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Original St. Louis Cars
Click link above for pictures
#25 to 46
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- Built by St. Louis Car Company in 1905
- Had trap doors and poles to access street platform in Norristown
- Were wooden cars
- Had smoking compartments, lavatories, and stained glass windows
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Strafford Cars
Collection of Joe Testagrose
#160-170
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- Built by J.G. Brill Company in 1924
- Upgraded to High Speed Cars (with a max speed of 68 mph) with the arrival of the Bullet Cars in 1931 and 1935
- Renumbered from 60 to 70
- Lasted 62 years in service
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Bullet Cars
Collection of Joe Testagrose
#200-210
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- Built by J.G. Brill Company in 1931
- First cars designed in a wind tunnel
- All aluminum
- Purchased to turn the line into a high speed interurban
- Capable of speeds up to 100mph, regularly saw 80mph
- Almost lasted 60 years in service
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Liberty Liners
Collection of Joe Testagrose
"Independence Hall" and "Valley Forge"
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- Built by St. Louis Car Company in 1941
- Purchased from North Shore Line in 1963 for a proprosed Doylestown Branch
- Formerly known as Electroliners
- had a lounge with bar in back
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CTA Cars
Collection of Joe Testagrose
# 476-489
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Built by St. Louis Car Company in 1950 to 1959
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Purchased from Chicago Transit Authority in 1989 to keep line running when Bullets could run no more until N5s arrived
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formerly CTA's 6000 series cars
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Purchased for $500 apiece
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484-487 were in the Bicentennial Scheme
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482 and 483 (married set) still parked at Victory Yard
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Budd M3s
Collection of Joe Testagrose
#601, 602, 605, 609, 619
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Built by Budd in 1960
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Single car units from the Market Frankford Line
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Transfered from MFL in 1990
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Had A/B signs replaced with N/B signs
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Trucks replaced with trucks from ex-PATH K cars
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Had space shuttle "nick names"
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N5s
Taken by Brandon S.
#130(ex 451)-155
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- Built by ABB in 1993 (130 in 1991)
- First A/C powered cars in SEPTA fleet
- First SEPTA railcars to use Automatic Train Control
- Cars were retrofitted with LED multi-color signs in 2007
- Currently the only cars in service on the line today
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