Some interesting flickr finds - SEPTA - PhillyBlog

Hillerman · #1 (**permalink**) 07-11-2008, 08:14 PM

Not mine, just some interesting shots found on flickr:

From flickr user Triborough, who seems to have a lot of these motion blur subway shots.
11th Street station:

5th Street Station:

From flickr user cw3283 who has lots of amazing stuff:
SEPTA Steps:

Market East:

From flickr user mendrakis this wonderfully composed and colored shot:

And here is a WTF for everyone - some shots of an abandoned SEPTA trolley in Brooklyn from various users:

Any idea wha the story is with that?

Moonraker · #2 (**permalink**) 07-16-2008, 11:18 PM

Essentially, someone in Brooklyn bought it for a diner project which failed. The Lancaster Trolley company thought they purchased it from a shyster lawyer, and it went to court. Just recently, it was chopped up for scrap.

Spacely · #3 (**permalink**) 07-16-2008, 11:23 PM

How did they do the light streaks?

zur · #4 (**permalink**) 07-17-2008, 07:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hillerman

And here is a WTF for everyone - some shots of an abandoned SEPTA trolley in Brooklyn from various users:

Any idea wha the story is with that?

Actually I was going to make a post about this.

Brownstoner: The SEPTA Train is Leaving its 4th Avenue Station

HogIslandGrip · #5 (**permalink**) 07-17-2008, 08:08 AM

Here's the story about the SEPTA trolley in Brooklyn:

http://septawatch.blogspot.com/2008/...-pcc-2739.html

http://septawatch.blogspot.com/2008/...-car-2739.html

Quote:

Now, a Brooklyn blog tells the interesting backstory of how 2739 came to be in Brooklyn. Here's the current owner's tale from the comments to that story:

Trolley came to be there when we thought a diner would work well. SEPTA was selling, so we purchased it and brought it here. Neighborhood was much more problematic back then (1995) so it didn't get much traction. For a time it was even in the adjacent Lyceum (when it went by its original name Public Bath #7).

Unfortunately the local architect we had used for the lot was not appropriate for that and other Lyceum related jobs. Litigation ensued and is still in progress.

Rocket Hoser · #6 (**permalink**) 07-17-2008, 10:27 AM

I don't see how a diner could fit in a trolley car.

MarketStEl · #7 (**permalink**) 07-17-2008, 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rocket Hoser

I don't see how a diner could fit in a trolley car.

Maybe not a diner, but would an ice cream stand attached to a diner count?

Rocket Hoser · #8 (**permalink**) 07-17-2008, 10:56 AM

So do people go in or do they get served from someone inside while they wait outside?

arlee · #9 (**permalink**) 07-17-2008, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Spacely

How did they do the light streaks?

It's a long exposure. The shutter is kept open for a longer amount of time than typically used for a standard shot.

MarketStEl · #10 (**permalink**) 07-17-2008, 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rocket Hoser

So do people go in or do they get served from someone inside while they wait outside?

The latter, judging from the one photo I was able to find of the ice-cream-stand side of the operation online.