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Haruomi_Sportsman t1_itz78xw wrote

A crane picks the train up and turns it around

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CatchMeWritinQWERTY t1_itzds38 wrote

Wow, interesting. Are you really a SEPTA expert?

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Haruomi_Sportsman t1_itzqq1p wrote

Yeah, I was a BUGCO (Big Underground Crane Operator) with SEPTA for 25 years. I was there when they finally stopped letting kids operate the crane and closed it to the public

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ntr89 t1_itzsv8d wrote

I remember that! I remember listening to a Y100 interview of a BUGCO I had no idea our city had such a large crane and we hid it

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Mysterious_Bobcat483 t1_iu0vvaf wrote

They had a working model one at the Franklin Institute but removed it after The Incident.

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urbantravelsPHL t1_itzdrui wrote

No, it's a turntable. If you've ever seen the turntables they use in San Francisco to turn the cable cars, it's like that, only really, really, really big

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randym99 t1_itzmwkv wrote

No, actually the train stands up on one end and then lays down the other way.

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