| Rollsigns from Philadelphia, PA |
This route number mylar
rollsign is from one of
SEPTA's PCC streetcars.
The sign has no date, but it
was removed from the car in
1979. It has 11 exposures.
rollsign is from one of
SEPTA's PCC streetcars.
The sign has no date, but it
was removed from the car in
1979. It has 11 exposures.
| The faded areas are the sections of this sign that are missing from the one I own. |
| This near complete set of rollsigns is from SEPTA's PCC streetcars (seen below). The front route number rollsign is missing from a full set. These were one of the last versions printed. Neither sign has a print date, but a hand written note on the side sign (left) dates it to March 1983, and is from Luzerne Rail (Carhouse). The side sign (left) has 19 exposures, while a complete front sign (right) would have 80 exposures. The image here was drawn virtually perfect to scale. The side sign's hand written note and a YouTube video of the side sign are seen below. |
| The hand written date note on the end of the side sign. |
| A SEPTA PCC streetcar, like #2120 pictured here in Kenosha, Wisconsin, would have been the type to house the two rollsigns seen above and right. |
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The exposures
with numbers
that have a red
slash through it
indicate a "short
turn" for that
route, meaning
it's a destination
point short of the
full route's length.
with numbers
that have a red
slash through it
indicate a "short
turn" for that
route, meaning
it's a destination
point short of the
full route's length.
| → |
This linen rollsign segment
is suspected to be a front
sign from one of PTC's
1940s built PCC streetcars,
There is no date on the
sign. The segment has
11 exposures.
(Special thanks to Charles
E Cox Jr. for assistance on
the history of this segment.)
is suspected to be a front
sign from one of PTC's
1940s built PCC streetcars,
There is no date on the
sign. The segment has
11 exposures.
(Special thanks to Charles
E Cox Jr. for assistance on
the history of this segment.)
AMG SEPTA TROLLEY
PO AMGB-24925 ET
5991836 FRONT
10/22/79 TRANSIGN
PO AMGB-24925 ET
5991836 FRONT
10/22/79 TRANSIGN
| Seen facing west, SEPTA trackless trolleys #812 (left) and #837 (right) are passing one another on Snyder Avenue at 23rd Street in South Philadelphia on May 4, 1999. The South Philadelphia trackless trolley routes no longer exist. These vehicles were the type that would have housed this style of rollsign. |
| This mylar front rollsign was designed for one of SEPTA's AM General trackless trolleys (or trolley buses). The black exposures are for local services where the red exposures are for express services. Route numbers and destinations with a dash through the number are destinations that are short of a full length run of the route. The original sign is dated October 22, 1979, but with the addition of the brighter red express exposures, dates it to March 18, 1983. The sign has 40 exposures. |
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| to go to the SEPTA Philadelphia electronic sign list page. |
| Above: A Philadelphia PRT token, part of the historic collection. |
