Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Car 86 Llanerch PA 1952 Photo 5.5 x 3.5

This June 4, 1952 photograph documents Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company car 86 operating near Llanerch, Pennsylvania, during the postwar peak of suburban trolley service.

Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company, later widely known as the Red Arrow Lines, played a central role in linking western Philadelphia neighborhoods with emerging suburban communities. Electric interurban and streetcar lines provided reliable daily transportation for commuters, shoppers, and schoolchildren, forming a visible infrastructure of wires, poles, and brick carbarns across Delaware County.

The image shows car 86 signed for 69th Street Terminal, positioned beside a large brick carbarn structure with overhead trolley wire clearly visible. A second car is partially seen near the open doors of the building, while period automobiles and utility poles frame the street scene. The reverse bears a handwritten identification noting PST 86 Llanerch Pa 6-4-52 along with a Roslyn, Pennsylvania ownership stamp.

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