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On Monday, the union representing the engineers that operate SEPTA's Regional Rail commuter service voted to grant its president the authority to call a strike. "A newly promoted engineer on SEPTA is ...

There’s a certain way to jump off a 1,200-ton moving train, and Tori Wiese knows exactly how to do it. In fact, Wiese makes such a dismount look easy. That’s because she’s had plenty of practice.