{"id":2827,"date":"2023-06-09T01:29:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T01:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/philadelphias-phorthright-philosophy-1\/"},"modified":"2023-06-09T01:29:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T01:29:12","slug":"philadelphias-phorthright-philosophy-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/philadelphias-phorthright-philosophy-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia’s Phorthright Philosophy (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Philadephia; Where And Why?<\/span><\/p>\n The attendees enjoyed the garlic and herrub (Mrs fbb’s pronunciation!) variant which was delish. fbb was obliged to finish up the few left-over sarnies. Tough call!<\/p><\/div>\n library (1731)<\/span><\/p>\n hospital (1751)<\/span><\/p>\n medical school (1765<\/span><\/p>\n national capital (1774)<\/span><\/p>\n university (1779)<\/span><\/p>\n stock exchange (1790)<\/span><\/p>\n zoo (1874)<\/span><\/p>\n … and is the home of the famous but busted Liberty Bell!<\/p>\n It is America, so “a bit down” is 95 miles!<\/p><\/div>\n … that made fbb sit up and take notice. New trams are a normality world-wide and re-eqipping a system seems not particularly newsworthy.<\/p><\/div>\n The South Eastern Pennsylvania Public Transportation Authority was formed in 1963 at much the same time as the idea of PTEs was beginning to be formulated in the UK. Over the next 20 year S E P T A absorbed a wide range of constituent parts, paving the way for today’s extensive network.<\/p><\/div>\n … indeed from 1926 to 1946 there had been double deck buses! Originally open top …<\/p>\n … they did eventually gain a rudimentary roof.<\/p>\n They didn’t look particularly comfortable!<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n .. which in America are called “trolleys”.<\/p>\n A “trolley” was a tram …<\/p>\n … so what do you call a trolleybus …<\/p>\n … whichever end you look at?<\/p>\n Answer: of course it is a trackless<\/span> trolley as operated by S E P T A.!<\/p><\/div>\n fbb was totally baffled!<\/p><\/div>\n Look closely! Answer next week.<\/p><\/div>\n … Red Arrow lines – which might explain the colour of the trams (trolleys). These lines were a bit more like light rail than urban trams.<\/p>\n Although some sections subsequently went underground, the “El” remains in part …<\/p>\n … although perhaps not as brutally “El” as this!<\/p>\n So there are suburban lines and local trains on former “main” lines to add to the mix.<\/p>\n There is one train anomaly! The line in red …<\/p>\n … is the PATCO line and not part of the S E P T A network.<\/p><\/div>\n