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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SEPTATrolleybus.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d4/SEPTATrolleybus.svg/100px-SEPTATrolleybus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d4/SEPTATrolleybus.svg/150px-SEPTATrolleybus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d4/SEPTATrolleybus.svg/200px-SEPTATrolleybus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Philadelphia_E40LFR_trolleybus_817.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Philadelphia_E40LFR_trolleybus_817.jpg/250px-Philadelphia_E40LFR_trolleybus_817.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Philadelphia_E40LFR_trolleybus_817.jpg/375px-Philadelphia_E40LFR_trolleybus_817.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Philadelphia_E40LFR_trolleybus_817.jpg/500px-Philadelphia_E40LFR_trolleybus_817.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1578" data-file-height="1187" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">A <a href="/wiki/New_Flyer_Industries" class="mw-redirect" title="New Flyer Industries">New Flyer</a> E40LFR en route to<br /><a href="/wiki/Frankford_Transportation_Center" title="Frankford Transportation Center">Frankford Transportation Center</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Operation</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Locale</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>,<br />United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Open</th><td class="infobox-data">October 14, 1923</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operator(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">1923–40: Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company;<br />1940–68: <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Transportation_Company" title="Philadelphia Transportation Company">Philadelphia Transportation Company</a> (PTC);<br />1968–present: <a href="/wiki/SEPTA" title="SEPTA">Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)</a>.</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Infrastructure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Railway_electrification" title="Railway electrification">Electrification</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Overhead_line#Parallel_overhead_lines" title="Overhead line">Parallel overhead lines</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_railway_electrification_systems#600_V_DC" title="List of railway electrification systems"><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7002600000000000000♠"></span>600 V DC</span></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.septa.org">http://www.septa.org</a> SEPTA</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Philadelphia <a href="/wiki/Trolleybus" title="Trolleybus">trolleybus</a> system forms part of the <a href="/wiki/Public_transportation" class="mw-redirect" title="Public transportation">public transportation</a> network serving <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, in the state of <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, United States. It opened on October 14, 1923,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMurray2000_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMurray2000-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-trolleymotion_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trolleymotion-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is now the second-longest-lived trolleybus system in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMurray20008_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMurray20008-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPriestley1988_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPriestley1988-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of only four such systems currently operating in the U.S., it presently comprises three lines and is operated by the <a href="/wiki/SEPTA" title="SEPTA">Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)</a>, with a fleet of 38 trolleybuses, or <b>trackless trolleys</b> as SEPTA calls them.<sup id="cite_ref-trolleymotion_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trolleymotion-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The three surviving routes serve <a href="/wiki/North_Philadelphia" title="North Philadelphia">North</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Philadelphia" title="Northeast Philadelphia">Northeast Philadelphia</a> and connect with SEPTA's <a href="/wiki/Market%E2%80%93Frankford_Line" title="Market–Frankford Line">Market–Frankford</a> <a href="/wiki/Rapid_transit" title="Rapid transit">rapid transit</a> line. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trolleybuses_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first <i>trackless trolley</i> (trolley bus) service in Philadelphia was operated by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which had been established in 1902<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by the merger of several then-independent transit companies operating within the city and its environs. Through a reorganization, the company became the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Transportation_Company" title="Philadelphia Transportation Company">Philadelphia Transportation Company</a> (PTC) on January 1, 1940. The PTC was transferred from private to public ownership on September 30, 1968, when SEPTA (formed in 1964) took it over.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of more than 300 trolley bus systems in operation worldwide (as of 2011),<sup id="cite_ref-janes2011_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-janes2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Philadelphia's is the second-oldest, exceeded in longevity only by that of <a href="/wiki/Trolleybuses_in_Shanghai" title="Trolleybuses in Shanghai">Shanghai</a>, China<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMurray20008_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMurray20008-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPriestley1988_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPriestley1988-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (in operation since 1914).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMurray2000_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMurray2000-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That also makes it the oldest system in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Hemisphere" title="Western Hemisphere">Western Hemisphere</a>. </p><p>The three Northeast Philadelphia trolley bus lines operating out of Frankford Depot, and the two South Philadelphia lines which operated out of Southern Depot, always existed in isolation from each other; there was never any trackless route or non-revenue 2-wire connection between those two networks. In addition, from 1941 to 1961, there were actually three disconnected trackless networks in the city, as PTC Route 61 operated out of Ridge Depot (closed on December 4, 1960)<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and did not connect with any other trackless line. (Pre-<a href="/wiki/MBTA" class="mw-redirect" title="MBTA">MBTA</a> Boston, and the former <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Transit_Commission" title="Toronto Transit Commission">Toronto</a> system, also featured two or more disconnected trolleybus networks.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century">20th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trolleybuses_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city's first trolley bus line was route 80-Oregon Avenue,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESpringirth200810,_115–127_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESpringirth200810,_115–127-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an east–west route in <a href="/wiki/South_Philadelphia" title="South Philadelphia">South Philadelphia</a> which ran from 22nd Street to Delaware Avenue, a distance of 5.6 miles (9.0 km).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Service began on October 14, 1923, with a fleet of 10 vehicles: nine 23.2-foot (7.1 m)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESpringirth200810,_115–127_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESpringirth200810,_115–127-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> built by the <a href="/wiki/J._G._Brill_Company" title="J. G. Brill Company">J. G. Brill Company</a> (a major U.S. <a href="/wiki/Streetcar" class="mw-redirect" title="Streetcar">streetcar</a> manufacturer) and called the "Rail-less Car" model, and one experimental unit built by the Commercial Truck Company (the only trolley bus ever built by that company).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A tenth Brill unit was acquired the following year. All were replaced by more modern Brill T30 trolley buses in 1935.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the opening of route 80, 18 years would pass before a second trolley bus line was opened. Route 61-Ridge Avenue became a trolley bus line on October 5, 1941, converted from streetcar operation.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESpringirth200810,_115–127_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESpringirth200810,_115–127-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was a much longer (11 miles) and more heavily used route. It ran from the <a href="/wiki/Manayunk,_Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Manayunk neighborhood</a>, in the northwest, to the <a href="/wiki/Center_City,_Philadelphia" title="Center City, Philadelphia">city center</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (locally known as Center City), and ultimately it was the only trolley bus route ever to serve Philadelphia's city center.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPriestley1988_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPriestley1988-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> PTC purchased 50 new, larger Brill trolley buses for this conversion, bought another 10 in 1942 and six vehicles from <a href="/wiki/Pullman_Company" title="Pullman Company">Pullman-Standard</a> in 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Phila_Marmon_trolleybus_loading_at_Frankford_stn,_1978.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Phila_Marmon_trolleybus_loading_at_Frankford_stn%2C_1978.jpg/220px-Phila_Marmon_trolleybus_loading_at_Frankford_stn%2C_1978.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Phila_Marmon_trolleybus_loading_at_Frankford_stn%2C_1978.jpg/330px-Phila_Marmon_trolleybus_loading_at_Frankford_stn%2C_1978.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Phila_Marmon_trolleybus_loading_at_Frankford_stn%2C_1978.jpg/440px-Phila_Marmon_trolleybus_loading_at_Frankford_stn%2C_1978.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2160" data-file-height="1290" /></a><figcaption>A 1955 Marmon-Herrington trolley bus loading on route 66 in 1978</figcaption></figure> <p>A total of five additional routes were opened later: <a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_29" title="SEPTA Route 29">29-Tasker-Morris</a> in 1947, <a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_75" title="SEPTA Route 75">75-Wyoming Avenue</a> in 1948, <a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_59" title="SEPTA Route 59">59-Castor Avenue</a> in 1950, <a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_66" title="SEPTA Route 66">66-Frankford Avenue</a> in 1955, and lastly <a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_79" title="SEPTA Route 79">79-Snyder Avenue</a> in June 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESpringirth200810,_115–127_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESpringirth200810,_115–127-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, routes 80 and 61 were converted to diesel buses in May 1960 and March 1961, respectively, so the system never had more than six routes in operation concurrently.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESpringirth200810,_115–127_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESpringirth200810,_115–127-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The conversion of route 79 may have been prompted by a desire or need by PTC to make use of some of the trolley coaches made surplus by the conversion of routes 61 and 80 to diesel buses.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The five trackless routes in place in mid-1961 continued to be served by trolley buses for the next four decades, and three remain so in 2011. The <a href="/wiki/Rush_hour" title="Rush hour">rush hour</a> service on route 66 includes several express trips, and one section of Frankford Avenue is equipped with a second set of trolleybus wires (in each direction) to enable trolley buses on express runs to pass those on local service.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPriestley1988_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPriestley1988-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (A second section of express wires, located farther out along route 66, between Ryan Street and Rhawn Street, was removed around 2007, its scheduled use having been reduced to just one trip per day by 1998.)<sup id="cite_ref-tm280_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tm280-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tm219_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tm219-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Route 66 also has <a href="/wiki/Night_bus_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Night bus service">"Night Owl"</a> (all-night) service.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_century">21st century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trolleybuses_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 21st century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Until June 2002, five SEPTA routes used trolley buses, using AM General vehicles built in 1978–79. Routes <a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_29" title="SEPTA Route 29">29</a>, <a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_59" title="SEPTA Route 59">59</a>, <a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_66" title="SEPTA Route 66">66</a>, <a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_75" title="SEPTA Route 75">75</a>, and <a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_79" title="SEPTA Route 79">79</a> used trolley buses, but were converted to diesel buses for an indefinite period starting in 2002 (routes 59, 66, 75) and 2003 (routes 29, 79). In the case of routes 59, 66 and 75, which are based at SEPTA's <a href="/wiki/Frankford,_Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Frankford</a> <a href="/wiki/Bus_garage" title="Bus garage">depot (garage)</a>, the initial reason for the conversion to buses was major reconstruction of the garage and the adjacent <a href="/wiki/Market%E2%80%93Frankford_Line" title="Market–Frankford Line">Market-Frankford "El"</a> viaduct, and construction of a new <a href="/wiki/Frankford_Transportation_Center" title="Frankford Transportation Center">Frankford Terminal</a>. That work necessitated the temporary removal of the <a href="/wiki/Overhead_lines" class="mw-redirect" title="Overhead lines">overhead trolley wires</a> used by trolley buses both at the garage and along the <a href="/wiki/Dead_mileage" title="Dead mileage">deadhead</a> route (running along Frankford Avenue, directly beneath the El viaduct) connecting routes 59 and 75 to the garage. Other reasons prompted the suspension of trolley bus service on routes 29 and 79, in 2003. At the time, the cessation of trolley bus service was expected to be permanent;<sup id="cite_ref-tm252_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tm252-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the 110 <a href="/wiki/AM_General" title="AM General">AM General</a> vehicles that had provided service on SEPTA's then-five trolley bus routes never returned to service<sup id="cite_ref-tm270_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tm270-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (and all were scrapped in 2006).<sup id="cite_ref-tm273_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tm273-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, in early 2004 SEPTA began to consider reinstating trolley bus service at Frankford Division after the authority was informed that it would be required to repay some <a href="/wiki/Federal_Transit_Administration" title="Federal Transit Administration">Federal Transit Administration</a> (FTA) funds used in the 2002–2006 renovation of that garage (including renewal of the yard wires) and the adjacent route 66 terminal if trolley bus service did not resume.<sup id="cite_ref-tm255_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tm255-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In early 2006, the authority ordered 38 new <a href="/wiki/New_Flyer_Industries" class="mw-redirect" title="New Flyer Industries">New Flyer</a> <a href="/wiki/Low-floor_bus" title="Low-floor bus">low-floor</a> trolley buses, enough for routes 59, 66 and 75.<sup id="cite_ref-tm280_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tm280-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2006, the SEPTA board voted not to order additional vehicles for routes 29 and 79, and those routes became permanently operated with diesel buses.<sup id="cite_ref-tm271_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tm271-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, electric propulsion on these routes was expected to be resurrected upon the delivery of 25 new <a href="/wiki/Battery_electric_bus" title="Battery electric bus">battery electric buses</a> in 2017 using an FTA grant.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The pilot new low-floor trolley bus arrived in June 2007, for testing,<sup id="cite_ref-tm275_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tm275-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but not in passenger service. The production-series vehicles were delivered in 2008 and began to enter service in April, enabling a resumption of trolley bus service in Philadelphia after a suspension of nearly 5 years. Trolley bus service resumed on routes 66 and 75 on April 14, 2008, and on route 59 the following day, but it was initially limited to just one or two vehicles on each route, as new trolley buses gradually replaced the motor buses serving the routes over a period of several weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-tm280_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tm280-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2023, the system became only the second trolley bus system in world history to reach 100 years of age, after the <a href="/wiki/Trolleybuses_in_Shanghai" title="Trolleybuses in Shanghai">system in Shanghai, China</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tm373_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tm373-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Routes">Routes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trolleybuses_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Routes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current">Current</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trolleybuses_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Current"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Trolley buses currently still operate on only the following three SEPTA routes:<sup id="cite_ref-trolleymotion_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trolleymotion-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_59" title="SEPTA Route 59">Route 59</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arrott_Transportation_Center_(SEPTA_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arrott Transportation Center (SEPTA station)">Arrott Transportation Center Station</a> – Oxford Avenue – Castor Avenue – Bells Corner, <a href="/wiki/Rhawnhurst,_Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhawnhurst, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Rhawnhurst</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_66" title="SEPTA Route 66">Route 66</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frankford_Transportation_Center" title="Frankford Transportation Center">Frankford Transportation Center</a> – Frankford Avenue – Gregg Loop, <a href="/wiki/Holmesburg,_Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Holmesburg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Holmesburg</a> – City Line Loop, <a href="/wiki/Torresdale,_Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Torresdale, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Torresdale</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_75" title="SEPTA Route 75">Route 75</a></b></td> <td>Arrott Terminal Station – Wyoming Avenue – <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Junction_station" title="Wayne Junction station">Wayne Junction</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicetown,_Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicetown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Nicetown</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former">Former</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trolleybuses_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Former"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_29" title="SEPTA Route 29">Route 29</a></td> <td>33rd & Dickinson – Water Street via Tasker Street (eastbound) and Morris Street (westbound) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_61" class="mw-redirect" title="SEPTA Route 61">Route 61</a></td> <td>Container Loop to 8th & Walnut via Ridge Avenue, <a href="/wiki/Manayunk,_Philadelphia" title="Manayunk, Philadelphia">Manayunk</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_79" title="SEPTA Route 79">Route 79</a></td> <td>Delaware Avenue – 29th Street via Snyder Avenue </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_80" class="mw-redirect" title="SEPTA Route 80">Route 80</a></td> <td>Front & Oregon to 22nd & Passyunk via Oregon Avenue </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fleet">Fleet</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trolleybuses_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Fleet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#E0E0E0;"> <th>Fleet numbers</th> <th>Quantity</th> <th>Year built</th> <th>Manufacturer</th> <th>Model No.</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>51–59</td> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">00</span>9</td> <td>1923</td> <td><a href="/wiki/J._G._Brill_Company" title="J. G. Brill Company">Brill</a></td> <td>Rail-Less Car</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>60</td> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">00</span>1</td> <td>1923</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trackless_Trolley_Corporation_of_NY&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trackless Trolley Corporation of NY (page does not exist)">Berg</a></td> <td>B4</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>61</td> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">00</span>1</td> <td>1923</td> <td><a href="/wiki/J._G._Brill_Company" title="J. G. Brill Company">Brill</a></td> <td>Rail-Less Car</td> <td>demonstrator purchased in 1924; originally built for <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a> <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Street_Railways" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Street Railways">Department of Street Railways</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>71–78</td> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">00</span>8</td> <td>1935</td> <td><a href="/wiki/J._G._Brill_Company" title="J. G. Brill Company">Brill</a></td> <td>T-30</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>101–150</td> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>50</td> <td>1941</td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Car_and_Foundry_Company" title="American Car and Foundry Company">ACF</a>-Brill</td> <td>40-SMT</td> <td>serial numbers 691–740 </td></tr> <tr> <td>151–160</td> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>10</td> <td>1942</td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Car_and_Foundry_Company" title="American Car and Foundry Company">ACF</a>-Brill</td> <td>40-SMT</td> <td>serial numbers 752–761 </td></tr> <tr> <td>191–196</td> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">00</span>6</td> <td>1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pullman_Company" title="Pullman Company">Pullman-Standard</a></td> <td>41-CS-100-44CX</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>201–265</td> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>65</td> <td>1947–48</td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Car_and_Foundry_Company" title="American Car and Foundry Company">ACF</a>-Brill</td> <td>TC-44</td> <td>serial numbers 423–487 </td></tr> <tr> <td>301–343</td> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>43</td> <td>1955</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marmon-Herrington" title="Marmon-Herrington">Marmon-Herrington</a></td> <td>TC-49</td> <td>last American trolleybuses built by M-H; serial numbers 15467–509 </td></tr> <tr> <td>471–498</td> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>28</td> <td>1949</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marmon-Herrington" title="Marmon-Herrington">Marmon-Herrington</a></td> <td>TC-46</td> <td>serial numbers 10777/804–830 </td></tr> <tr> <td>800–909</td> <td>110</td> <td>1979–80</td> <td><a href="/wiki/AM_General" title="AM General">AM General</a></td> <td>10240-E</td> <td>800–09 lift-equipped; serial numbers SC123.0210–219/110–209 </td></tr> <tr> <td>800–837</td> <td><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>38</td> <td>2007–08</td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Flyer_Industries" class="mw-redirect" title="New Flyer Industries">New Flyer</a></td> <td>E40LFR</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Low_floor_bus" class="mw-redirect" title="Low floor bus">low floor buses</a> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Past_fleet,_through_the_1970s"><span id="Past_fleet.2C_through_the_1970s"></span>Past fleet, through the 1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trolleybuses_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Past fleet, through the 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Philadelphia's first trackless trolleys were supplied by the <a href="/wiki/J._G._Brill_Company" title="J. G. Brill Company">J. G. Brill Company</a> in 1923. Brill was based in Philadelphia, but was one of the largest manufacturers of trolley <i>cars</i> (streetcars, or trams) in the world from the 1890s to the 1920s (last making streetcars in 1941),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMiddleton1967420-421_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMiddleton1967420-421-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and produced trolley buses from 1921 to 1954.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMurray2000_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMurray2000-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1973127-144_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1973127-144-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Philadelphia purchased more trolley buses from Brill than from any other manufacturer, a total of 133.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216_5-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, vehicles were also purchased from other builders, most notably <a href="/wiki/Marmon-Herrington" title="Marmon-Herrington">Marmon-Herrington</a> (71 units) and <a href="/wiki/AM_General" title="AM General">AM General</a> (110).<sup id="cite_ref-philadelphia_list_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-philadelphia_list-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Philadelphia_ACF-Brill_trolleybus_215_on_route_79_in_1978.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Philadelphia_ACF-Brill_trolleybus_215_on_route_79_in_1978.jpg/220px-Philadelphia_ACF-Brill_trolleybus_215_on_route_79_in_1978.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Philadelphia_ACF-Brill_trolleybus_215_on_route_79_in_1978.jpg/330px-Philadelphia_ACF-Brill_trolleybus_215_on_route_79_in_1978.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Philadelphia_ACF-Brill_trolleybus_215_on_route_79_in_1978.jpg/440px-Philadelphia_ACF-Brill_trolleybus_215_on_route_79_in_1978.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="904" /></a><figcaption>Already 31 years old at the time, ACF-Brill TC44 trolley bus 215 turning at the east end of route 79 in 1978</figcaption></figure> <p>The original fleet of ten 23-foot-2-inch (7.06 m) Brill "Rail-less Cars" of 1923–24 was replaced in 1935 by eight Brill T30 vehicles, another short vehicle. With the conversion of the major Ridge Avenue route (61) to trolley buses in 1941, Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) again turned to Brill for the needed additional vehicles. PTC purchased 60 Brill trolley coaches (as such vehicles were then commonly called in the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1973127-144_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1973127-144-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) in 1941–42, this time of the larger model 40SMT that the manufacturer had introduced in 1938. In 1944, six new trolley coaches were purchased from <a href="/wiki/Pullman_Company" title="Pullman Company">Pullman-Standard</a>, but that small batch was not followed by any other purchases from Pullman.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216_5-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1947, PTC purchased another 65 Brill vehicles, these being ACF-Brill model TC44, Brill having merged in 1944 with <a href="/wiki/American_Car_and_Foundry_Company" title="American Car and Foundry Company">American Car and Foundry Company</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1973127-144_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1973127-144-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of these 1947 TC44 trolley buses remained in service on the Philadelphia system as late as 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESpringirth200810,_115–127_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESpringirth200810,_115–127-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The next purchases were from the <a href="/wiki/Marmon-Herrington" title="Marmon-Herrington">Marmon-Herrington Company</a>. PTC brought 28 of that builder's model TC46 in 1949 and then 43 of the larger model TC49 in 1955. These were the last trolley buses acquired for more than two decades. Most of the older, pre-war trolley buses were scrapped in the 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216_5-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> SEPTA took over the transit system in 1968, and by the 1970s the normal operating practice was for the Brill TC44 trolley buses to be used on the two <a href="/wiki/South_Philadelphia" title="South Philadelphia">South Philadelphia</a> routes, 29 and 79,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESpringirth200810,_115–127_8-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESpringirth200810,_115–127-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Marmon-Herrington vehicles to be used on the three <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Philadelphia" title="Northeast Philadelphia">Northeast Philadelphia</a> routes, 59, 66 and 75. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-1970s">Post-1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trolleybuses_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Post-1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SEPTA_AM_General_trolleybus_893_in_1987.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/SEPTA_AM_General_trolleybus_893_in_1987.jpg/220px-SEPTA_AM_General_trolleybus_893_in_1987.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/SEPTA_AM_General_trolleybus_893_in_1987.jpg/330px-SEPTA_AM_General_trolleybus_893_in_1987.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/SEPTA_AM_General_trolleybus_893_in_1987.jpg/440px-SEPTA_AM_General_trolleybus_893_in_1987.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="757" /></a><figcaption>SEPTA <a href="/wiki/AM_General" title="AM General">AM General</a> trolley bus 893 on Frankford Avenue in 1987</figcaption></figure> <p>In the late 1970s, SEPTA partnered with <a href="/wiki/Trolleybuses_in_Seattle" title="Trolleybuses in Seattle">Seattle's trolley bus system</a> to place a joint order with <a href="/wiki/AM_General" title="AM General">AM General</a> for new trolley buses,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPriestley1988_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPriestley1988-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 110 for Philadelphia and 109 for Seattle. Numbered 800–909 in SEPTA's fleet,<sup id="cite_ref-tm270_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tm270-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> these 40-foot (12 m) vehicles were model 10240T, but had the same body style as <a href="/wiki/New_Flyer_Industries" class="mw-redirect" title="New Flyer Industries">Flyer Industries'</a> model <a href="/wiki/Flyer_700/800/900_series" title="Flyer 700/800/900 series">E800</a>, used on several other U.S. and Canadian trolley bus systems from the 1980s to the 2000s, because the two manufacturers had worked together on the body design.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStauss198820-22_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStauss198820-22-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These 219 vehicles were the only trolley buses AM General ever built.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMurray2000_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMurray2000-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first one built, SEPTA's No. 800, was tested on the <a href="/wiki/Trolleybuses_in_Dayton" title="Trolleybuses in Dayton">Dayton trolley bus system</a> in fall 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStauss198820-22_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStauss198820-22-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remainder of SEPTA's 110 units were built in 1979, and they arrived and entered service in 1980. They were the system's first <a href="/wiki/Air_conditioning" title="Air conditioning">air-conditioned</a> trolley buses. The last active Brill and Marmon-Herrington trolley buses were retired in 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESpringirth200810,_115–127_8-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESpringirth200810,_115–127-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Because of service reductions in the 1980s and 1990s, the number of trolley buses needed for scheduled peak-period service on the five routes had declined to only 51 (plus spares) by at least the mid-1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-tm204_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tm204-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Forty-four of the 110 AM Generals were placed in storage and later used for parts; in 2002, these were sold for scrap.<sup id="cite_ref-tm243_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tm243-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remaining 66 were placed in storage when all five routes were converted temporarily to diesel buses in 2002 and 2003. That conversion was later made permanent for routes 29 and 79.<sup id="cite_ref-tm271_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tm271-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The stored AM General trolley buses, which were already 24 years old by 2003, did not return to service and were scrapped in mid-2006, but earlier the same year, SEPTA placed an order with New Flyer Industries for 38 new low-floor trolley buses. Philadelphia's AM General trolley buses operated in service for the last time on June 30, 2003, the last day of trolley bus service on route 79.<sup id="cite_ref-tm267_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tm267-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were the last AMG-built trackless trolleys in service anywhere, because the only other transit system to use such vehicles, Seattle, retired its last AM Generals in March 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-tm250_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tm250-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the 38 new vehicles from New Flyer, SEPTA reused the same fleet-number series as had been used for the AM Generals; the Flyers are numbered 800–837.<sup id="cite_ref-tm270_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tm270-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_fleet">Current fleet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trolleybuses_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Current fleet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SEPTA_New_Flyer_trolleybus_at_west_end_of_route_75,_on_Windrim_Ave,_in_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/SEPTA_New_Flyer_trolleybus_at_west_end_of_route_75%2C_on_Windrim_Ave%2C_in_2011.jpg/220px-SEPTA_New_Flyer_trolleybus_at_west_end_of_route_75%2C_on_Windrim_Ave%2C_in_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/SEPTA_New_Flyer_trolleybus_at_west_end_of_route_75%2C_on_Windrim_Ave%2C_in_2011.jpg/330px-SEPTA_New_Flyer_trolleybus_at_west_end_of_route_75%2C_on_Windrim_Ave%2C_in_2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/SEPTA_New_Flyer_trolleybus_at_west_end_of_route_75%2C_on_Windrim_Ave%2C_in_2011.jpg/440px-SEPTA_New_Flyer_trolleybus_at_west_end_of_route_75%2C_on_Windrim_Ave%2C_in_2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="690" /></a><figcaption>A New Flyer E40LFR from the current fleet at the west end of route 75</figcaption></figure> <p>The present Philadelphia trackless trolley fleet consists of 38 conventional-configuration (two-axle) trolley buses:<sup id="cite_ref-philadelphia_list_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-philadelphia_list-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#E0E0E0;"> <th>Fleet numbers</th> <th>Quantity</th> <th>Year built</th> <th>Manufacturer</th> <th>Electrical<br />equipment</th> <th>Model No.</th> <th>Configuration </th></tr> <tr> <td>800–837</td> <td>38</td> <td>2007–2008</td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Flyer_Industries" class="mw-redirect" title="New Flyer Industries">New Flyer</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vossloh_Kiepe" class="mw-redirect" title="Vossloh Kiepe">Vossloh Kiepe</a></td> <td>E40LFR</td> <td>Standard (two-axle), low-floor </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>SEPTA placed its order for these trolley buses in February 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-tm267_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tm267-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first vehicle was delivered in June 2007, and the remaining 37 were received by SEPTA during 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-tm282_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tm282-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These trolley buses have a diesel-driven <a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_power_unit" title="Auxiliary power unit">auxiliary power unit</a>, which provides electric power to the motors to enable limited operation away from <a href="/wiki/Overhead_lines" class="mw-redirect" title="Overhead lines">overhead trolley wires</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Preserved_vehicles">Preserved vehicles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trolleybuses_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Preserved vehicles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A few retired Philadelphia trolley buses have been saved for historical preservation, including at public museums. 1947-built <a href="/wiki/J._G._Brill_Company" title="J. G. Brill Company">ACF-Brills</a> 205 and 210 were acquired by the <a href="/wiki/Shore_Line_Trolley_Museum" title="Shore Line Trolley Museum">Shore Line Trolley Museum</a> in 1981, when withdrawn from service in Philadelphia. Number 205 is in operating condition, and in 2009 it became the first trolley bus ever to operate at the museum (powered normally, from <a href="/wiki/Overhead_lines" class="mw-redirect" title="Overhead lines">overhead wires</a>), when it tested the first section of a short trolley bus line that is under construction there.<sup id="cite_ref-tm295_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tm295-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Seashore_Trolley_Museum" title="Seashore Trolley Museum">Seashore Trolley Museum</a>'s collection includes ex-Philadelphia trolley bus 336, a 1955 <a href="/wiki/Marmon-Herrington" title="Marmon-Herrington">Marmon-Herrington</a> TC49;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMurray2000_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMurray2000-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-seashore_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seashore-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it is not currently in operating condition. A few other ex-Philadelphia ACF-Brill and Marmon-Herrington trolley buses have been saved by private individuals, including one Marmon TC46.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMurray2000_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMurray2000-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No other types of Philadelphia trolley buses, such as AM Generals or earlier types of Brill vehicles, have been preserved.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMurray2000_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMurray2000-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trolleybuses_in_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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TrolleyMotion. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://old.trolleymotion.eu/index.php?L=3&id=37&sy_ID=350">the original</a> on January 5, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 10,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Trolleybus+city%3A+Philadelphia+%28USA%29&rft.pub=TrolleyMotion&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fold.trolleymotion.eu%2Findex.php%3FL%3D3%26id%3D37%26sy_ID%3D350&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrolleybuses+in+Philadelphia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMurray20008-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMurray20008_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMurray20008_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMurray2000">Murray (2000)</a>, p. 8.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPriestley1988-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPriestley1988_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPriestley1988_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPriestley1988_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPriestley1988_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPriestley1988_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPriestley1988">Priestley (1988)</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216_5-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216_5-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216_5-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216_5-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216_5-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216_5-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216_5-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1974209-216_5-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSebreeWard1974">Sebree & Ward (1974)</a>, p. 209-216.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hsp.org/blogs/fondly-pennsylvania/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-philadelphia-rapid-transit-company">"The Rise and Fall of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company"</a>. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. December 7, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 30,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Rise+and+Fall+of+the+Philadelphia+Rapid+Transit+Company&rft.pub=Historical+Society+of+Pennsylvania&rft.date=2012-12-07&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fhsp.org%2Fblogs%2Ffondly-pennsylvania%2Fthe-rise-and-fall-of-the-philadelphia-rapid-transit-company&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrolleybuses+in+Philadelphia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-janes2011-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-janes2011_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Webb, Mary (ed.) (2011). <i>Jane's Urban Transport Systems 2011-2012</i>, pp. "[23]" and "[24]" (in foreword). Coulsdon, Surrey (UK): <a href="/wiki/Jane%27s_Information_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Jane's Information Group">Jane's Information Group</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7106-2954-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7106-2954-8">978-0-7106-2954-8</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESpringirth200810,_115–127-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESpringirth200810,_115–127_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESpringirth200810,_115–127_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESpringirth200810,_115–127_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESpringirth200810,_115–127_8-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESpringirth200810,_115–127_8-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESpringirth200810,_115–127_8-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESpringirth200810,_115–127_8-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESpringirth200810,_115–127_8-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSpringirth2008">Springirth (2008)</a>, p. 10, 115–127.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tm280-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-tm280_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tm280_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tm280_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Trolleybus Magazine</i> No. 280 (July–August 2008), p. 95. National Trolleybus Association (UK). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:0266-7452">0266-7452</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tm219-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-tm219_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Trolleybus Magazine</i> No. 219 (May–June 1998), p. 69. National Trolleybus Association (UK).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.septa.org/schedules/bus/pdf/066.pdf">Route 66 schedule</a> effective September 4, 2011. 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National Trolleybus Association (UK).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tm255-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-tm255_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Trolleybus Magazine</i> No. 255 (May–June 2004), p. 74. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tm271-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-tm271_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tm271_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716090451/http://www.trolleybus.co.uk/nta/issue271.pdf">"Trolleynews"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Trolleybus Magazine</i>. <b>43</b> (271). UK: 23. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 12,</span> 2010</span>. <q>As a result, the 'indefinite suspension' of trolleybus operation of routes 29 and 79 is now a permanent closure, ...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Trolleybus+Magazine&rft.atitle=Trolleynews&rft.volume=43&rft.issue=271&rft.pages=23&rft.date=2007-01%2F2007-02&rft.issn=0266-7452&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trolleybus.co.uk%2Fnta%2Fissue271.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrolleybuses+in+Philadelphia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLaughlin2016" class="citation news cs1">Laughlin, Jason (April 20, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20160420_SEPTA_to_add_25_electric_buses_next_year.html">"SEPTA to add 25 electric buses next year"</a>. <i>Philadelphia Inquirer</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 30,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Philadelphia+Inquirer&rft.atitle=SEPTA+to+add+25+electric+buses+next+year&rft.date=2016-04-20&rft.aulast=Laughlin&rft.aufirst=Jason&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20160420_SEPTA_to_add_25_electric_buses_next_year.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrolleybuses+in+Philadelphia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tm275-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-tm275_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Trolleybus Magazine</i> No. 275 (September–October 2007), p. 119.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tm373-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-tm373_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Trolleybus Magazine</i> No. 373 (January–February 2024), p. 41. National Trolleybus Association (UK). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:0266-7452">0266-7452</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWright" class="citation web cs1">Wright, Bob. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/SEPTA_Trackless_Trolley_Lines">"SEPTA Trackless Trolley Lines"</a>. nycsubway.org<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 2,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=SEPTA+Trackless+Trolley+Lines&rft.pub=nycsubway.org&rft.aulast=Wright&rft.aufirst=Bob&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nycsubway.org%2Fwiki%2FSEPTA_Trackless_Trolley_Lines&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrolleybuses+in+Philadelphia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGreene2001" class="citation web cs1">Greene, Michael (July 18, 2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.angelfire.com/pa4/septabus/rosters/etb.html">"SEPTA All-Time Trackless Trolley Roster"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 2,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=SEPTA+All-Time+Trackless+Trolley+Roster&rft.date=2001-07-18&rft.aulast=Greene&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.angelfire.com%2Fpa4%2Fseptabus%2Frosters%2Fetb.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrolleybuses+in+Philadelphia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMiddleton1967420-421-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMiddleton1967420-421_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMiddleton1967">Middleton (1967)</a>, p. 420-421.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1973127-144-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1973127-144_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1973127-144_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebreeWard1973127-144_23-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSebreeWard1973">Sebree & Ward (1973)</a>, p. 127-144.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-philadelphia_list-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-philadelphia_list_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-philadelphia_list_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://transphoto.ru/list.php?t=2&cid=1066">"Vehicles list: Philadelphia, trolleybus"</a>. 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West Trenton, NJ: <a href="/wiki/Motor_Bus_Society" title="Motor Bus Society">Motor Bus Society</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tm204-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-tm204_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Trolleybus Magazine (TM)</i> No. 204 (November–December 1995), p. 164.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tm243-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-tm243_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>TM</i> No. 243 (May–June 2002), pp. 70–71.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tm267-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-tm267_29-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tm267_29-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>TM</i> No. 267 (May–June 2006), p. 71.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tm250-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-tm250_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>TM</i> No. 250 (July–August 2003), p. 95.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tm282-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-tm282_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>TM</i> No. 282 (November–December 2008), p. 140.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tm295-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-tm295_32-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>TM</i> No. 295 (January–February 2011), p. 11.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-seashore-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-seashore_33-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.trolleymuseum.org/collection/browse.php?id=00336TPA">"SEPTA 336"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Seashore_Trolley_Museum" title="Seashore Trolley Museum">Seashore Trolley Museum</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Los Angeles: <a href="/wiki/Interurban_Press" title="Interurban Press">Interurban Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/74-20367">74-20367</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Trolley+Coach+in+North+America&rft.place=Los+Angeles&rft.pub=Interurban+Press&rft.date=1974&rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F74-20367&rft.aulast=Sebree&rft.aufirst=Mac&rft.au=Ward%2C+Paul&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATrolleybuses+in+Philadelphia" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSpringirth2008" class="citation book cs1">Springirth, Kenneth C. (September 2008). <i>Southeastern Pennsylvania Trolleys</i>. 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23">23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_50_(trolley)" title="SEPTA Route 50 (trolley)">50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_53" title="SEPTA Route 53">53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_56" title="SEPTA Route 56">56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_60" title="SEPTA Route 60">60</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Proposed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roosevelt_Boulevard_Subway" title="Roosevelt Boulevard Subway">Roosevelt Boulevard Subway</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_SEPTA_Metro_stations" title="List of SEPTA Metro stations">List of stations</a></li> <li>Major stations <ul><li><a href="/wiki/69th_Street_Transportation_Center" title="69th Street Transportation Center">69th Street T.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darby_Transportation_Center" title="Darby Transportation Center">Darby T.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drexel_Station_at_30th_Street" title="Drexel Station at 30th Street">Drexel Station at 30th Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fern_Rock_Transportation_Center" title="Fern Rock Transportation Center">Fern Rock T.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankford_Transportation_Center" title="Frankford Transportation Center">Frankford T.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norristown_Transportation_Center" title="Norristown Transportation Center">Norristown T.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olney_Transportation_Center" title="Olney Transportation Center">Olney T.C.</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Equipment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kawasaki_Type_K_LRV" title="Kawasaki Type K LRV">Kawasaki Type K LRV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SEPTA_PCC_III" title="SEPTA PCC III">SEPTA PCC III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broad_Street_Line#Rolling_stock" title="Broad Street Line">B-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Market%E2%80%93Frankford_Line#Rolling_stock" title="Market–Frankford Line">M-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norristown_High_Speed_Line" title="Norristown High Speed Line">N-5</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Regional_Rail" title="SEPTA Regional Rail">Regional Rail</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span style="color:inherit;background-color:#934e6f;border:1px solid #000">    </span> <a href="/wiki/Airport_Line_(SEPTA)" title="Airport Line (SEPTA)">Airport Line</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="color:inherit;background-color:#98783b;border:1px solid #000">    </span> <a href="/wiki/Chestnut_Hill_East_Line" title="Chestnut Hill East Line">Chestnut Hill East Line</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="color:inherit;background-color:#00bbb3;border:1px solid #000">    </span> <a href="/wiki/Chestnut_Hill_West_Line" title="Chestnut Hill West Line">Chestnut Hill West Line</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="color:inherit;background-color:#775ca7;border:1px solid #000">    </span> <a href="/wiki/Cynwyd_Line" title="Cynwyd Line">Cynwyd Line</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="color:inherit;background-color:#ff8942;border:1px solid #000">    </span> <a href="/wiki/Fox_Chase_Line" title="Fox Chase Line">Fox Chase Line</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="color:inherit;background-color:#9e9ed4;border:1px solid #000">    </span> <a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Main_Line" title="SEPTA Main Line">Glenside Combined</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="color:inherit;background-color:#7c5e4a;border:1px solid #000">    </span> <a href="/wiki/Lansdale/Doylestown_Line" title="Lansdale/Doylestown Line">Lansdale/Doylestown Line</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="color:inherit;background-color:#ee5067;border:1px solid #000">    </span> <a href="/wiki/Manayunk/Norristown_Line" title="Manayunk/Norristown Line">Manayunk/Norristown Line</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="color:inherit;background-color:#0081c5;border:1px solid #000">    </span> <a href="/wiki/Media/Wawa_Line" title="Media/Wawa Line">Media/Wawa Line</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="color:inherit;background-color:#238359;border:1px solid #000">    </span> <a href="/wiki/Paoli/Thorndale_Line" title="Paoli/Thorndale Line">Paoli/Thorndale Line</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="color:inherit;background-color:#f686c3;border:1px solid #000">    </span> <a href="/wiki/Trenton_Line" title="Trenton Line">Trenton Line</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="color:inherit;background-color:#ffd457;border:1px solid #000">    </span> <a href="/wiki/Warminster_Line" title="Warminster Line">Warminster Line</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="color:inherit;background-color:#233e99;border:1px solid #000">    </span> <a href="/wiki/West_Trenton_Line" title="West Trenton Line">West Trenton Line</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="color:inherit;background-color:#8ed16a;border:1px solid #000">    </span> <a href="/wiki/Wilmington/Newark_Line" title="Wilmington/Newark Line">Wilmington/Newark Line</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bethlehem_Line" title="Bethlehem Line">Bethlehem Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynwyd_Line" title="Cynwyd Line">Cynwyd-Ivy Ridge service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media/Wawa_Line" title="Media/Wawa Line">Elwyn-West Chester service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Chase_Line" title="Fox Chase Line">Fox Chase-Newtown service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pottsville_Line" title="Pottsville Line">Pottsville Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paoli/Thorndale_Line" title="Paoli/Thorndale Line">Thorndale-Parkesburg service</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Proposed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Schuylkill_River_Passenger_Rail" title="Schuylkill River Passenger Rail">Schuylkill River Passenger Rail</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_SEPTA_Regional_Rail_stations" title="List of SEPTA Regional Rail stations">List of current stations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_SEPTA_Regional_Rail_stations" title="List of former SEPTA Regional Rail stations">List of former stations</a></li> <li>Major stations <ul><li><a href="/wiki/30th_Street_Station" title="30th Street Station">30th Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suburban_Station" title="Suburban Station">Suburban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Station_(SEPTA)" title="Jefferson Station (SEPTA)">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_University_station" title="Temple University station">Temple University</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Template:SEPTA_rolling_stock_timeline" title="Template:SEPTA rolling stock timeline">Equipment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Siemens_ACS-64" title="Siemens ACS-64">Siemens ACS-64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_(railcar)" title="Comet (railcar)">Comet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silverliner" title="Silverliner">Silverliner</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Silverliner_IV" title="Silverliner IV">Silverliner IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silverliner_V" title="Silverliner V">Silverliner V</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ABB_ALP-44" title="ABB ALP-44">ABB ALP-44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EMD_AEM-7" title="EMD AEM-7">EMD AEM-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silverliner" title="Silverliner">Silverliner</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pioneer_III" title="Pioneer III">Silverliner I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budd_Silverliner" 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