A 1700-series interurban car has the cash vault pulled from the farebox behind the administration building at South Hills Junction.

Pittsburgh PA Photo 1625

Pittsburgh Railways | Port Authority Transit

A 1700-series interurban car has the cash vault pulled from the farebox behind the administration building at South Hills Junction. This is still a daily ritual within the transit industry, although automated vacuum systems have become common since the 1980s.

R Hill photo courtesy the Ken Josephson collection; caption data from John Swindler and James B Holland

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