PCCs Return To Philadelphia Streets! (First Day On The Route 15 In 2024)
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- čas přidán 17. 06. 2024
- PCCs Return To Philadelphia Streets. On Sunday, June 16, 2024, the Route 15 saw its first revenue trolley car operation in over 4 years. Trolley service on the SEPTA Route 15 was suspended on January 24, 2020 after officials expressed concern about the mechanical state of the fleet and the need to commence an extensive rebuilding process. But backing up further, on April 29, 2012, trolley service was suspended between Richmond & Westmoreland and Girard & Frankford for construction on Interstate 95. And further still, full Route 15 only operated from a little over 9 years with PCC-IIs, having also been suspended from September 12, 1992 to September 5, 2005. With 8 of the 18 PCC-III rebuilds of original 1947 Philadelphia PCC (Presidents' Conference Committee) Cars completed and more in progress, SEPTA has returned trolleys to the Route 15 as promised.
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The first PCC I ever saw was on a school trip to the Franklin Institute in 1972. A PCC crossed in front of our coach a few blocks away but I spotted it right away. So nice that young visitors can have that same experience today. That and the growl of a DC Transit Mack are my earliest out of town transit fan memories.
Good to see ya again olde friend!!!
Enjoy! Living in the SF Bay area we see lots on the F line. They were supposed to be a stopgap while the cable car system was rebuilt, but they stop every block on Market St. while the subway stops every three or four. So the locals like them as much as the tourists. They are painted the colors of all the transit agencies that ran PCCs, so there is probably one like the one here. There are also more exotic ones from Germany, Japan, England and Australia.
There is a PCC on the F painted in these colors. Muni ran PCC cars along Market until the subway went full 7 day operation in 1982. I rode them as a kid in LA on the Yellow Cars and in SF when I visited my dad.
In my first transit visit to Philadelphia, I took part of the SEPTA 36 from the Eastwick Loop to Samson Commons, then walked to the 36th Street Portal to catch the SEPTA 10 to the Overlook Loop, Both trolley operators knew I was taking pictures from the trolley. The driver of the #10 route offered me the chance to transfer to Route 15, but I turned it down, because I wanted to take the return trip to the Market-Frankford Line and stop at Spring Valley station there. I'm kind of sorry I turned down the offer.
Boy , I wish they'd bring them back here in Toronto . I miss those " old girls " . We never lost our streetcar system but none of the rolling stock since could match the PCC's . They were TANKS .
You can see some of the ex-TTC cars in Kenosha if you're ever in the Midwest.
@@paulj6756 Ya , I thought about that the other day when I saw this . I've been to Kenosha too , but that was a few decades ago when we still had them here .
ah they're so damn cute, so glad they're finally back. the restoration looks really good
Love those PCC's . Those things are like jock itch : you can't get rid of them .
TROLLEY CAR! TROLLEY CAR!
Yeah, they’re back, until SEPTA starts tearing up track. 😒
What the Hell was that at 5:13?
Electric unicycle.
06:40 What's going on here?
Slow m o t I o n !
The Kawasaki LRV single ended and double ended K-Cars are better