SEPTA announced today it has formally awarded Siemens a $118 million contract to build 13 new locomotives, for delivery in 2018. “The purchase of these new locomotives is the first of several ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The union representing SEPTA's locomotive engineers (The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen) unanimously voted to authorize a strike on Monday. BLET said they ...

Each of SEPTA's 15 locomotives ultimately will be paired with ... "One of those cars is fully complete and another one is at about 80%. Another two are coming along." The emergence of CRRC in ...

This year, Philadelphia will chip in $80.6 million in local subsidies ... these rely on a locomotive) built by Bombardier in two batches (1986 and 1999). Nearly 60 percent of SEPTA’s Regional Rail ...

RELATED: SEPTA's locomotive engineers union unanimously votes to authorize strike "We know there are some things they're not going to agree to and there's some things that we're not going to agree ...

SEPTA has announced an influx of new funding, thanks to a federal investment of $80 million unveiled on Monday afternoon. Today, @FTA_DOT announced that they’ve awarded an $80 million grant to ...

A SEPTA locomotive engineer can top out at $39 an hour, after building up 15 years of seniority. But for train engineers with four or five years' experience, a move to Amtrak can mean a pay hike ...

“The bottom line is this—SEPTA is cleaner, more reliable and we’re doing more with less.” Donald Hill is General Chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen. He said ...

Along with that money, SEPTA will receive $23 million in new money from Philadelphia and its four suburban counties for the transit agency’s immediate operating needs. Shapiro had asked local ...