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Topic Started: Dec 14 2005, 08:58 AM (40,309 Views)
CACrafter88bk2504
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Midvale has at least 20 blocks on the 57, they're as follows:

3900,3901,3903,3904,3905,3907,3908,3910,3911,3912,3913,3914,3915,3916,3917,3918,3922,3923,3924,3925,3927,3935.

Many of them are swings, some are straights. 3908 block is the run that goes to Packer Marine Terminal early in the morning during the week.

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CACrafter88bk2504
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Midvale has much of the 47. Many of the blocks are straights. 3300,3301,3302 blocks are the owl runs.

3303,3304,3305,3307,3308,3309 are weekday straights. 3312 isa midday run. 3315 is a roundtrip.

The night runs are blocks 3329,3330,3331 & a few others.

NABIs & New Flyers cover much of the Midvale traffic in North Philadelphia.

The 2(Midvale) has the following:

3451 through 3472 blocks(unsure as to how many).

On weekends, Midvale has much of the work on the C,2,23,47 & 57 however on the 2 Midvale has only 2 blocks at night on the weekends.

Whenever you see a 35xx block, that's Midvale's share of the BSS nite owl with a run interlined with a surface route. 3558 block is a BSS nite owl block interlined with a run on the 47. 3554 block isinterlined with a run on the 57. Many of the 35xx blocks run as C trips from either end early in the morning. Most of these are New Flyer runs.
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CACrafter88bk2504
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The 23 has a load of blocks assigned to Midvale. They run between 3101 through 3138. Many of them are whole length runs. Some are trippers.

3101 & 3102 are the niteowls. Some of Midvales share of the 23 have runs that terminate @ 10th & Bigler. During the week, block 3104 is a example.

Sadly on the 23, this is one of SEPTA's causualites in terms of runs & hours. They oftentimes get as many as 3 drivers squeezed into one run & block(like 3104 block)in terms of swings.

The C suffers from the same fate.

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Van2006ko
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My guess is that the G, 17, 79, 7, and 29 are the routes keeping southern in business mainly. Might I remind ya southern operates the 37, 64, 68, 71 could operate totally from other depots.
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Jayayess1190
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Rode 3374 on the 8 today.
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The King of Transit 2012
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Last Summer of 2005 I rode on the Neoplan 3445 on the August 2005. also the 3345 i rode on Route 23 :D

I Love the Neoplan-An440
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redoverwhite
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3482 was on the 67 this morning.
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Philly Transport
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3417 and 3436 are Scrapped and in the dead line at Frankford. 5518 is back in service.
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rider65
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Operator of 103, 4201 block, must love to drive 4581. This bus has been on that block the last three days straight. I have ridden Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday on the 3:50 from 69th Street. 4201 block use to pull into the West Terminal at 3:30 and change to the 4:00 107. With the route changes this no longer happens. The 3:50 103 use to be 4204 block that pulled out of Victory at 3:45 and this no longer happens either.
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CACrafter88bk2504
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I spotted 5275 on the 3 yesterday. Today I spotted an Eldorado on a run on the 26 & an Eldorado on a run on the 57.

Oh no :( . What's next, Carl R. Bieber Tourways Bus Company giving SEPTA their oldest equipment to handle the 124 & 125? :o
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