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Railfan Pictures of the Day - 08/20/2008
| Tioga Marine Terminal Port Richmond Philadelphia PA August 20 2008 |
| What is buried deep among the miscellaneous cargo at the Tioga Marine Terminal? |
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| Why, it is the SEPTA Silverliner V mockup, of course. Newly arrived aboard the Rickmers Hamburg, it was unloaded the night before, completing its more than a month journey from Korea. |
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| Wednesday morning and it is ready to move, as soon as a banner is hung on the side to proclaim the arrival of first new SEPTA Silverliner in over thirty years. |
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| But there were complications with the route this oversized load would take, so by late afternoon, it was still all dressed up but not yet cleared to go. |
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| One thing the new kid will need before its debut is a really good scrubbing to wash off 12,000 plus miles of grime, courtesy of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. |
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All pictures August 20 2008 Copyright © 2008 John P. Almeida Photographs for personal use only. All rights reserved by original owner of image. Reproduction or redistribution in any form without express written permission is prohibited. |
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