The Presidents' Conference Committee (PCC) is a streetcar design that was first built in the United States in the 1930s. The design proved successful domestically, and after World War II it was licensed for use elsewhere in the world where PCC based cars were made.

Aug 18, 2021 · Boston's MBTA has decided to rebuild the fleet of six PCC trolleys serving the Mattapan Line one more time... But what does the future hold?

The Mattapan Line (alternatively the Mattapan Trolley and historically the Ashmont–Mattapan High-Speed Line) is a partially grade-separated light rail line which forms part of the MBTA 's Red Line rapid transit line.

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) 3299 and 3321 These "PCC" Cars are trolley cars built in 1951 by the Pullman-Standard company of Worcester, MA, for the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), later to become the MBTA.

Mar 25, 2022 · MBTA officials tell NBC Boston that the next rebuilt car will enter service this summer. The Mattapan Line is one of the last traditional streetcar lines in the country using PCCs and it’s also the only line to have never stopped using the iconic cars.

Jan 29, 2019 · Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority officials revealed this week that they want to replace the decades-old Presidents’ Conference Committee streetcars in service on the Mattapan-Ashmont High Speed Line with modern light rail vehicles in the next decade.

Starting in the late 1970s through the early 1980s, the MBTA embarked upon an ambitious PCC overhaul campaign to usher its remaining PCCs into the 1980s. By 1980, many PCCs had received new coats of paint and necessary mechanical rehabilitation to keep them running for many more years.

Aug 25, 2021 · Currently there are 6 active PCC cars: 3087, 3230, 3238, 3254, 3263, and 3268. To provide the proper headways during peak periods, five cars are needed. Two more cars, 3224 and 3265, are currently in the MBTA’s Everett heavy repair shops in …

Apr 8, 2017 · When the MBTA adopted its color-coding scheme for its various transit lines in 1967, the MBTA repainted most of its PCC cars from their original orange and white to a green and white paint scheme. In 1976, the MBTA began replacing the PCC cars with LRV cars such as No. 3424 which is now at Seashore.

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