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SEPTA PCC III
SEPTA PCC II car 2334 before PCC III rebuild on Route 15.
Manufacturer
Original PCCs: St. Louis Car Company PCC IIs: rebuilt by Brookville Equipment Company PCC IIIs: rebuilt by SEPTA Woodland Avenue shop
Constructed
1947 (as PCC streetcars)
Refurbished
2002–2004 (to PCC IIs) 2020–2024 (to PCC IIIs)
Fleet numbers
2320–2337
Capacity
46 (103 including standees, 40 with two wheelchairs)
Operators
SEPTA
Depots
Callowhill
Lines served
Route 15
Specifications
Car length
46.5 feet (14.2 m)
Width
8 feet (2.44 m)
Height
11 feet (3.35 m)
Doors
2
Maximum speed
40 mph (64 km/h)
Weight
37,400 lb (16,964 kg) empty 53,000 lb (24,040 kg) full
Traction system
4 × 48 hp or 36 kW continuous, 4 × 55 hp or 41 kW one hour (rating)
5 ft 2+1⁄2 in (1,588 mm) Pennsylvania trolley gauge
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).
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...
Subway–Surface Trolley Lines (although it is designated as such on SEPTA's rail maps). SEPTAPCCIII vehicles are used on the line. The line was first opened in...
of SEPTA Route 15 ran with buses, due to the SEPTAPCC IIs needing refurbishment. However, on June 16, 2024, eight newly-refurbished SEPTAPCCIII cars...
SEPTA Metro is an urban rail transit network in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, and its suburbs, operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania...
issued by SEPTA informing the Route 23 operators of this change. After the move, the route's PCC all-electric cars were replaced with pre-war PCC "air cars"...
Commission PCCs (five since 2000 and the sixth since 2009) and one ex-SEPTA car since 2009. The Kenosha Electric is unique among modern PCC operations...
closed, and the PCC cars used on the line operated out of Luzerne Depot for the remainder of its existence as a trolley route. SEPTA replaced the trolleys...
potential operators (who were all currently operating PCCs) in Boston, San Francisco, Philadelphia (SEPTA), Cleveland (Shaker Heights), Pittsburgh (Port Authority)...
Retrieved May 17, 2014. Schneider, Fred W.; Carlson, Stephen P. (1983). PCC From Coast To Coast. Glendale, CA (US): Interurban Press. ISBN 0-916374-57-2...
the Northeast Corridor and Keystone Corridor high-speed rail routes, by SEPTA, and by NJ Transit. The Pennsylvania Railroad's corporate symbol was the...
costs, similar to how the Presidents' Conference Committee had designed the PCC streetcar in the 1930s. Transbus was meant to design a successor to the de...
Upper Darby Township-to-Media former Red Arrow trolley line, which is now SEPTA Route 101, has some of these same characteristics. The Philadelphia Division...
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