SCB2525 wrote:According to the book "Suburban Philadelphia Trolleys" :octr202 wrote:The roof looks pretty bad but the body looks to be in pretty good shape. When were these retired?RDG484 wrote:I wrote Seashore and they told me it IS there, but it is to be used for spare parts for their other two Bullets.Dredging up a really old discussion, I just saw this photo online today:
Bullet 207 at Seashore, June 2007
http://www.amazon.com/Suburban-Philadel ... 774&sr=1-1
#207 was retired on 26-Jan-1987 (badly damaged in collision with #202) and sold to Seashore for parts.
The others:
200 (not specified)
201 (not specified)
202 (not specified)
203 retired Dec '89, sold to Seashore
204 retired in 1986, sold for scrap to Wilmington Car Co (later re-sold)
205 retired 5-Apr-1990 (book says #205 is the only operating Bullet anywhere in the world)
206 retired 29-Oct-1990, and converted to rail de-icing car
208 retired Dec '89, sold to Seashore
209 (not specified)
(There's also a general comment that the cars were retired in 1990.)