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Viewing Album:  Then and Now: Former RDG Warminster line 1976 vs. 2014, 2016
 
By:Alan Page
Dates:8/25/2014 - 5/28/2016
Album Info:My return to Warminster and Hatboro stations after last photographing Conrail operations in 1976 showed only minor changes to Septa's former RDG division commuter stations. Other than the removal of a freight area on the platform of Hatboro station, little changed at Hatboro. For Warminster, Septa had added a walkway across the tracks and added signals for traffic that passed north of Warminster. In May, 2016, Willow Grove station remains part of the original RDG Warminster line, and other than platform improvements appears little changed. Note: Each image's photo date was added within each Description field. In order to present an organized historical comparison within the album, many Photo Date fields were listed as the recent Warminster and Hatboro date of 8/25/14.
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RDG "Blueliner" MU 9120
Title:  RDG "Blueliner" MU 9120
Description:  RDG MU 9120 waits on Sunday for the commuter runs to begin Monday morning from Warminster Station to Reading Terminal in November, 1976. The Reading purchased 100 MU's in 1929 and 1930 for suburban Philadelphia commuter service. In 1964, MU 9120 was one of 38 to be rebuilt, upgraded, and repainted from the original olive green to blue and white. (Ektachrome large format slide from a Brownie camera)
Photo Date:  8/25/2014  Upload Date: 9/7/2015 4:13:11 PM
Location:  Warminster, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  RDG 9120(Electric M.U.)
Views:  162   Comments: 1
Warminster commuter station
Title:  Warminster commuter station
Description:  Warminster station was built prior to Conrail and has survived largely unchanged from 1976 to 2014. In July 29, 1974, Warminster station was opened as part of an extension of the former Reading Company Hatboro to Reading Terminal line. Conrail assumed operations from the RDG on April 1, 1976, and provided contracted service to Septa using former RDG Harlan & Hollingsworth MU's(built 1931) and Silverliners (Budd Company II's and GE, Avco IV's). The MU's provided commuter service to Philadelphia until 1983, when Septa assumed full operations. The surviving Silverliner IV's remain in service on the Warminster Line.
Photo Date:  8/25/2014  Upload Date: 9/7/2015 4:13:51 PM
Location:  Warminster, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  77   Comments: 0
Warminster commuter station
Title:  Warminster commuter station
Description:  Warminster commuter station was opened as part of an extension of the former Reading Company Hatboro to Philadelphia line on July 29, 1974. The still new station was in regular operation as part of Conrail contracted operations for Septa in November, 1976. Low light and an Instamatic photo led to the poor quality imsge.
Photo Date:  8/25/2014  Upload Date: 9/7/2015 4:21:20 PM
Location:  Warminster, PA
Author:  Andrew J. Erlichman
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  73   Comments: 0
Warminster commuter station
Title:  Warminster commuter station
Description:  After opening as part of the former Reading Company Hatboro to Philadelphia line extension, Warminster station survived largely unchanged from the Conrail-contracted years for Septa through current Septa operations.
Photo Date:  8/25/2014  Upload Date: 9/7/2015 4:28:53 PM
Location:  Warminster, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  54   Comments: 0
Warminster commuter station
Title:  Warminster commuter station
Description:  A view towards Hatboro at the Warminster commuter station in August, 2014 shows the signals and walkway added long after the Conrail-contracted years.
Photo Date:  8/25/2014  Upload Date: 9/7/2015 4:37:56 PM
Location:  Warminster, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  57   Comments: 0
Reading Company MU's rest on Sunday for the Monday rush
Title:  Reading Company MU's rest on Sunday for the Monday rush
Description:  RDG MU's wait on Sunday for the commuter runs to begin Monday morning from Warminster Station to Reading Terminal in November, 1976. With no operations on Sunday, my friend took my picture with his Instamatic demonstrating one of the catenary poles used by the Conrail-contracted crews. After the photograph, we respectively returned the pole. In today's security, of course, this youthful moment would not be repeated! No disrespect to railroad property was intended.
Photo Date:  8/25/2014  Upload Date: 9/7/2015 4:49:40 PM
Location:  Warminster, PA
Author:  Andrew J. Erlichman
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  100   Comments: 1
Warminster commuter station
Title:  Warminster commuter station
Description:  A view towards Hatboro at the Warminster commuter station in August, 2014 shows the signals and walkway added long after the Conrail-contracted years.
Photo Date:  8/25/2014  Upload Date: 9/7/2015 5:00:22 PM
Location:  Warminster, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  52   Comments: 0
Warminster commuter station
Title:  Warminster commuter station
Description:  A view of Warminster commuter station from the commuter walkway towards Ivyland in August, 2014.
Photo Date:  8/25/2014  Upload Date: 9/7/2015 5:02:11 PM
Location:  Warminster, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  66   Comments: 0
Warminster commuter station
Title:  Warminster commuter station
Description:  A view of Warminster commuter station from the commuter walkway towards Ivyland in August, 2014.
Photo Date:  8/25/2014  Upload Date: 9/7/2015 5:05:15 PM
Location:  Warminster, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  60   Comments: 0
Hatboro commuter station
Title:  Hatboro commuter station
Description:  A view of Hatboro commuter station in August, 2014. The station appears largely unchanged from the Conrail-contracted years in the late 1970's to the early 1980's.
Photo Date:  8/25/2014  Upload Date: 9/7/2015 5:06:40 PM
Location:  Hatboro, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  74   Comments: 2
Septa RDG MU 429
Title:  Septa RDG MU 429
Description:  Surviving Commuter passenger service Silverliner IV 429 leads a quartet of MUs out of Hatboro station and on to Warminster on August 25, 2014. Prior to Conrails startup, MU 429 was delivered as a pair to the RDG in 1976 as part of 88 pairs numbered 101 to 188. They continued in CR-contracted service to Septa until 1983. Some of the RDG 101-188 and 309-399 cars were later renumbered into the 417-460 fleet when their PCB transformers were replaced.
Photo Date:  8/25/2014  Upload Date: 9/7/2015 5:10:40 PM
Location:  Hatboro, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SPAX 429(Silverliner IV)
Views:  110   Comments: 0
Septa RDG MU 429
Title:  Septa RDG MU 429
Description:  Surviving Commuter passenger service Silverliner IV 429 leads a quartet of MU's out of Hatboro station and on to Warminster on August 25, 2014. Prior to Conrails startup, MU 429 was delivered as a pair to the RDG in 1976 as part of 88 pairs numbered 101 to 188. They continued in CR-contracted service to Septa until 1983. Some of the RDG 101-188 and 309-399 cars were later renumbered into the 417-460 fleet when their PCB transformers were replaced.
Photo Date:  8/25/2014  Upload Date: 9/7/2015 5:14:01 PM
Location:  Hatboro, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SPAX 429(Silverliner IV)
Views:  134   Comments: 0
Septa RDG MU 168
Title:  Septa RDG MU 168
Description:  Surviving Commuter passenger service Silverliner IV 168 follows lead MU 429 in a quartet of MU's departing Hatboro station on their way to Warminster on August 25, 2014. Prior to Conrails startup, MU 168 was delivered as a pair to the RDG in 1976 as part of 88 pairs numbered 101 to 188. They continued in CR-contracted service to Septa until 1983. Lead unit 429 was renumbered from the RDG 101-188 and 309-399 series when the PCB transformers were replaced.
Photo Date:  8/25/2014  Upload Date: 9/7/2015 5:16:08 PM
Location:  Hatboro, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SPAX 168(Silverliner IV)
Views:  147   Comments: 0
RDG Combine 301
Title:  RDG Combine 301
Description:  RDG Combine 301 waits on Sunday for the commuter runs to begin Monday morning from Warminster Station to Reading Terminal in November, 1976. Poor quality Ektachrome image from a Brownie camera.
Photo Date:  8/25/2014  Upload Date: 9/18/2015 10:58:16 PM
Location:  Warminster, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RDG 301(Electric M.U.)
Views:  244   Comments: 0
RDG "Blueliner" 9117
Title:  RDG "Blueliner" 9117
Description:  RDG "Blueliner" 9117 waits on Sunday for the commuter runs to begin Monday morning from Warminster Station to Reading Terminal in November, 1976. Poor quality Ektachrome image from a Brownie camera.
Photo Date:  8/25/2014  Upload Date: 9/18/2015 11:02:21 PM
Location:  Warminster, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RDG 9117(Electric M.U.)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
RDG "Blueliner" 9117
Title:  RDG "Blueliner" 9117
Description:  RDG "Blueliner" 9117 waits on Sunday for the commuter runs to begin Monday morning from Warminster Station to Reading Terminal in November, 1976. Poor quality Ektachrome image from a Brownie camera.
Photo Date:  8/25/2014  Upload Date: 9/18/2015 11:04:14 PM
Location:  Warminster, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RDG 9117(Electric M.U.)
Views:  180   Comments: 0
RDG Combine 301
Title:  RDG Combine 301
Description:  RDG Combine 301 waits on Sunday for the commuter runs to begin Monday morning from Warminster Station to Reading Terminal in November, 1976. Poor quality Ektachrome image from a Brownie camera.
Photo Date:  8/25/2014  Upload Date: 9/18/2015 11:06:39 PM
Location:  Warminster, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RDG 301(Electric M.U.)
Views:  234   Comments: 0
RDG "Blueliner" 9134
Title:  RDG "Blueliner" 9134
Description:  RDG "Blueliner" 9134 waits on Sunday for the commuter runs to begin Monday morning from Warminster Station to Reading Terminal in November, 1976. Poor quality Ektachrome image from a Brownie camera.
Photo Date:  8/25/2014  Upload Date: 9/18/2015 11:08:01 PM
Location:  Warminster, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RDG 9134(Electric M.U.)
Views:  152   Comments: 0
RDG "Blueliner" MU 9120
Title:  RDG "Blueliner" MU 9120
Description:  RDG MU 9120 waits on Sunday for the commuter runs to begin Monday morning from Warminster Station to Reading Terminal in November, 1976. Although all was quiet as the line of MU’s waited for the Monday rush, we would not have attempted the picture with today’s security and safety. We meant no disrespect to Conrail by the picture. (Ektachrome large format slide from a Brownie camera)
Photo Date:  8/25/2014  Upload Date: 8/7/2017 6:47:50 PM
Location:  Warminster, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  RDG 9120(Electric M.U.)
Views:  107   Comments: 0
A moment with one of the ancient Reading Company MUs resting on Sunday for the morning rush
Title:  A moment with one of the ancient Reading Company MUs resting on Sunday for the morning rush
Description:  RDG MUs wait on Sunday for the commuter runs to begin Monday morning from Warminster Station to Reading Terminal in November, 1976. With no operations on Sunday, my friend took my picture in front of one of the ancient MU's with his Kodak Instamatic in November, 1976. We wouldn't have attempted this in today's security!
Photo Date:  8/25/2014  Upload Date: 8/15/2016 5:53:43 AM
Location:  Warminster, PA
Author:  Andrew J. Erlichman
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RDG 789(Electric M.U.)
Views:  155   Comments: 0
Willow Grove station
Title:  Willow Grove station
Description:  The Willow Grove station remains part of the original RDG Warminster line.
Photo Date:  5/28/2016  Upload Date: 6/6/2016 6:03:27 PM
Location:  Willow Grove, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  73   Comments: 0
Willow Grove station
Title:  Willow Grove station
Description:  The Willow Grove station remained part of the original RDG Warminster line
Photo Date:  5/28/2016  Upload Date: 6/6/2016 6:05:33 PM
Location:  Willow Grove, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  72   Comments: 0
Silverliner V's 801 and 802
Title:  Silverliner V's 801 and 802
Description:  Silverliner V's 801 and 802 pull into Willow Grove station.
Photo Date:  5/28/2016  Upload Date: 6/6/2016 6:07:51 PM
Location:  Willow Grove, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SPAX 801(Electric M.U.)
Views:  60   Comments: 0
Silverliner V's 801 and 802
Title:  Silverliner V's 801 and 802
Description:  Silverliner V's 801 and 802 pull into Willow Grove station.
Photo Date:  5/28/2016  Upload Date: 6/6/2016 6:09:28 PM
Location:  Willow Grove, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SPAX 801(Electric M.U.)
Views:  50   Comments: 0
Silverliner V's 801 and 802
Title:  Silverliner V's 801 and 802
Description:  Silverliner V's 801 and 802 arrive at Willow Grove station.
Photo Date:  5/28/2016  Upload Date: 6/6/2016 6:11:15 PM
Location:  Willow Grove, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SPAX 801(Electric M.U.)
Views:  73   Comments: 0
Silverliner V's 801 and 802
Title:  Silverliner V's 801 and 802
Description:  Silverliner V's 801 and 802 depart Willow Grove station.
Photo Date:  5/28/2016  Upload Date: 6/6/2016 6:12:50 PM
Location:  Willow Grove, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SPAX 802(Electric M.U.)
Views:  83   Comments: 0
Silverliner V's 801 and 802
Title:  Silverliner V's 801 and 802
Description:  Silverliner V's 801 and 802 depart Willow Grove station.
Photo Date:  5/28/2016  Upload Date: 6/6/2016 6:15:06 PM
Location:  Willow Grove, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SPAX 802(Electric M.U.)
Views:  45   Comments: 0
Silverliner V's 801 and 802
Title:  Silverliner V's 801 and 802
Description:  Silverliner V's 801 and 802 depart Willow Grove station.
Photo Date:  5/28/2016  Upload Date: 6/6/2016 6:16:24 PM
Location:  Willow Grove, PA
Author:  Alan Page
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SPAX 802(Electric M.U.)
Views:  56   Comments: 0

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