So admittedly this doesn't affect the PNAERC list directly, but it was kind of interesting (and a little bizarre) so here it goes. The "Philly Six" were a half dozen ex-SEPTA PCC cars that were stored in increasingly derelict condition in North Philadelphia for many years. Then about a year ago, the cars were sliced up in various strange and interesting ways and scrapped, as outlined here and here. But now one of them has popped back up!
Well, not really. The above photo, posted on Facebook by E. Marquise Sanders, shows the front end of car 2141 mounted to a wall at a bar called Kensington Pub located in North Philadelphia. The owners were considerate enough to put the car's original number back on it and even painted the thing in what appear to be largely correct colors (not strictly appropriate to its post-GOH condition, but certainly directionally correct). Now this car is definitely not going back onto the PNAERC list - there are a handful of "pieces of cars" like this around the country, and unless it's a complete car that's just been shortened a bit and put back together (like this one, for instance), I exclude them from being considered "preserved." But it's still kind of interesting. Now you know where to stop for refreshments the next time you're in North Philly.
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