Route 75 photo by Mitch Libby
1947 Brill trackless trolley serving Route 75 (before Route 75 was shortened in April 1966)
eastbound on Orthodox Street crossing Torresdale Avenue, northeast Philadelphia.
Tracks are for Route 56 streetcars which ran until SEPTA substitued diesel buses in 1992.
Date of this photo is 1966 or earlier.
Mitch Libby photo - courtesy of Nate Schwartz



Route 29 Route 59 Route 66 Route 75 Route 79


Mitch Libby
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