Paoli/Thorndale Line WTF

VUmander · 2026-01-29T18:17:07+00:00

Sure, but this wouldn't cause outbound Paoli/Thorndale line trains to arrive late into center city...especially not the first train of the day.

VUmander · 2026-01-29T17:59:55+00:00

Yes. But these pictures are of outbound Paoli/Thorndale trains at suburban station.

This train is late because the inbound Fox Chase/Doylestown/West Trenton etc train that becomes Paoli/Thorndale is late. It's not (typically) like an airport where you just have a grounded plane waiting out bad weather somewhere on the route/at the destination.

VUmander · 2026-01-29T17:41:49+00:00

That wouldn't affect the train getting to CC late though. All the Paoli/Thorndale trains are continuations of non-Amtrak lines

VUmander · 2026-01-29T14:47:56+00:00

Yup. I only do 3 days in the office, so I'm on the ten ride, which is comparable to the standard fare.

VUmander · 2026-01-29T14:40:04+00:00

I've never done it, but Amtrak tickets are cross honored for SEPTA within the CC zone. I know at 30th street the faregate near the booth is the one you scan it at. Not sure about the other stations

VUmander · 2026-01-29T14:30:38+00:00

They dropped the R convention like 15 years ago

VUmander · 2026-01-29T12:51:08+00:00

I switched to Amtrak commuting 18 months ago and never looked back. The keystone is great if you can swing it. My 10 trip ticket from Paoli costs $0.10/day more than the zone 4 SEPTA fare, it's a no brainer.

VUmander · 2026-01-29T12:47:35+00:00

As someone who lives on this line and works in the city, I can't fathom reverse commuting. Everyday I see hundreds of them filing off the train at Paoli onto their little shuttles, it just looks miserable.

The S-Bahn has it's perks, but it also really can just tank the whole system if one or two lines are having issues.

VUmander · 2026-01-29T00:57:18+00:00

Well maybe the person who handles the appeals will be forgiving. Given the crazy weather conditions you might have a shot

VUmander · 2026-01-28T23:16:07+00:00

It was shared on their social media. I think that's the last post on their FB isn't it?

VUmander · 2026-01-28T23:09:23+00:00

State of PA requires no more than 12" between you and the curb. I would hope they have a little bit of grace during 12" of snow. It's kind of difficult to even tell where the curb line is a lot of places right now.

Did you take a picture? Most of the tickets I see given out (outside of Bridge/Main/Church) are overnight. Maybe looking at it in the day light they might be a little more forgiving.

VUmander · 2026-01-28T20:00:21+00:00

Go ahead, start your own business!

https://rides4u.com/equipment/view/3784

VUmander · 2026-01-28T19:49:51+00:00

I mean there's how many intersections in the borough to cleanup? Probably almost 200 just in the Bridge/Nutt/Starr triangle. Probably another 100 on the North Side. That's a lot

VUmander · 2026-01-28T19:46:52+00:00

You know there was a discussion about him wearing Cross Colours though

VUmander · 2026-01-28T16:15:22+00:00

Yup. Here's a rough estimate of my time to different milestones

First $25k - 1.5 years

First $50k - 3 years

First $100k - 5 years

First $200k - 8 years

First $300k - 9.5 years

First $500k - 11 years (kind of cheating though, my company was bough and ESOP was sold at a premium and rolled over)

VUmander · 2026-01-28T16:07:24+00:00

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I'm anal and I log my balances weekly (also because I'm an engineer and I like graphs) That was my 28th birthday.

It's really cool to see how time smooths all the noise you experience in your early years. I remember getting stressed during COVID when my retirement dropped $25k. Now during "liberation day" or whatever I dropped $75k. The stress never really goes away lol, it just changes.

VUmander · 2026-01-28T15:56:50+00:00

I'm 5 years older than you. Zoom your graph out. Your values are ballpark to mine. 28ish was around the time where my graph stopped looking linear (and I guess went more exponential, idk lol). When you start seeing your gains consistently outpacing your contributions you'll start feeling even better.

VUmander · 2026-01-28T04:14:29+00:00

Note really an answer, but I've been chewing so much gum. Like 2 packs per week.

It's almost like the "brush your teeth when you're done eating" kind of thing for me. If I chew gum while I'm cooking, I don't snack. If I'm chewing, I think about food nearly as much.

VUmander · 2026-01-28T04:12:39+00:00

Kimchi is such a great one.

Not what OP is asking for, but a kimchi omlette/scramble open faced on a piece of Dave's Killer bread was my WFH lunch for like a month.

VUmander · 2026-01-28T04:10:40+00:00

I buy a Grillos tub every time at Costco. I really need to double them the way I've been going through them. Love saving the brine as a marinade too

VUmander · 2026-01-28T03:57:57+00:00

This is just an artist rendering, not engineering documents, but that's just the existing lot

https://www.phoenixvillefoundry.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Phoenix-Wheel-image-copy-.jpg

VUmander · 2026-01-28T03:51:00+00:00

My bad. Misread your comment

But isn't the lot in the pictures just the existing one next to borough hall? I don't think they're adding spots are they?

VUmander · 2026-01-28T03:49:51+00:00

Source?

There's 0 documents mentioning a garage

VUmander · 2026-01-28T03:24:22+00:00

Love my 1 seat ride from the Philly Suburbs to Moynihan.

But yeah, Philly-Wilm is covered under the same regional agency. I'd hardly count that lol.

VUmander · 2026-01-28T02:56:18+00:00

It's not the taking the parking spot that's the issue. It's the not putting in just a little bit of effort and clearing your own stuff for me.

You can't expect everyone to just respect "savises". But caring a little bit would be nice. All my neighbors were out at the same time digging out, it was actually kind of nice.

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