Three PCCs on the San Francisco Municipal Railway 's F-line. Pictured are an example of one double-ended streetcar and two single-ended cars. The Presidents' Conference Committee (PCC) is a streetcar design that was first built in the United States in the 1930s.

Jan 23, 2025 · The Presidents Conference Committee cars, or PCCs, were a late streetcar design created in the 1930s and were quite popular.

Mar 13, 2022 · Compared to the heavy, slow, and rough-riding streetcars Americans were used to riding, the PCC was a major leap forward in terms of style, speed, and comfort. It was as modern, if not more so than the cars it shared the road with. Just as importantly, the PCC car represented a fundamental change is how streetcars were built and bought.

The PCC III is a series of upgraded PCC streetcars used by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for its Route 15 (Girard Avenue Trolley). In the 1980s, SEPTA was in the process of upgrading its subway–surface trolley lines, replacing its fleet of PCCs with new light rail cars.

In 1946 the Cleveland Transit System purchased 50 all-electric street car type PCCs from The Pullman Standard Company of Chicago Illinois. The cars, numbered 4200-4249, were equipped for multiple-unit service as evidenced by the trolley style couplers.

Aug 25, 2024 · Pacific Electric’s PCC cars were one of the last attempts by the company to regain ridership lost to the private automobile. The true potential of these cars was never realized.

The pioneers of the PCC era were the pre-war cars built in 1936 for Brooklyn and Baltimore along with single units for Boston and Pittsburgh.

The Presidents' Conference Committee, later known as the Electric Railway Presidents' Conference Committee, or "PCC" streetcar is an early trolley (also streetcar, tram or light-rail) vehicle first manufactured in the United States (and then to Canada and abroad).

In the late 1970s, Philadelphia's fleet of PCC cars was the second largest in the western hemisphere, with 300 PCC trolleys remaining -- only Toronto Ontario had more trolleys. Philadelphia's fleet was comprised of two main classes: 102 prewar "air cars" built between 1940 and 1942, and 198 postwar "all-electrics" built in 1946 - 1948.

Apr 8, 2017 · The PCC car takes its name from the Electric Railway Presidents Conference Committee established in the early 1930s to design a modern, streamlined streetcar. It was a successful design with approximately 5000 PCC cars being built between 1936 and 1952 for systems in the U.S. and Canada.