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    The Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) was the main public transit operator in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1940 to 1968. A private company, PTC...
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    Transportation in Philadelphia involves the various modes of transport within the city and its required infrastructure. In addition to facilitating intracity...
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    SEPTA (redirect from Philadelphia LRT)
    SEPTA acquired the Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company, also known as the Red Arrow Lines, which included the Philadelphia and Western Railroad...
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  • inherited from the former Philadelphia Transportation Company, and originally built by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. It also includes the M,...
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    in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The line runs primarily north-south from the Fern Rock Transportation Center in North Philadelphia through...
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    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The MFL runs from the 69th Street Transportation Center in Upper Darby, just outside of West Philadelphia,...
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    for Philadelphia's Market–Frankford Line. 270 M-3 cars were jointly owned by the City of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Transportation Company, (later...
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    The Reading Company (/ˈrɛdɪŋ/ RED-ing) was a Philadelphia-headquartered railroad that provided passenger and freight transport in eastern Pennsylvania...
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    The Philadelphia trolleybus system forms part of the public transportation network serving Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, United States....
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    Transportation Center Great Hall 69th Street is one of the original Market Street Elevated stations built by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company;...
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    This is a list of companies either based or with large operations in the Philadelphia and greater Delaware Valley region area of the United States. Amkor...
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    Commission ordered the Philadelphia Transportation Company to hire African-Americans as motormen. The 10,000 members of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Employees...
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  • Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Company, usually shortened to the Camden and Amboy Railroad, was a railway company in New Jersey. It was incorporated...
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  • 6, 1944. The strike was triggered by the decision of the Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC), made under prolonged pressure from the federal government...
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    Philadelphia Inquirer. January 5, 1953. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com. Philadelphia Transportation Company (February 13, 1953). "Beginning Sunday, February 15: New...
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    buses when the Philadelphia Transportation Company transferred control of the trolley service to National City Lines. West Philadelphia is also served...
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    park. The park was served by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. (PRT), and later by the Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) Route 6 streetcar line....
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    major customers were the Capital Transit Company of Washington D.C.; the Philadelphia Transportation Company; Chicago Surface Lines; San Antonio, Texas;...
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    Philadelphia Inquirer. January 5, 1953. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com. Philadelphia Transportation Company (February 13, 1953). "Beginning Sunday, February 15: New...
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    hired women and workers from outside the city. In 1944, the Philadelphia Transportation Company promoted African Americans to positions as motormen and conductors...
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    operated by various companies under the names Southern Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Company and Southern Pacific Transportation Company. The original...
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    PRT declared bankruptcy in 1939, it was reopened as the Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC), which was absorbed into SEPTA in 1968. In October...
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  • Commission Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, roller coaster manufacturer, formerly Philadelphia Toboggan Company Philadelphia Transportation Company, 1940–1968...
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    The Penn Central Transportation Company, commonly abbreviated to Penn Central, was an American class I railroad that operated from 1968 to 1976. Penn Central...
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    the early days of rail transportation in the United States, Philadelphia has served as a hub for several major rail companies, particularly the Pennsylvania...
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    to Philadelphia Area Rail Transit. Piscataway, New Jersey: Railpace Company. ISBN 978-0-9621541-7-1. Springirth, Kenneth C. (2016). Philadelphia Electrified...
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    rail operations. These routes were once operated by the Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company, better known by its nickname "Red Arrow Lines". Routes...
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    trolleys. Toronto Transportation Commission ordered 575 custom Peter Witt cars from 1921 to 1923 and operated them until 1965. Philadelphia Rapid Transit...
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    inherited from the old Philadelphia Transportation Company, and NYMT acquired C-130 in January 1975. Designed to run on Philadelphia's five-foot "broad gauge"...
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    operations: the Electric Traction Company, the People's Traction Company, and the Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC). The following year they consolidated...
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