PCC Streetcars Documentary - PCCs on Parade

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The Presidents' Conference Commitee , PCC streetcars represents the most imporant development in streetcar technology in this century. 5000 were built for use in the United States and Canada from 1936 to 1952.
Ivor Walsh , Jim Borland , John Mills and John Prophet's colour films captures PCCs in Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, Boston, Washington, Philadelphia, Montreal, Johnstown and New Jersey.
This video was produced by the late Ray Neilson of GPS Video. It is posted here as a tribute to his work and to honour his legacy. Rest in Peace Ray.

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As a born and raised Baltimorean, I still miss our old PCC streetcars. I lived along one line as a young child and was 13 when the last two lines were converted to bus routes. I watched the cars being pulled out of the Irvington Carhouse to be hauled away as scrap in the Summer of 1964. Evidence of where they ran still exists in the form of rails poking up through worn down asphalt on city streets and power poles that served dual purposes still serving their other purpose - traffic lights, guy wire supports, or simply holding up a traffic sign.

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Thanks for sharing the history.

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