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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is recommending that SEPTA suspend and replace more than half of its Regional Rail fleet following multiple train fires throughout the Pennsylvania region this year. The five fires all included Silverliner IV railcars, the NTSB revealed in a report on Wednesday, Oct. 1.

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The first incident occurred on Feb. 6, 2025, shortly before 6 p.m. when a SEPTA train caught fire as it departed the Crum Lynne Station in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania. The train consisted of six Silverliner IV railcars.

“About 2 hours before the fire, the operator reported to a dispatcher that the train was sluggish and that the fault light—an indicator similar to the chec

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