MBTA3247 wrote:It may be just semantics, but technically (and officially) the Boeing-Vertol LRV's were never designated "streetcars". They weren't streetcars according to their manufacturer and weren't streetcars according to the MBTA or Muni. Their predecessors were the PCC streetcars and their replacements were the Type 7 Kinki-Sharyo streetcars (although many mistakenly refer to them and the Breda's as light rail vehicles). If you were to trace the last American streetcar (prior to United Streetcar Co.'s), advertised and sold as such, it would be the St. Louis Car Company's "Baby Tens" manufactured in 1951-52 for Muni. (Runner-up #2 are the 1950-51 Pullman-Standard Boston Picture-Windows.) Possibly, due to the huge problems with the LRV's, everyone wants to now isolate them !3rdrail wrote:Here's Oregon Iron Work's (United Streetcar Company) streetcar - the first American streetcar in 60 years.Last I checked, the Boeings were American and only 34 years old.
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