This video is about the Interim Weekday service on the SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line, and some Amtrak trains, at Sharon Hill Station in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania during the PM rush hour. Most of these trains were delayed (some majorly and some minorly). This time, an Amtrak ACS-64 is seen operating as a SEPTA service, pushing a set of MARC II trailers and a SEPTA Comet II cab car. As you all know, SEPTA as temporarily shut down all of their Silverliner V cars and temporarily changed their schedule, and they are currently borrowing equipment from Amtrak, MARC, and NJ Transit. The trains caught in this video are four Acela Express trains, five Northeast Regionals, and seven SEPTA trains. One of the SEPTA trains skipping this station (either express or deadhead) honked its horn at the last second and startled me. Also, a four-way meet happened at the end of the video.

Recently, Amtrak has approved its contract with Alstom for their replacement for the Acela Express coming in 2021. In case some of you have not yet noticed, the new 2021 high-speed train set to replace the Acela is called "Avelia Liberty." Amtrak has posted a video of a computer model of the Avelia Liberty on YouTube based on what it will look like in real life.

This time, there are exactly sixteen trains caught in this video, like it says on the list of trains below, because none of the trains were repeatedly seen.

Train 1: Acela Express 2172 to Boston, Massachusetts, approximately ten minutes late, with power cars 2000 leading and 2002 trailing.

Train 2: Northeast Regional 173 to Washington, D.C., almost an hour late, with ACS-64 locomotive 665 pulling.

Train 3: Acela Express 2165 to Washington, D.C., almost an hour late, with power cars 2020 leading and 2009 trailing.

Train 4: Northeast Regional 127 to Washington, D.C., approximately fifteen minutes late, with ACS-64 locomotive 658 pulling.

Train 5: SEPTA 225 Local to Wilmington, Delaware, eight minutes late, with Silverliner IV cars 432 leading and 317 trailing.

Train 6: SEPTA 1216 Local to Marcus Hook, Express to Center City, Philadelphia, with Silverliner IV cars 443 leading and 352 trailing.

Train 7: SEPTA, with a mystery number, either Express or Deadhead to Center City, Philadelphia, with Comet II cab car 2405 leading and ALP-44 locomotive 2308 pushing. Horn startles me.

Train 8: SEPTA 1299 Nonstop Express to Marcus Hook, Local to Newark, Delaware, with Silverliner IV cars 446 leading and 341(?) trailing. Slowing down due to an approach signal.

Train 9: Northeast Regional 129 to Washington, D.C., with ACS-64 locomotive 641 pulling.

Train 10: SEPTA 222 Local to Center City, Philadelphia, approximately forty-five minutes late, with Silverliner IV cars 289 leading and 428 trailing.

Train 11: Acela Express 2122 to New York, with power cars 2039 leading and 2035 trailing.

Train 12: Northeast Regional 134 to New York, over an hour late, with ACS-4 locomotive 635 pulling.

Trains 13, 14, 15, & 16: Northeast Regional 178 to Boston, Massachusetts, over an hour late, with ACS-64 locomotive 637 pulling; meets with Acela Express 2119, almost an hour late, with power cars 2017 leading and 2036 trailing; races passed SEPTA 227 Local to Wilmington, Delaware, eleven minutes late, with Silverliner IV cars ??? leading and ??? trailing; meets with SEPTA 1218 Local to Marcus Hook, Express to Center City, Philadelphia, with Amtrak/MARC/SEPTA equipment, with SEPTA Comet II cab car 2404 leading and Amtrak ACS-64 locomotive 659 pushing.

August 30, 2016

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