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Definitely like the Cleveland and Shaker Heights cars. Even have a few photos my Dad took of them in Cleveland. Shaker got their cars from Cleveland.

Obviously PCC's are too beautiful to be the king!

The Red Arrow was exceptional. I was amazed when I first learned of it and the equipment they were running in the 70's and 80's.

On the subject of center entrance cars, let's not forget the giant ...

Agreed! The PCC's were the Queen of the Trolleys!

The center entrance cars turned out to be a poor investment for more than one transit company. On LARy, they were built after the Huntington Standards and were retired before them. Not only did wome ...

And neither are the new so-called "streetcars"

The LARy Huntington Standards had open end sections until their retirement as did their "Sowbelly" center entrance cars. I guess the California Coastal climate justified the open air sectio ...

Interesting that they saw the need for open cars at that late date. Meanwhile, on the other coast, PE had a few open cars early on but what really stood out on both the PE and LARy were the "Cal ...

That's it. Is this what a streetcar should look like?

Seeing photos of the PCC's, I always wondered what the "City Subway" was. Thanks to you, I have a much better understanding of what it was back in the day and what it connected to.

The Tempe Streetcar goes nowhere as well yet the City and Valley Metro continue to proclaim what a success it is and want to expand it. Fares were free for the first three years and they finally sta ...

The same location, decades later, in 2011.......... Razz

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?149776

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

Pathetic!

Interesting! This could very well be the fate of the "Tempe Streetcar" when the authorities decide they can't afford a wasteful expense any longer. The "streetcars" even look sim ...

Awe-inspiring photos. Born too late!

Thanks, NYO. Nice collection of equipment and facilities.