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After only a decade, DC "streetcars" are kaput
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Cyberider




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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2025 6:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Agreed! The PCC's were the Queen of the Trolleys!
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2025 9:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cyberider:

I have (still in the box!) a PSM HO PCC car (someone painted it decades ago; sort of reminds me of Pittsburgh!); the brochure/instruction manual is headed:

"QUEEN OF THE TROLLEYS"! Very Happy

NO DISPUTE from me, here, for sure! Wink

"NYO"

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2025 12:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Obviously PCC's are too beautiful to be the king!
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2025 3:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cyberider wrote:
Obviously PCC's are too beautiful to be the king!


Cyberider:

Agreed, 100%! Very Happy

The PCC was indeed a thing of GREAT BEAUTY, unlike today's giant, mutated insects and oversized Dustbusters....(!!) Shocked Rolling Eyes

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 12:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Now, THIS is a "TROLLEY"..................

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?13978

{"LECHMERE VIA SUBWAY"]
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 12:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Now, on the other hand, this is NOT a "TROLLEY".....it is a giant, mutated INSECT from a far-off, hostile, alien world......... Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?136823

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

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