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May 23, 1957 Philadelphia Mayor Richardson Dilworth announced that he no longer wanted trolley service through City Hall and the new Penn Center projects and decided for an all -bus operation on Market Street.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? May 24, 1953 The Chicago Transit Authority converted trolley routes 63 (63rd Street), 67 (67th-69th-71st Streets), and 38 (Indiana Avenue) to bus operation and reconverted bus route 12 (Roosevelt Road) to trolleybus operation.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? May 24, 1954 Philadelphia's new transit map went into circulation but 3 days later, it was wrong and had to be reprinted. This was when northbound route 23 PCC cars were rerouted via Huntingdon Street instead of Cambria from 11th Street to Germantown Avenue.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? May 25, 1950 It was Chicago Green Hornet PCC car 7078 which was involved in the gasoline truck collision. Motorman Paul Manning was killed but conducto William Liddell survived. Both operated from the Devon car barn.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? May 25, 1961 The Federal Government put the axe on Washington's remaining PCC cars and ordered that the remaining routes have to be converted to bus operation by 1963 but only if the buses are bought new and are air conditioned.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? May 25, 1973 For the next 3 days, the NYCTA ran a 10-car train of R-16 subway cars on the F (Queens Boulevard-6th Avenue-Culver) line with mostly 6300s. These cars have not been seen on the F since November, 1972, when the 6400s provided all service. The R-16s were mainly used on the EE and GG local lines.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky On Fri, May 23, 2025, 9:21 AM Wally Weart via <wlg=[email protected]> wrote:
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