by train2
A month or so back, someone was disposing of some rail magazine and I picked up a few for time killing reading. One of those issues was the April 91 issue of Railfan. Which had an interesting article about Philly's PCC cars. Most everything in the article is gone today with the exception of the Route 15. At the time author Williams stated Septa was the last operator of PCC's in the streets like they were intended to be used. At the time of the article Newark, NJ and Boston had, and still operates on the latter, PCC cars, but they did not run in the streets.
So is this still true today? I see a lot of photos of MUNI in San Francisco with PCCs in the streets. What I am unfamiliar with as far as MUNI is concerned: has this operation returned PCCs to general operation all over the system or is this a tourist only limited operation akin to Kenosha, WI?
Newark is gone, Boston clearly doesn't count due to separate ROW, Kenosha is not a real transit operation just a tourist loop. That only leaves MUNI. How does this statement stand up today?
And followup, Toronto would be the next closest operation. I know they have more modern cars, including currently getting some articulated models. Do they have any modernized PCC like Septa, or a historic fleet that operates if infrequently?
So is this still true today? I see a lot of photos of MUNI in San Francisco with PCCs in the streets. What I am unfamiliar with as far as MUNI is concerned: has this operation returned PCCs to general operation all over the system or is this a tourist only limited operation akin to Kenosha, WI?
Newark is gone, Boston clearly doesn't count due to separate ROW, Kenosha is not a real transit operation just a tourist loop. That only leaves MUNI. How does this statement stand up today?
And followup, Toronto would be the next closest operation. I know they have more modern cars, including currently getting some articulated models. Do they have any modernized PCC like Septa, or a historic fleet that operates if infrequently?