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SEPTA Rail Equipment List

Regional Rail
type road #s count builder delivered
AEM-7 2301-2307 7 ASEA 1987
ALP-44 2308 1 ABB 1995
Comet II Cab 2401-2410 10 Bombardier 1987
Comet II Trailer 2501-2525 25 Bombardier 1987
Shoreliner III Trailer 2550-2559 10 Bombardier 2000
Silverliner II 201-69, 9001-17 53 Budd 1963
Silverliner III 220-239 19 St. Louis Car 1967
Silverliner IV 101-460 231 Avco and GE 1977
total number of vehicles:356
Light Rail and Rapid Transit
type line road #s count builder delivered
B-IV Broad Street Line 501-576,651-699 125 Kawasaki 1982
LRV-DE Media - Sharon Hill Lines 100-128 29 Kawasaki 1981
LRV-SE Subway-Surface Lines 9000-9111 112 Kawasaki 1981
M-4 Market-Frankford Line 1002-1220 218 AdTranz 1999
N-5 Route 100 Norristown 130-155 26 ABB 1993
PCC-II Route 15 2320-2337 18 Kiepe Elektrik 2004
Retired Equipment
type line road #s count builder delivered
Blueliner Regional Rail Division 9101-38 38 Bethlehem 1932
Liberty Liner Route 100 Norristown 801-804 2 St. Louis Car 1941
M-1 Market-Frankford Line 0 1904
M-2 Market-Frankford Line 0 1922
M-3 Market-Frankford Line 0 Budd 1961
MP54 E6 Regional Rail Division 409-458 50 1913
Pioneer III Regional Rail Division 244-248 6 Budd 1958
RDC Regional Rail Division 9151-69 19 Budd 1962
Future Equipment
type line road #s count builder delivered
Silverliner V Regional Rail Division 701-734, 801-870 104 Sojitz/Rotem 2010

Some incidents that SEPTA trains have been in:

  • 3/11/1996. Light Rail. Rear end collision in subway-surface tunnel between 36th and 37th St stations. (NTSB report number RAB-98-09.)
  • 3/7/1990. Subway. Derailment of train 61 in Market St subway west of 30th Street Station. (NTSB report number RAR-91-01, letter R91-1-8.)
  • 8/23/1986. Light Rail. Collision and derailment at 69th St Terminal. (NTSB report number RAR-87-04.)
  • 1/2/1982. Commuter Rail. Collision with gasoline truck near Southampton. (NTSB report number RHR-82-03.)
  • 6/17/1980. Commuter Rail. Rear end collision in North Wales. (NTSB report number RAR-80-11.)
  • 10/16/1979. Commuter Rail. Rear end collision in Philadelphia. (NTSB report number RAR-80-05.)
  • 6/5/1975. Commuter Rail. Collision with tractor-semitrailer near Yardley. (NTSB report number RAR-76-04.)

Last updated November 20, 2006.

Sources:

SEPTA Annual Service Plan, FY 2007

SEPTA Capital Projects Update, Flexible Funded Projects, December 2006

SEPTA Ridership & Statistics Report, Fiscal Year 1998

Philadelphia transits vehicles group. SEPTA Regional Rail Roster.

Pawson, John R. Delaware Valley Rails: The Railroads and Rail Transit Lines of the Philadelphia Area. 1979.


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