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Iconic green and cream SEPTA trolleys dating back to the 1940s making their return
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Iconic green and cream SEPTA trolleys dating back to the 1940s making their return
philadelphia
By Courtney Cherry
June 12, 2024 / 11:18 AM EDT / CBS Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Get ready for a blast from the past! After undergoing years of restoration, SEPTA's vintage green and cream trolleys are making a comeback.
The 1940s-era PCC trolleys, also referred to as streetcars, will roll along Route 15 again via Girard Avenue beginning Sunday, June 16.
SEPTA began a multimillion-dollar project four years ago to restore the iconic cars. During that time, SEPTA says workers at its Woodland Shop meticulously took apart and rebuilt the trolleys piece by piece.
Officials say workers also had to, at times, reverse engineer and fabricate parts that are no longer being manufactured. They also had to contend with the COVID-19 pandemic and global supply shortages.
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Iconic green and cream SEPTA trolleys dating back to the 1940s making their return
philadelphia
By Courtney Cherry
June 12, 2024 / 11:18 AM EDT / CBS Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Get ready for a blast from the past! After undergoing years of restoration, SEPTA's vintage green and cream trolleys are making a comeback.
The 1940s-era PCC trolleys, also referred to as streetcars, will roll along Route 15 again via Girard Avenue beginning Sunday, June 16.
SEPTA began a multimillion-dollar project four years ago to restore the iconic cars. During that time, SEPTA says workers at its Woodland Shop meticulously took apart and rebuilt the trolleys piece by piece.
Officials say workers also had to, at times, reverse engineer and fabricate parts that are no longer being manufactured. They also had to contend with the COVID-19 pandemic and global supply shortages.
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Iconic green and cream SEPTA trolleys dating back to the 1940s making their return (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Jun 2024
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Quakerfriend
(5,659 posts)1. Wonderful! I would love to see them back on
Germantown Ave. all the way up to Chestnut Hill.
Squaredeal
(542 posts)2. I was very young in NYC in the 50's.
I would often ask my New Yorker parents to show me a streetcar. They couldnt.
Then one day while traveling through the city in my parents car, my father pointed out multiple tall stacks of flattened trolleys sitting inside a junk yard. I was so disappointed.
SarahD
(1,732 posts)3. Love the art deco look.
Old trains, streetcar, automobiles, etc. Pretty spiffy. Are the seams straight on my nylons?
AllaN01Bear
(23,191 posts)4. ding . ding . ding ding. now what was that song about the trolley car?