Philadelphia trolley photos from
the Harry Foesig Collection
Philadelphia Transportation
Company Brilliner no. 2023 at the Route 53 loop at 10th & Luzerne Streets,
March 20, 1947.
Little Flower High School stands in the background; the trees of Hunting Park can be seen to the right.
One of just three Brilliners in Philadelphia, sister cars 2021 and 2022 were
scrapped just four years later in 1951.
While looking superficially like a pre-war PCC car, the Brilliner's floor plan
tapered only slightly at the ends.
Thus, the first time Brilliner 2021 rounded the curve at Arrott Street terminal
on Route 75, the corner of the trolley hit the building.
2023 was scrapped in August 1956.
Harry Foesig collection
Return to A. W. Maginnis Collection
index page
Return to Philadelphia Trolley
Tracks main page