Postcard: Philadelphia railcar 1776 at Drakes (1973)
Location: Drakes.
Archive: Henrik Boye.
Publisher: Tranitcards.com.
Date: December 1973.
City: Philadelphia (United States).
The picture shows
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)
Operational
Philadelphia railcar 1776, manufacturer Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company, type PCC, painted The Spirit of 1776.
Description
PAT #1776, Drake's Loop
(Port Authority Transit of
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania)
This early version of the PCC Car, without standee windows at Drak's Loop in December 1973.
Nearly 500 of these cars were built in the 20 or os years starting in the early 1930s
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