PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- SEPTA is feeling more pressure, this time coming from the federal government.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy was at Philadelphia International Airport to talk about the government shutdown on Friday.

While there, he addressed SEPTA's race to finish inspections of Silverliner IV rail cars by next week's deadline.

"I don't want to talk about consequences. I want action. We'll talk about what comes next," Duffy said.

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This comes as SEPTA appears likely to miss the deadline set by the Federal Rail Administration to inspect all 223 Silverliner IV rail cars by the end of the month.

The order came after a series of fires earlier this year.

As of midday Friday, 88 inspe

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