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Philadelphia, car # 505

CityOperator/Facility#Since...Model
  PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Transportation Co.5051910American 4-axle motor car
1896American 2-axle motor car
Electric Traction Co. of Philadelphia509.1894

City:Philadelphia   United States
Operator/Facility:Philadelphia Transportation Co.
Model:American 4-axle motor car
Built:1894
Current state: Withdrawn 
Purpose:Passenger vehicle
Scrapped:1919
Class A-5 (assigned in 1910).
Closed 18' 7" body. Truck: McGuire 19A (later replaced with Bemis or Peckham). Deck roof.
American Car Co. order #88.

Rebuilt as a double-truck car for 'Pay-Within' operation beginning in 1909. Put in service in 1910.
Class A-5½ after rebuilding. Closed 24' body. Trucks: Brill 39E.

  Withdrawn

Model:American 4-axle motor car
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  1910    Rebuilt (model changed)

Model:American 2-axle motor car
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Operator/Facility:Philadelphia Transportation Co.
#:505
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  1896    Renumbered or transferred within city

Operator/Facility:Electric Traction Co. of Philadelphia
#:5
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  September 1894    Arrived at the facility


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Other vehicles with the same number:

# Model Operator/Facility Ser.# Built Scrp. Remarks
505 Brill 2-axle motor car UTC/PRT/PTC 1894 1896 ex Phila. Traction, 1101–1140
505 Haverford 2-axle motor car Phila. Traction 1894 С 1896 — UTC/PRT/PTC, 1280
5 Brill 2-axle motor car UTC/PRT/PTC 1894 1912 До 1896 — Electric Traction, 805
5 Laclede 2-axle motor car Phila. Traction 1895 1919 С 1896 — 1495
5 Brill 2-axle motor car PST 1896
5 Brill 4-axle motor car Fairmount Park 1896
5 Birney UTC/PRT/PTC 1922 12.1948
5 Brilliner PST 1940 С 30.01.1970 — SEPTA; с 1982 — Вашингтон, PA, 5
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