This was not the best of nights for riders of both the 36 or the Market-Frankford Night Owl...
At around 02:45, a tractor-trailer broke down on the tracks at 49 St near Paschall, blocking the 36 in both directions for nearly an hour, affecting the 8250 and 8251 blocks (car numbers unknown). The 8250 block was backed-out by a white-shirt onto Woodland Av, where it presumably went back in the tunnel and operated between Center City and 49-Woodland. The 8251 block was pretty much stuck on 49 St.
After nearly 35 minutes of trying to reach 3 different 52 buses - all of which were unavailable - the Control Center pulled 5811 off of Market-Frankford Owl/9904 block at City Hall and 5447 off of 42/9101 block at Penns Landing. Both buses were sent to 49-Woodland to run a shuttle from there to Elmwood Carhouse.
At 4:04, Control Center declared the 36 line reopened for trolley service, allowing 5447 and 5811 to return to their normal assignments. The impromtu bus-bridge wasn't the only problem encountered on the Market-Frankford Owl this morning...
Frankford 2781 block endured two separate bus swaps, delaying service. The operator was originally given 5338 at the start of his shift, but non-operating interior lights forced him to swap out with 5339, which didn't have a working horn, before finally giving him 5286, which presumably had no major defects.
But, other than that, it was a quite night in SEPTA-land...
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