Philadelphia Trolley Tracks: Philadelphia Trolley Beginnings

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Philadelphia Trolley Beginnings

Extra motive power during Blizzard of 1888

"When the blizzard of 1888 came along the Philadelphia Traction Company found it necessary to double up its motive power equipment," i.e., harness four horses to a rail car rather than two.

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	"When the blizzard of 1888 came along the Philadelphia Traction Company found it necessary to double up its motive power equipment," i.e., harness four horses to a rail car rather than two.