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- 1. Pittsburgh PCC 4001: Scillystuff at English Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The 4000-series PCC was a rebuilt PCC streetcar used by the Port Authority of Allegheny County. Originally designed by the Presidents' Conference Committee, a group of transit operators in the United States and Canada, the 4000's were a series of PCC cars completely rebuilt from cars built in 1949 by the St. Louis Car Company for Port Authority's predecessor, Pittsburgh Railways.
who runs it
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
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 12
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- St. Louis Car Company
- operators
- Pittsburgh Regional Transit
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- length
- 14 m
- weight
- 17 t
- capacity
- 46 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7230498, Wikipedia: Port Authority 4000-series PCC (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.