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Being from Baltimore, if the  car doesn't look like the WBB model, it "ain't" a

Peter Witt. Nevertheless, Washington, DC did have some double ended (and round) Witts.

Saw a shot on TV from WW2 of hundreds of round end Witts in Philadelphia.

but the Witts I remember on Woodland Ave. looked like Baltimore's except for

the color.

Originally Posted by Al W.:

Did Philadelphia ever have Peter Witts like the ones in Baltimore (Ala WBB)?

I seem to remember that they operated on the Woodland Ave line about 1950. I could be wrong about this.

 

Al W.

At the beginning of the depression Philadelphia Rapid Transit had plans for a new series of trolleys. These would have been 9000s and have been built to a design similar to the single-end Brill master unit.  A plan was published in Trolley Talk number 100 for December 1973.  The biggest differences to the WBB Peter Witt are one piece side windows, a visor over the windshield making it look smaller and a full width destination sign.  Because of Philadelphia Rapid Transit's bankruptcy during the Depression the plans were not carried out.  Some information from Surface Cars of Philadelphia.

 

The Baltimore 6100s had a very unusual run number / destination sign over the windshield which is probably the reason Bachmann didn't duplicate it.

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