Interesting Vehicles from the Past

Over the past 100+ years the city has seen a number of interesting vehicles for specialized uses. Here are a few examples...

1910 Philadelphia Electric streetlight maintenance vehicle made changing bulbs a snap

Electric touring car 1910

1918 trolley snow plow

Street sweeper 1917

Hybrid PTC Rail Grinder in 1940. Used to smooth imperfections in trolley car rails. Ran on electricity from overhead wire, but could switch to gas engine to move out of the way of oncoming trolleys.

Motorized Police scooter in the Subway/Suburban Station concourse 1941

Trolley Snow Sweeper 1938