{"id":2834,"date":"2023-06-12T01:30:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T01:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/phillys-red-artow\/"},"modified":"2023-06-12T01:30:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T01:30:54","slug":"phillys-red-artow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/phillys-red-artow\/","title":{"rendered":"Philly’s Red Artow"},"content":{"rendered":"
Did You Spot It?<\/span><\/p>\n It all kicks off at the 69th Street Transportation Center<\/span>, which the UK might call an interchange<\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n … marker pin top left above. The city centre lies between the two rivers to the east.<\/p>\n This is roughly where Mr Penn developed his embryo city in 1682. It has changed a bit since then!<\/p>\n We will return to the 69th Street Transportation Center in due course, but, for the moment we will concentrate on one little bit.<\/p>\n This is the turning loop for trolley lines 101 and 102.<\/p>\n There used to be a 103 and 104.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n It looks very old-fashioned because it was.<\/p>\n The “sweeper” car (used to clear snow from the rails) …<\/p>\n … was built in 1922.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n After closure, part of the line became the Ardmore Busway …<\/p>\n … still providing reserved track between two estate riads for part of replacement route 103. Just beyond the bridges (below) is Ardmore Junction former trolley station.<\/p>\n It never was a junction, in the sense that tracks did not diverge or merge.<\/p><\/div>\n But the upper level carried another line which will appear later in this series of blogs.<\/p>\n The 103 and 104 expired in the mid 1960s, but 101 and 102 remain, departing from the Transportation Center …<\/p>\n … as do buses 103 and 104, seen on the right.<\/p>\n 101 and 103 trolleys are shown BROWN<\/span>, 103 and 104 buses are RED<\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n The whole ambience if the line is of a country tram service round which the town expanded.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n There is a shelter on the kerbside!<\/p><\/div>\n … then there is a short stretch of reserved track – single line, note …<\/p>\n … to the terminus, end on to a busy road.<\/p>\n There is a bus stop adjacent; but both lines 101 and 102 are similarly quaint.<\/p><\/div>\n But it is still VERY quaint. The Red Arrow name …<\/p>\n … was consigned to history although one of the 1981 new stock appeared ceremonially in red.<\/p>\n Yep, all very quaint; this one was from 1917 …<\/p>\n … and these were called Queen Marys!<\/p><\/div>\n And today there is definitely a quaint frequency.<\/p>\n A modest half hourly headway is operated Monday to Saturday …<\/p>\n …and hourly on Sundays. 102 is similar.<\/p><\/div>\n