Pennsylvania Railroad Silverliner Electric Coach T-Shirt

The cars were 85 feet Long, had 127 seats, and could run 85 MPH. The original numbers were 150-155. ( Silverliner I ) The cars were retired by Septa in 1990 from the Budd Company in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. The Railcar plant has since closed. It may have been the last Railcar manufacturing facility United states Silverliner is the name given to a series of electric multiple unit (EMU) railcars in commuter rail service in the Philadelphia area since 1958. As of the introduction of the Silverliner V in 2009–2010, there have been 5 generations of Silverliner cars, identified by the Roman numerals I through V placed after the name Silverliner. The Silverliner name came from the classes' shiny stainless steel body shell, which contrasted with the painted (or rusting) carbon steel railcars used by the Pennsylvania and Reading Railroads between 1915 and 1936. Applied to the first large production order in 1963, the cars made such an impression that the name has since been applied to all subsequent MU classes purchased by SEPTA for the Regional Rail System. Photo Copyright © Stan Feldman 1999 - 2022 Some information from Wikipedia® , a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.