PCC double end street cars built by Pullman-Standard for Pacific Electric Railway; longer and wider than standard PCC car; length oa 50 ft 10 in.; width oa 9 ft; truck centers 26 ft 7 in.; truck wheelbase 6 ft; weight empty (each car) 41,600 lb; track gage 4 ft 8 1/2 in.; seating capacity 59; trucks equipped with simplified super-resilient wheels 26 in. in diam, with AAR contour treads. (See also C.C. Cars. Mass Transportation v 36 n 12 Dec 1940 p 318-9)


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    Title :

    Multiple-unit operation, P.C.C. cars


    Additional title:

    Transit J


    Published in:

    Transit Journal ; 84 , n 12


    Publication date :

    1940


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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