Philadelphia Trolley Tracks: Good Used Cars

Philadelphia Trolley Tracks:

Good Used Cars

TTC 4750 March 1976

Toronto Transit Commission PCC 4750 being lifted from train onto flatbed truck at Penn Central Railroad's West Philadelphia freight yard at 51st Street & Columbia Avenue. This trolley would be re-numbered SEPTA 2240.

This March 1976 photo was clipped from the Philadelphia Bulletin.

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Between 1955 and 1983, used PCC cars from St. Louis, Kansas City, Birmingham and Toronto have seen use in Philadelphia.

Bulletin photo by Joseph McLaughlan; other photos by Mike Szilagyi

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	Toronto Transit Commission PCC 4750 being lifted from train onto flatbed truck at Penn Central Railroad's West Philadelphia freight yard at 51st Street & Columbia Avenue. This trolley would be re-numbered SEPTA 2240. This March 1976 photo was clipped from the Philadelphia Bulletin.