PCC streetcar facts for kids

Quick facts for kidsPCC streetcar
	Three PCCs on the San Francisco Municipal Railway's F-line. An example of one double-ended streetcar and two former SEPTA cars.
	Interior of a PCC car
Manufacturer	St. Louis Car Company; Pullman-Standard
Constructed	1936-1952
Entered service	1936-
Scrapped	1950s-1998
Number built	5000
Capacity	52-61 Seats
Specifications
Car length	46-50.5 ft
Width	100-108 inches
Weight	35,000-42,000 lbs
Traction system	4 x 55 HP motors, 43/6 (~7.17) gear ratio
Electric system(s)	600 VDC full electric
Braking system(s)	1)-Dynamic Service Braking; 2)-Friction for Final Stop, Park; 3)-Magnetic
Track gauge	Wide, Standard, Narrow Gauges

The PCC (Presidents' Conference Committee) streetcar (tram) design was first built in the United States in the 1930s. The design was very successful in America. After World War II it was allowed to be used in other countries in the world. The PCC car has proved to be a long lasting icon of streetcar design, and PCC cars are still in service in various places around the world.

Images for kids

A PCC streetcar at Boston's Riverside station in the early 1960s
Spanish-built Fiat/PCC running in Madrid in 1969
Later European versions, like this model in Brussels, had a boxier shape.
PCC car in Saint-Étienne, built in Strasbourg under Belgian license in 1958
The Hague's Belgian-built PCC cars mainly maintained the American-style bodyshape, albeit narrower and shorter.
Mayor Ralph Day commissions Toronto′s first PCC streetcars on September 22, 1938.
A PCC streetcar in operation on the Toronto Transit Commission's 509 Harbourfront line.
A Twin City Rapid Transit PCC streetcar in museum operation.
Muni PCCs #1158, #1008, #1168, and Osaka tram #151 in San Francisco's Marin Division. These cars will eventually be restored for the F-line.
San Francisco Municipal Railway #1061, a rebuilt PCC streetcar painted in honor of the Pacific Electric Railway, is seen in service on the F Market heritage line in December, 2004. This single-ended car was originally built for the City of Philadelphia in 1946. (Pacific Electric only operated double-ended PCCs.)
A PCC-II trolley on SEPTA's Route 15 in Philadelphia.
Polish-built Konstal 13N PCC-derived cars were used in Warsaw between 1959 and 31 December 2012
Czech-built Tatra T3 PCC cars are still widely used in central and eastern Europe and are the most numerous PCCs in the world.