#1600
San Diego Class 1 streetcar
🇺🇸 United States ·built by St. Louis Car Company· from 1912· fleet of twenty-four unique streetcars
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Class 1 Streetcar 5th and Broadway-San Diego-1915: uploaded by SDstreetcars at en.wikipedia· Public domain
- 2. Class 1 Streetcar at Trolley Barn Park: uploaded by SDstreetcars at en.wikipedia· Public domain
what is it?
The San Diego Class 1 streetcar was a fleet of twenty-four unique streetcars that were originally built to provide transportation for the Panama–California Exposition in Balboa Park. The cars were designed by the San Diego Electric Railway Company (SDERy) under the leadership of John D. Spreckels and built by the St. Louis Car Company.
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 114 years ago, in 1912.
- 13.1 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 27 years (1912–1939).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1912
- in service from
- 1912
- retired
- 1939
- status
- retired
- number built
- 24
- kind
- tram / light rail
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- St. Louis Car Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- length
- 13.1 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7413618, Wikipedia: San Diego Class 1 streetcar (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.