Mr. PCC on the F line!

My dad went on a trip to San Francisco and brought back great footage! Check it out!
( Sorry about the typo)

[@donaldfedosiuk1638]

I rode these things in Boston (where a handful are still in service) for more years than I care to think about!

[@markdeloatch9796]

I rode PCC's in Philly [my hometown], Newark, NJ [first out-of-town PCC's], Layhill, Md [NCTM], and Boston [back in 2014]. With Philly, I rode every operating line in the '70s before SEPTA dismantled the North Philly system, keeping the 15 and the Subway-Surface lines. The Newark and Boston lines were in Rapid-transit settings and the trolley in Layhill was in a museum. I greatly miss these cars.

[@michaelsmodelrailroading7665]

I rode PCCs on Baltimore's #8 line daily, to and from high school, in the early 1960s, from Catonsville Junction to Irvington. And sometimes beyond. The #8 line ran from Catonsville into downtown Baltimore and then north all the way to Towson. The PCCs were quite a nice ride, very smooth, and could accelerate quite briskly. They were sorely missed when the BTC discontinued them in January 1964. It's nice to know that some are still in service.

[@CZpersi]

PCC standard with flexible bogies was a direct inspiration for the Czechoslovak "Tatra" trams, most notably the T3, which then became the most massively produced tram vehicle in the world and which can still be encountered in many cities accross Central and Eastern Europe, but also Central and Eastern Asia. Some of the original PCC vibes can be felt in its sleaky, timeless design.

[@AlexCab_49]

I rode this when I was in The City. I think the PCCs are criminally underrated and I enjoyed them more than the cabe cars!

[@markielinhart]

I rode the F line in 2013! What a buzz 👏🇦🇺✌️

[@timosha21]

I'm a train and I approve this video!!!

[@mxr572]

Toronto TTC had lots of PCCs in mid 1900s. they were fast. todays multi low floors are slow and clumsy. one such car plies SF.

[@Papag53]

Most amazing and enjoyable vid. Appreciate ⭐️

[@railroad9000]

Really only 3 things good about Frisco. The trolleys, the cable cars and the sourdough bread!

[@sauluribe7082]

Yep! Those railcars rattles and squeaks sure beats the bus roars. It's a crying shame our LA city had abolished them totally 60 years ago.

[@railroad9000]

The Pacific Electric was a great system!

[@mattnawn5019]

Great little compilation, Mr PCC! I see you went to PCC heaven in this video. 😁

[@MrPCC]

😉 😉

[@anetajohnson8446]

One thing for shure, if your a trolly driver, you wont make a wrong turn!

[@merccadoosis8847]

I wish every city in the USA had a fleet of anywheres from 50 to 150 PCCs. Darn that I missed riding on in Minneapolis. Hopefully, after the current plague crisis is over we will have a few such rides here in the Twin Cities.

[@MrPCC]

I wish all cities did to! They are such nice cars! That would be great in Minneapolis!

[@Stanf954]

Philly SEPTA ran their PCC cars for the longest time in service until they got the new LRC units. We rode the F line in 2019.

[@brianweber4154]

@@MrPCC considering almost all are ex minneapolis st paul repainted cars

[@brianweber4154]

Also there is one pcc at lake harriet operating

[@osmariobrito7776]

Espetacular.

[@soumendas7437]

It's so beautiful❤ vintage tram system in Sun Francisco.I think it's a Icon of this city. Love ❤ from India🇮🇳. 🙏🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@atom999]

So pretty

[@heinzbreuer2674]

Super Video l was in Düsseldorf im Museum för old electric

[@daciatravel.647]

Very good video! 👍👍📹🚋🚊

[@MrPCC]

Glad u enjoyed!

[@babtotheboneproductions]

Nice catches.

[@MrPCC]

Thanks!

[@TrainBusinfo]

Good catches from india

[@BoxcarJerry]

WOW hard to pick a favorite but 1010 has a cool paint job . Do some of these have doors on both sides front and back ? Thanks to your Dad for getting you some great footage .

[@MrPCC]

If the car has 2 poles, it most likely has doors on all sides.

[@benpease7620]

@@MrPCC I hope you can visit yourself someday. The used Philadelphia PCCs San Francisco acquired for the F line are similar to the used St. Louis PCCs in operation here decades ago. The doors on "our" PCCs are just on the right side of the car. (In Boston growing up the MBTA PCCs had a left side center door, a little offset from the right-hand rear doors; they may also have had a narrow left front door, used only on the subway but I don't remember exactly). But, the San Francisco PCCs all have two poles. The rear pole with a "streamlined" housing is for going foward; the simple pole facing forward is used only for backing up (for instance on wyes). The operator lowers the rear pole, raises the front pole, backs up using a controller behind the back seat; then changes the poles again to go forward. Back 20 years ago, MUNI's M and J lines ended at wyes; now all 5/6 routes have terminal loops, but if a supervisor says "turn back to fix a schedule gap," there are still a few wyes mid-route. By the time MUNI acquired its used St. Louis cars they had stopped running most of the routes for which double-ended cars were a necessity. (Check out the photos and car roster at the Market Street Railway website). San Francisco also had several double-ended "Magic Carpet" cars, bought new in the late 1930s, which look like PCCs but were built by a different company. There are two of these near the en of this video, one in an imagined Market Street Railway scheme, and one in a classic MUNI green and cream paint scheme. The Magic Carpet cars are extra long and have two pairs of doors (one left, one right) at both ends; no doors in the middle. The operator seat is somewhat more centered and sits a little farther forward of the truck than on a real PCC. When I was growing up in the 1970s these had been converted to single-end operation (with the front pole retained for reversing, and the "left" side doors disused); they were a little mysterious and classy. Brookstone restored these cars to double-ended operation so they can run on the waterfront E line (they turn around at Fishermans Wharf on the loop, but at the Caltrain station they double back on the same double crossover as the modern light rail vehicles).

[@warmike]

1:09 disabled sticker? is it a low-floor modification?

[@BeavKsam]

👍👍👍

[@Humulator]

isnt it werid how your plp is a clrv and not a pcc?

[@hipolitocavalcanteflorenci2552]

SP podia fazer isso tirar os bondes dos depósitos modernizar e colocar pra rodar no centro da cidade, qui saudade dos bondes qui retrocesso, qui tal bondes movidos a bateria com placas solares, chique !

[@snarkymatt585]

How do they turn varieties of trams that only have one driver postion at the end of a line? Do they use a turning loop, a turntable or do they only get run on circular circuit lines?

[@MrPCC]

They use loops.

[@snarkymatt585]

Thanks for the answer Mr. PCC.

[@michaelsmodelrailroading7665]

The #8 and #15 lines in Baltimore had single ended cars and used turning loops.

[@MrPCC]

If u r into Baltimore Streetcars, the Baltimore Streetcar Museum opens up on Sundays starting in March.

[@GarudaLeader]

In the hague we also had PCC´s but all of our PCC fleet are retired and scrapped and only an small number got restored as museum tram.

[@davidpomeroy7594]

I live and work in San Francisco and I like trams, but this line is a big waste of money.

[@danielthoman7324]

I think the old pcc's are beautiful. they were the best looking street cars ever made.