The Pennsylvania Trolley Mseum, Washington, PA, near Pittsburgh, houses Shaker Heights PCC 94, built in 1948 by Pullman Standard. (Visit PTM’s website, under “Collection.”) The city of Cleveland assumed ownership of the Shaker Heights Rapid Transit Co. and continued to provide service with 94 and its 24 sisters. I was always fascinated by how these units were often MU’ed in 4- or 5-car trains.
Thoses mu PCC looked like little yellow passenger trains. The city of Cleveland never operated the shaker rapid. City of Shaker assumed control in the early 1940’s until the grta took ownership of many of suburban bus lines,the shaker rapid and the CTS.
Trains had what I remember as a pretty good article about the MUed PCCs many years ago. Thanks to CrApple Computer I’m unable to find the reference via the Complete Collection, but someone wiser than me can locate it and provide cites.
Thank for the tip.
mu pcc’s: all bought-new boston pcc’s eventually were mu, except the original 3000, the “Queen Mary,” that lacked a left-side door, making it usable only on a few routes. doors were the conventional single-end peter witt configuration withi a left-side door just forward of the right exit door. the larges fleet. second-hand dallas double-end cars were never mu.
toronto: some bought new, some second-hand cleveland cars prepared for mu got it in Toronto. a sizable fleet and about 25% of the total pcc fleet. single-end peter witt
pacific electric glendale-burbank line, only pcc’s on the system. double-end peter witt
illinois terminal: smallest pcc fleet, only 10 cars, all mu, granit city suburban service, end door double end
Shaker heights, new and second hand, all single-end peter witt, all pcc’s mu.
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