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Moonman posted:

MTH has good versions of the street trolleys-green and tan stubby and the PCC in green and white. I couldn't find any photos of the elevated trains for your time period.

I passed under the El in Frankfort this summer while driving to an architectural recycling facility. The steel is still the original riveted material.

Funny you should mention passing under the El.  Way, way back, in 1966, my buddy and I were passing under the El at Castor and Kensington Aves.  Both being train enthusiasts, we happened to be looking at the support structure of the El.  We noticed a rather sizable crack in one of the truss members.  This particular member was the last sloping piece that basically is the most important piece of the truss.  We called SEPTA and told them about it.  The next day there was a forest of heavy timber supports under that truss.  

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