SEPTA PCC Trolley Car # 2329

On Rt. 15 passing under Market Frankford Blue Line Girard Station.
12/15/07

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[redoctober90]

Do you think any of the PCC's in SEPTA's fleet were ex-Pittsburgh Railways/PATransit ones? They look like them.

[metroktransit]

That I don't know.

[italobambino43]

I do know that after the war, and as more cities were removing streetcars, Philadelphia Transit Co. was purchasing used PCC cars here and there for there fleet, as the PTC was scrapping the older Peter witts and Nearside cars and replacing them with the PCC's. Also the lines that used the older Nearside /Peter witts were also being converted to busses, they needed the extra PCC's for the subway-surface lines and the Willow Grove park line.

[italobambino43]

The design for the PCC's were just that a pattented design. Several coach makers were producing PCC's, one in particular was the St. Louis car Co. J.G. Brill was making Trolley busses at this time, but produced there version of the PCC called the "Brilliner". The Philadelphia and suburban company, or Red Arrow lines used them, Philly had a few "Brilliners" in the fleet. The PCC's were first introduced here in 1938, and more were added in 1940 pre-war, and mostly from St. Louis Car Co.

[italobambino43]

The Pcc's all looked alike, in some cities they were made to be reversable with entrances at each end, Philadelphia had the largest maker of street cars located within our city limits, The JG Brill Co. It is unlikely that anything from Pittsburgh would have been needed in our transit fleet. Although, in the mid 50's, Pittsburgh's Arden Trolley museum was quick to secure several old Peter witt and nearside streetcars, saving them from the scrap heap.

[italobambino43]

No, this intersection is at North front street and East Girard avenue, the area is called Fish town, it is basically North Philadelphia. The Rt. 15 Trolley passes under the Market-Frankford Elevated station. The Blue line or El as it is more commonly called, runs north and south along front street then on to Frankford avenue terminating at the transportation terminus up in Frankford. Which is a regional terminal serving the greater Northeast sections of city and the northern Suberbs.

[Tubes12AX7k]

Externally the Philly cars look like the Pittsburgh cars but the Philly cars are totally rebuilt with new air conditioning, new interior, and new electric components.

[Tubes12AX7k]

Actually this video shows it toward the east, closer toward the waterfront. This line runs east-west across Philly along Girard Ave.

[GeorgiaCarolina298]

Is this area West?

[amtraksonicfan171]

I love those trolleys they're awesome

[airlinephl2]

no there all ex-pcc