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June 18, 1954 Philadelphia's last 2-man Nearsides with hand doors ran for the last time on route 15 ( Girard Avenue). They were replaced by CEOM cars on weekdays and PCC cars on weekends and holidays.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?June 19, 1955 All 118 of Chicago's one-man PCC cars, together with an additional 25 being converted, were transferred to route 49 (Western Avenue) after route 4 (Cottage Grove Avenue) was converted to bus operation. The car barn on Cottage Grove Avenue at 38th Street closed.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? June 19, 1955 Pacific Electric's Glendale-Burbank route was converted to bus operation and the 30 double-end PCC cars were stored in the Hollywood Subway before they were sold to Buenos?Aires, Argentina. In 1959.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? June 19, 1955 Philadelphia's first 20 used PCC cars entered service on route 5 (Frankford-2bd and 3rd) and replaced an equivalent number of 2100s which, together with surplus PCCs, were able to provide full time PCC operation on route 15, which went one-man full time along with route 23 (Germantown Avenue-10th and 11th Streets) while route 52 (Chelten and Midvale Avenues) got two-man crews for the balance of its life as a rail route. SER cars replaced plain 8000s on route 50 and CEOM cars on routes 12 and 62. Plain 8000s replaced the CEOM cars on routes 8, 9, 20, and 39 and the few that remained on 33 after route 7 went bus. Routes 57 and 63 went bus with postwar Macks with the latter route transferred to Jackson garage. Route 3 was given PCC cars on weekends and holidays only. Only 5 trolley routes remained two-man operated; they were routes 13, 20, 42, 52, and 60. Germantown Depot's newly added bus garage opened with routes H-1, L, S, and X transferred there from Cumberland garage.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Dennis M Linsky