Built 1948.
Served Philadelphia 1948-89.
Purchased by Muni 1992.
Exterior paint design: Cincinnati.
This streetcar is painted to honor Cincinnati, which ran PCC streetcars from 1939 to 1951. Cincinnati was exceptional in requiring two overhead wires for streetcars, one to supply electrical power, the other to provide a ground and complete the circuit.
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Very very very very nice!!!!!!!!!!
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