1960 Budd Cars Farewell - 1999 Fantrip in Philadelphia

[Jeffbear1]

And not one of these cars was saved by our friends at SEPTA, let alone a train of them for fan trips or special events. SEPTA could care less about things like that !! They don't even care about the money that could be made with charters, movie shoots, commercials, etc.

[BUSMAN6000]

@Jeffbear1 dumbasses

[SUPERDAVIDLEVINE]

its hard to believe it was overr50 years ago coming back from NY area I got offPHilly to ride the Franford line to ride the high speed tran tonorristown was it neet when I was 18 I foundout that day thee was a fatal acident like afew years ago driving a cab I said wll ark tains are very safe weell at that moment there was a colision that killed 12I did not get this calll I might have been onit Igota new Camcorder to take to Isleal Iwas goinh to test would iI have been on that car never

[thedarkchild86]

RAISED UP ON THE MARKET-FKD LINE .....AS A KID ..THERE WAS NO BETTER FUN THAN RIDING FROM BRIDGE &PRATT TO 69TH STREET AND BACK ... ALTHOUGHT I OWN A CAR ....I STILL USE IT TO GO DOWN TOWN ...ITS CHEAPER THAN CENTER CITY PARKING .......

[PLACEPEARL]

Ron Carson has remastered his "Ride on the El" to DVD from 1998.

It has been enhanced for the format and it available on eBay at a

very reasonable price along with several other of his videos. Please

check out his listings if you like the 'Almond Joy Cars' and related

Phila transit experiences. Thanks, Ron.

[EMDSD14R]

i sure miss those cars they were great...i grew up riding them....i have a light from one of the cars someone else brought the other one otherwise i would have had both...i think atleast 2 complete sets are still used for worktrain service..great vid!!

[inluvwith7of9]

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[MaBooTA37]

I noticed the trackless trolleys at the end of the run(4:20) Can anyone tell me which routes in Philly still run trackless trolleys today in 2011?

[PHILLY2727]

@MaBooTA37 Routes 59,66 and 75....29 and 79 are diesel buses but supposed to go back to trackless soon.

[howardkevinm]

does anyone know when SEPTA redecked the frankford side of the line? also what happened to the original Margeret/Orthodox station. i heard it was a fire?

[adam917]

@howardkevinm If you mean the restructuring around the area of FTC (including making the new terminal), then it was the early 2000s, roughly 2000 to 2004 IIRC.

[howardkevinm]

@adam917 i dont mean when they rebuilt Frankford. i think the original frankford side had a ballast on the tracks. also i know the M/O isnt the original station cuz there is a plaque on the side of it saying 1987 (ish?)

[TrainSounds]

Was this taken in 1999?

[cm1701a]

It struck me how much better the stations on the El Look now in 2011. Huh - I wonder whether the new El trains (now 11/12 years old) will last until 2030!

[nyshortline]

3:12 : RIP John Tucker. One of the nicest people I've ever worked for.

[11kful]

FAREWELL 2 THE oLE HORSE

[nyshortline]

The Almond Joys ran a lot better than the junk they have running now. Their only disadvantage was the lack of air conditioning.

[wook1990]

I loved these trains. Can you imagine if they were still running today and along with that the era of SEPTA that dominated the 90s? I think this era would still exist today if they fixed up a lot of the SEPTA vehicles.

[Milas19962002]

@wook1990 The Budd Cars don't have a PA system or air conditioning. SEPTA had no choice but to upgrade.

[ghostengineer]

I was on this trip as well. Enjoy it very much other then sweating my you know whats off. Me and a friend made those signs on the side of the train.

[trainluvr]

Then you would know fi this was a NYD ERA trip?

[ghostengineer]

@trainluvr Yes I believe youre right. It was the NY Division ERA Farewell to the Budds trip.