St. Louis PCC car 1548, one of 100 built with all-electric operation in 1940, is seen at the 39th and Park Shops in 1948. These cars were mainly used on routes 40-Broadway and 44-Broadway-Chippewa.

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St. Louis PCC car 1548, one of 100 built with all-electric operation in 1940, is seen at the 39th and Park Shops in 1948. These cars were mainly used on routes 40-Broadway and 44-Broadway-Chippewa. The latter was a rush hour line until its 1950 abandonment. On December 2, 1954, 50 of the 1500s were sold to Philadelphia and the rest were relegated to rush hour service until all were retired from 1956 to 1958.

Ken Harrison collection; caption data from Dennis M. Linsky

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