Late afternoon today a unknown Elmwood trolley (reportedly 9072) operating on route 13 collided with a truck. The collision occurred at 48th Street and Chester Avenue, up to 20 people that were on board suffered major injures. More news will fellow as it will becomes available.
Bus Accident
Southern 5616 were involved in a major accident this evening. Due to the accident 14 people were sent to the hospital. The bus crashed into two SUVs a Car and then a tree while operating on route 12 at 49th and Paschal in Southwest Philadelphia. The bus suffered heavy frontal damage, as more information comes in we will keep you updated.
Photo courtesy of Nbc10.com
5414 is back in service after a Overhaul
Callowhill 5414 is now currently in revenue service after going through a major overhaul. 5414 was the prototype bus for the New Flyer overhaul program and was out of service at Berridge shops for over 100 days. The biggest external difference on the bus is the Grill which is like that on the 2004 and 2005 D40LFs. This bus was spotted today on the EL shuttle at 69th street terminal by Ryan Lock.
LRV reassignments
24 Kawasaki LRV #s 9077-9100 have been reassigned to the Callowhill Depot for service on route 10 which has transferred for the depot from Elmwood this past Sunday. On a side Car #9098 is currently at Woodland shops for repairs and will not be converted to a work car despite rumors
8000 Series at Southern
The 8000s are now being placed into service .8001 was spotted on the 17 this evening by Mark De Loatch. So far 8001-8002, and 8004 are confirmed to be at Southern.
15 Trolley Returns
Trolleys have finally returned to Girard avenue’s route 15 Sunday after 13 years. The rebuilt PCC II cars went into service in the early morning hours of September 4th. Service on the 15 will also be running a few buses with the PCC IIs until all of the operators on the cars are available. Also we are waiting to hear which Kawasaki LRV have been assigned to Callowhill for route 10.