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Philadelphia, car # 569

CityOperator/Facility#Since...To...ModelRemarks
  PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Transportation Co.569191008.1920American 4-axle motor car08.1920 to Tulsa Street Railway Co. (Oklahoma)
1896 American 2-axle motor car 
Electric Traction Co. of Philadelphia6909.1894  

City:Philadelphia   United States
Operator/Facility:Philadelphia Transportation Co.
Model:American 4-axle motor car
Built:1894
Current state: Transferred to another city 
Purpose:Passenger vehicle
Remarks:08.1920 to Tulsa Street Railway Co. (Oklahoma)
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 (had Brill Radiax truck briefly after rebuilding).

  August 1920    Transferred to another city

Model:American 4-axle motor car
Remarks:08.1920 to Tulsa Street Railway Co. (Oklahoma)
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  1910    Rebuilt (model changed)

Model:American 2-axle motor car
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Operator/Facility:Philadelphia Transportation Co.
#:569
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  1896    Renumbered or transferred within city

Operator/Facility:Electric Traction Co. of Philadelphia
#:69
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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
569 Barney & Smith 2-axle motor car UTC/PRT/PTC 1894 1912 До 1897 — 469
69 American 2-axle motor car UTC/PRT/PTC 1894 1912 До 1896 — Electric Traction, 869
69 Laclede 2-axle motor car Phila. Traction 1895 1912 С 1896 — 969
69 Brill 4-axle motor car PST 1926 1949
69 Brill "Strafford car" Phila. & Western 1929 С 1935 — 160; с 1954 — PST; с 30.01.1970 — SEPTA


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