Another edition of “Around the World in Trams” and we are still in San Francisco.
We feature another of the specially purchased PCC cars which ply their trade in San Francisco now. This is 1055 in the Muni fleet, but started off life as no. 2122 in the Philadelphia Transportation Company fleet. Built in 1948 (as one of 210 PCCs built for Philadelphia by the St Louis Car Company. It was one of 15 PCCs that Muni ended up acquiring from Philadelphia in the early 1990s. It carries Philadelphia livery.
This photo shows 1055 at the Castro/Market 17th Street terminus.