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When not operating the car can usullay be found in Abbott Building

Built 1947 by St. Louis Car Company, Order #1649

46'8" long by 8'5" wide, 11'6" height, 4'8.5" guage now at MOT, was 5' 2 1⁄4" (1,581 mm) Pennsylvania trolley gauge when built/delivered and when purchased in 1994

Clark B2 trucks

Weights 38,060lbs, seats 49

GE 17KM12N2 controller with four GE 1220A1 motors, 220 HP total

All electric brakes, three types, electro-magnetic track, friction drum and dynamic

Originally Philadelphia Transportation Company(PTC) #2740 (1947-1968) then Southeastern Pennsylvania Transporation Authority(SEPTA) #2740 (1968-1994)

PTC PCC Car #2740 was constructed in St. Louis by the St. Louis Car Company in 1947 for the Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC). It remained in operation until 1994 when it was purchased by a Museum Trolley Volunteer and brought to the Museum of Transportation in 1995. Here the streetcar had to re-gauged its trucks to fit our rail spacing so Chicago CTA trucks are now under the car.

It has performed yeoman service being operated on Saturdays and Sundays since 1998. In 2002 the car exterior was restored by the MTTV to its as-built livery of the PTC. It was repainted again in 2014 and again finished a major restoration in 2017-2019.