Philadelphia's Fairmount Park Trolley: 1896 - 1946
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Most of the map has been faded back so that the Fairmount Park trolley is more visible.
[The Fairmount Park trolley was not part of the city-wide PTC transit system. FPT was a separate, private company.]
The three mile loop through West Park -- Fairmount Park west of the Schuylkill River -- was single track.
Fairmount Park trolleys always looped West Park in a counter-clockwise direction.
The two mile spur to Parkside & Belmont Avenue, and the half mile spur over the Strawberry Mansion Bridge, were double track.
During spring summer and fall, trolleys beginning at Parkside & Belmont rounded the loop and returned to Parkside;
trolleys beginning at 33rd & Dauphin in North Philadelphia rounded the loop and returned to 33rd & Dauphin.
Only during winter months did trolleys run through from Parkside & Belmont Ave. to 33rd & Dauphin.
Fairmount Park Transit Company was under no obligation to provide service during winter months but did so anyway.
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