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Silverliner IV
🇺🇸 United States ·built by GE Transportation· from 1974· electric multiple unit railcar
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SEPTA GE Silverliner IV 308: Adam E. Moreira· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. SEPTA GE Silverliner IV SPAX313: Centpacrr· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. SEPTA Silverliner IV 293 at 30th Street Station: Dough4872· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Silverliner IV is the fourth-generation electric multiple unit railcar in the Silverliner family. It was designed and built by General Electric and was delivered between 1973 and 1976. It operates on the SEPTA Regional Rail network throughout Greater Philadelphia.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 52 years ago, in 1974.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 410 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 25.9 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 155: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 52 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1974
- in service from
- 1974
- status
- in service
- number built
- 232
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- GE Transportation
- operators
- Reading Company, Penn Central Transportation Company, Conrail, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
- top speed
- 161 km/h
- power
- 410 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 11-13.5 kvolt, V 25 Hz AC
- wheel arrangement
- Bo’Bo’
- formation
- Single unit/ Married pair
- length
- 25.9 m
- weight
- 54.7 t
- capacity
- 155 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q28373751, Wikipedia: Silverliner IV (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.