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Southern Depot Receiving Trackless Trolley Wire Work
Topic Started: Oct 8 2009, 09:27 AM (2,570 Views)
SouthernSeptaRida215
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Not to much info Right now but Septafan has spotted Overhead Wire Workers repairing existing Trackless Trolley wire in the back of Southern Depot. Looks like Septa has plans to restore the Rt. 79 and/or the Rt. 29.
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i hope they do it. route 79 maybe?
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79 would seem as the likely choice, considering the 29 has been extended "off-wire" onto Pier 70 ... that's IF it were to happen (and, considering the SEPTA Board's hostility towards Southern trackless, that's a BIG if)...

That said, I would like to see tracklesses return on the 79 in the long term; I still remain sceptical given the way things are at SEPTA.
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I Hope Its Goin 2 B On Both Routes And On The 79 They Should Fix The Wires And On The 29They Should Fix The Wires & Extend Wires To Pier 70
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The whole Idea of replacing route 79 is just crazy why just bring back the 79 and not the 29?
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Oct 8 2009, 06:44 PM
The whole Idea of replacing route 79 is just crazy why just bring back the 79 and not the 29?
Politics. Heaven forbid the line exists as a diesel line...

The 29's issue lies in Pier 70, as well as its Western end, where the wires were taken down as well. Taking the 29 away from Pier 70 would not be a wise move at all, but the owners refuse to allow wires there.
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Well right now Septafan asked the Overhead Wire crew if they were taking down the Trackless Trolley Wires, all they said "NO". But lets not jump to speculation now. There is still LOTS of work to be done. I guess SEPTA is smart for once and actually working on Southern DEPOT itself instead of fixing the Route's 29/79 Wires, which most likely means Southern is going to house ETBs again. But as of today I went down to the depot to inspect the wires, they got some work done where Wires now reach Bays 2-4 visible from 20th Street side near Moyamensing. Still lots of work to be done around Southern Depot, but for now we just have to wait for an official word. I'll still be checking Southern Depot weekly to see how the overhead wire crews progress. So I have some pics and some from Septafan some of the pics look the same but some are his and some are mine.
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Let's not get our hopes up, until we hear something official that Southern wants trackless back.
To make it practical, both the 29 & 79 would have to be restored and not just the 79. And Pier 70 does not want wires on their property.

There are too many strikes against it now. Sorry to be so skeptical.

I can 't understand why they are fixing wires at Southern depot.

Chuck
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TransitChuckG
Oct 9 2009, 08:34 AM
Let's not get our hopes up, until we hear something official that Southern wants trackless back.
To make it practical, both the 29 & 79 would have to be restored and not just the 79. And Pier 70 does not want wires on their property.

There are too many strikes against it now. Sorry to be so skeptical.

I can 't understand why they are fixing wires at Southern depot.

Chuck
I can't understand it either. :-/
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Fixing the wires is just a waste of money, the 29 and 79 are done!!!
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