Tag Archives: SEPTA

Still Waiting

Posted on September 14, 2021 by Joe

This is another digital picture that I shot more than a decade ago, and another situation where I was waiting for a train. I used to rely on SEPTA’s regional railway to get to work. This was before the price … Continue reading →

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Waiting

Posted on September 12, 2021 by Joe

I shot this while waiting for the subway a little over 11 years ago and promptly forgot about it. I guess that is what happens when you shoot thousands of pictures. Most of them are forgotten including the analog shots. … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Philadelphia, Photography | Tagged 2010, black and white, cell phone zombie, commute, grimy, legs, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, SEPTA, subway, tile, transit, urban, woman | 2 Comments

Bus Stop

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Tina

Waiting for the 47 bus on a bitter cold evening.

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Somewhere in West Philadelphia

Posted on June 15, 2019 by Joe_Williams

60th Street stop to be exact. I haven’t done one of my worm’s eye view shots in a while, and I was pleased with the way this one came out.

Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Philadelphia, Photography | Tagged convergence, elevated, elevated train, Market-Frankford, perspective, Philadelphia, SEPTA | Leave a comment

52nd to 56th Street on the Market-Frankford El

Posted on April 6, 2019 by Joe_Williams

52nd Street to 56th Street on the Market-Frankford El from Joe Williams on Vimeo.

Posted in Adventures in Commuting | Tagged city, commute, Market-Frankford El, Philadelphia, SEPTA, train, urban, West Philly | 2 Comments

The Commute

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Joe_Williams

At City Hall Station waiting for the Market-Frankford El

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Broad Street Subway Substation No. 7

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Joe_Williams

I spied this hidden gem as I was walking South on Broad Street. This architectural beauty dates from 1929 and is located at 408-10 S. Juniper Street. Juniper runs parallel to Broad Street, and I shot this from a parking … Continue reading →

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Heading to 69th Street

Posted on October 26, 2018 by Joe_Williams

Heading to the 69th Street Terminal aboard the Market-Frankford Elevated Train.

Posted in Adventures in Commuting | Tagged commuter, convergence, floor, Joe Williams, Market-Frankford El, Pennsylvania, perspective, Philadelphia, SEPTA, subway, transit, Upper Darby, USA, woman | Leave a comment

View from the Broad Street Line

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Tina

City Hall visible from the stairs at the Walnut Street stop. SaveSave

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Ellsworth-Federal Stop

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Joe_Williams

What do you do when the train is late and you’re bored?

Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Looking South, Philadelphia | Tagged Broad Street Line, commute, Joe Williams, perspective, Philadelphia, photography, SEPTA, South Philly, tile, underground, urban, USA | Leave a comment

Looking South -The Forty Five

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Tina

Posted in Looking South, Philadelphia, Photography | Tagged SEPTA, South 11th Street, strap hanging | 2 Comments

The Details – Upper Darby

Posted on June 3, 2017 by Joe_Williams

Having basked in comic books and old movies my whole life, architectural details were what cities were supposed to be about. On a morning like the one above, the ornamentation would catch the light and look glorious. These details also … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Blast from the Past, Stuff Joe Likes | Tagged architecture, Delaware County, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, SEPTA, Upper Darby, USA | 2 Comments

Truck Mascot – The Imperial Edition

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Tina

This poor slob is from a movie that’s less than a year old and here he is lashed to a SEPTA service truck stopped at 11th & Wharton. Being a Stormtrooper™ has got to be a crappy job.

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Marlboro Country

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Joe_Williams

The Market-Frankford El had made an unscheduled stop along the rails due to one of those mysterious and omnipresent signal problems. Fortunately this delay afforded me the opportunity to shoot the three-dimensional cigarette sign I had always admired as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Philadelphia | Tagged cigarette advertising, cigarettes, commute, elevated, Joe Williams, Marlboro, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, SEPTA, train, USA | 2 Comments

What’s Playing at Dobbs?

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Joe_Williams

Tina shot a few frames from the corner of Broad and Locust Streets back in what may be the fall of 1981. Note the poster pasted to the pole for a show at JC Dobbs.