Peter Witts built as such for Philadelphia had a rounded front end . They were single ended cars and there were 535 of them. The earlier built " Nearside " series of cars were modified into a Peter Witt configuration after they were built. You are probably correct about the timing of operation on the Woodland Avenue route.
Another interesting group of double end Peter Witt cars are the ones Dallas purchased. They also had round ends and were later converted to one man cars with the center doors removed.
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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