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EXPLORING THE COMPLEX WORLD OF HISTORIC RAILWAY PRESERVATION Three Streetcars, Three Generations
ABOVE: Two generations of streetcars meet at Altoff Siding at the Rockhill Trolley Museum in Pennsylvania. San Diego Trolley No. 1019 was built in 1982, while Johnstown Traction No. 311 was built 70 years earlier. They were in operation as part of a three-generation celebration (including a 1947 PCC) on August 22, 2015. BELOW: Philadelphia Transportation Co. PCC No. 2743 poses with a 1950 GMC fi re truck provided by Deion Miller and Curtis Jury of the Newton/Wayne Fire Department. STEVE BARRY PHOTOS
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THE ROCKHILL TROLLEY MUSEUM, located in south-central Pennsylvania, dedicated three streetcars from three different generations, placing them into the regular pool of the museum’s operating collection on August 22, 2015. The three cars have been at the museum for varying lengths of time, but each celebrated a milestone on dedication day. The oldest car of the group, Johnstown Traction No. 311, has been at Rockhill since the very beginning — it was the first car acquired by the museum in 1960. The double-truck Birney was built by Wason Manufacturing in Springfield, Mass., in 1922 and first worked
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in Bangor, Maine. It went to Johnstown in 1941 where it operated for 19 more years. The car has undergone a major overhaul over the last few years, and dedication day marked its return to service. The second car of the celebrated group is Philadelphia Transportation Co. No. 2743, a PCC built by St. Louis Car Co. in 1947 based on a 1945 design. It was one of 210 PCC cars delivered to PTC in 1947. After being transfered to SEPTA , it left the City of Brotherly Love in 1996 to go to Rockhill, painted in SEPTA’s white scheme with red and blue stripes. The car had two significant issues
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