#2513· Presidents' Conference Committee-Car
PCC streetcar
🇺🇸 United States ·built by St. Louis Car Company· from 1936· Historic streetcar model
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. San Francisco F line streetcars at Jones: Chris j wood· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Presidents' Conference Committee: Rev Edward Brain, D.D.· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. The TTC's PCC streetcar 4500 -a: Danielle Scott· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. Toronto PCC streetcar 4602 and Haagsche Tramweg-Maatschappij (HTM) 1329 at the National Capital Trolley Museum.: Educator Intel· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Presidents' Conference Committee (PCC) car is a type of streetcar (tram) that was first built in the United States in the 1930s. The design proved successful domestically, and after World War II it was licensed for production and use elsewhere in the world. The PCC car has proved to be a long-lasting icon of streetcar design.
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 90 years ago, in 1936.
- 12.2 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 90 years.
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1936
- in service from
- 1936
- status
- in service
- number built
- 5,000
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- St. Louis Car Company, Pullman Company
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- length
- 12.2 m
- weight
- 11.4 t
- capacity
- 61 passengers
- Dutch name
- Presidents' Conference Committee-Car
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q928708, Wikipedia: PCC streetcar (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.