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A white streetcar with a red and blue stripe, signed 23 Chestnut Hill, rounds a corner on a street of brick rowhouses under overhead wires, with cars parked along the curbs. — Download original ↓

1958 · 16th and Bigler, Philadelphia, PA

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority streetcar 2158 on Route 23 to Chestnut Hill, likely at 16th & Bigler, 1958.

Date: 1958
Location: 16th and Bigler, Philadelphia, PA
Vehicle: PCC streetcar
Operator: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Equipment: St. Louis Car PCC
Fleet numbers: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority 2158

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