign placement as on their 2001-2004 D40LF counterparts
2. The Thermoking A/C has been relocated to the front portion of the bus
3. The option for the low profile battery on top of the bus has been exercised.
4. Like their Trackless trolley counterparts, a security camera on the outside of the bus is apparent.
5. Unlike the other New Flyers operating out of SEPTA. These units are longer in terms of length therefore making these units the DE41LF.
6. The location of the fleet number on the rear side of the bus has been relocated to top-right side of the back just below the rear designation sign.  

As for photos, thankfully PTV board member Jayayess1190 has taken some excellent photos of these units at Germantown depot.

For comments, and more photos

http://philadelphiatransitforums.cjb.net/topic/7027977/4/

Photo was taken by Jayayess1190

According to Joe AKA silverliner_2 on the boards, the Nine Comet cars are set to arrive on SEPTA’s property by this weekend. These cars will be put into service by the October schedule change. Before then, these cars will undergo a minor overhaul. Their car numbers are, Comet I cabs 5121, 5132 and trailers 5727, 5728, 5735, 5741, 5742, and 5747. The extra car (#5118) will only serve a parts supply.

http://philadelphiatransitforums.cjb.net/topic/7027413/1/#new

More New Flyers were spotted operating on Allegheny’s routes today. This time around, several Frankford New Flyers were sighted on the routes 65 and 27. Their fleet numbers were 5801-5802, 5804 and 5904-5905. Expect more New Flyers to move from Frankford by the next week’s schedule change.

http://philadelphiatransitforums.cjb.net/topic/7012527/4/

 Today #5279 while operating on the route 88, was damange due to a engine fire, PTV board member TheOneCalledA1 has took exclusive photos of this bus  No injures has been reported.

http://philadelphiatransitforums.cjb.net/topic/7027728/1/

As if the wraps on 9079 and 9081 weren’t enough, more Philadelphia area railcars have been wrapped.  Market Frankford M4 car 1097 was wrapped in a Nestea ad, and PATCO 251 was wrapped for the FREEDOM card program.  You can find pictures on railroad.net, are of Chuchubob: http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewforum.php?f=72

If you haven’t heard, SEPTA is coming out with schedules that feature significantly expanded service.  The first wave of schedule changes is coming at the end of August, with the creation of route 139 (King of Prussia to Philadelphia Premium Outlets), additional Sunday evening service on route 96 (and more frequent headways during midday service) and route 99, and the creation of Sunday service on the 111 and 129.

Other enhancements include additional service to Willow Grove Train Station on route 310, midday service on route 8 (every 30 minutes), and OWL service on route 37.

There are just too many enhancements to list here!  Check out the new schedules on the SEPTA website: http://www.septa.org/service/preview_schedules.html