Philadelphia

Chronology

25.01.2020	PCC-II cars are completely removed from service due to corrosion issues. Route 15 is temporarily replaced with bus service effective the following day.
	All Entries

•	Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Established 1964	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Philadelphia Transportation Co. 1895 Union Traction Co. → 1902 Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. → 1940 Philadelphia Transportation Co. 1968 to Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Electric Traction Co. of Philadelphia 1893–1896. 1896 to Union Traction Co.	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Philadelphia Traction Co. 1883–1896. 1896 to Union Traction Co.	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	People's Traction Co. 1873 People's Passenger Railway Co. → 1893 People's Traction Co. 1896 to Union Traction Co.	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Hestonville Mantua & Fairmount Passenger Railroad Co. 1859–1898. 1898 to Union Traction Co.	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Lehigh Avenue Passenger Railway Co. 1873–1899. 1899 to Union Traction Co.	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Media Middletown Ashton & Chester Electric Railway Co. 1893–1906. 1906 to Philadelphia Rapid Transit	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Philadelphia Morton & Swarthmore Street Railway Co. 1899–1906. 1900 leased to Media Middletown Ashton & Chester Electric Railway	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Frankford Tacony & Holmesburg Electric Railway Co. 1890 Holmesburg Tacony & Frankford Electric Railway Co. → 1910–1926 Frankford Tacony & Holmesburg Electric Railway Co. 1926 to Philadelphia Rapid Transit	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Fairmount Park Transportation Co. 1896–1946	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Co. 1895 Philadelphia & West Chester Traction → 1936 Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Co. 1970 to Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Philadelphia & Western Railroad Co. 1907 Philadelphia & Western Railway Co. → 1946 Philadelphia & Western Railroad Co. 1954 to Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Co.	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Philadelphia Railways 1897 Southwestern Street Railway → 1911–1932 Philadelphia Railways	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	J. G. Brill Company Manufacturer	List of the models Vehicles without photos
×	Buckingham Valley Trolley Association Preservation group. 1975 ex Trolley Valhalla	List of the models Vehicles without photos
	All vehicles in the city	List of the models Vehicles without photos

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Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority 1923 Philadelphia Transportation Co. → 1968 Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

List of the models Vehicles without photos

•	Frankford Yard Market-Frankford Line	List of the models Vehicles without photos
•	Fern Rock Yard Broad Street Line	List of the models Vehicles without photos
V	Subway/elevated work cars	List of the models Vehicles without photos
M	SEPTA Transit Museum	List of the models Vehicles without photos
	All vehicles in the city	List of the models Vehicles without photos

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Southern Depot

List of the models Vehicles without photos

Maps

• Maps and Plans

City Photo Galleries

• Old Photos
• Carhouses
• City lines (SEPTA and predecessors)
• Suburban lines (SEPTA only)
• Red Arrow Lines (except former P&W)
• Philadelphia & Western Railway
• Trolleybus Lines and Infrastructure
• Company logos
• Miscellaneous photos

Building and reconstruction

• Trolley Line Construction, Chestnut Street / Clark Park

Electric transport equipment

• Boeing factory (Ridley Park)
• SEPTA controller's office

Overviews

• Tickets

Rapid Transit

• Broad Street Subway
• Market-Frankford Elevated Line
• PATCO Speedline

New Photos

All updates

Information

Sources

1. Harold E Cox. Early Electric Cars of Philadelphia, 1885-1911. Forty Fort, PA: Author, 1969.

2. Harold E Cox. Surface Cars of Philadelphia 1911-1965. Forty Fort, PA: Author, 1965.

3. Harold E Cox. Utility Cars of Philadelphia 1892-1971. Forty Fort, PA: Author, 1971.

See also: a personal site of Dr. Harold E. Cox with author’s books and car builders’ order lists: http://streetcars.telcen.com/

Video

• Philadelphia: SEPTA Subway-Surface Trolley's at 40th Street Station
• Philadelphia MFL Line Front Window View - B Skip Stops from 69th Street to Frankford
• The Subway Between Philadelphia and New Jersey (PATCO) 2022 / Метро между Филадельфией и Нью-Джерси (PATCO) 2022 г.
• Did you Know Philadelphia has Trolleybuses? 2021
• Subway Surface Trolley Line Across Philadelphia, USA
• Broad Street (Orange Line) Subway in Philadelphia, USA / Метро Брод-стрит (Оранжевая линия) в Филадельфии, США
• The Subway of Philadelphia, PA 2019 / Метро Филадельфии, Пенсильвания 2019
• Trolleybuses in Philadelphia, PA 2019
• Trains and Trolleys of Philadelphia 2019 (Transit of Philadelphia)
• SEPTA Suburban Trolleys, Routes 101 and 102
• Trackless Trolleys (Trolleybuses) in Philadelphia, USA 2017
• Трамвай и троллейбус Филадельфии в 1992 году

Active Photographers of the City

1st place: Palal — 82 photos
2nd place: Аксёнов Дмитрий — 63 photos
3rd place: Ymtram — 61 photos

Full list of photographers