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A red and cream streetcar numbered 4558 parked on a cobbled yard in front of a brick carhouse with a 1921 date stone, with a second similar streetcar behind it.

Toronto Transit Commission PCC streetcar 4558 signed WYCHWOOD EARLSCOURT outside a 1921 brick carhouse, with a second PCC behind it. c. 1960 to 1978

A black and white photograph of a street scene with a CTA PCC streetcar, a bus, a C&NW truck, and a Pontiac car, surrounded by people on a sunny day.

A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar and a bus share a street with a Chicago and North Western maintenance truck and a 1950s Pontiac, surrounded by onlookers near a Standard Oil station in the late 1950s. April 1960 · Central Park and Belmont, Chicago, IL

A light green and dark green streetcar with a trolley pole runs along a street beneath overhead wires, with gas holders, a Tacos Burritos sign and a house with Christmas decorations behind it.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority PCC streetcar 3163 on the P line, signed for East First Street, likely in Los Angeles around 1958 to 1963. 1961 · First Nr Center, Los Angeles, CA

A light green streetcar with a dark window band and cream roof turns through an intersection under a web of overhead wires, with palm trees, a traffic signal and parked cars around it.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority PCC streetcar 3087 rounds a curve at 7th Street, likely at Boyle Avenue in Los Angeles, in the early 1960s. 1961 · Boyle and 7th St., Los Angeles, CA

A red and cream streetcar with a 73-HIGHLAND sign rounds a curve on cobblestone tracks in front of a dark stone building with round towers, while a man stands beside a parked white car at right.

Streetcar 1518 on route 73 Highland passes a massive rusticated stone building on a cobblestone street, likely in downtown Pittsburgh. c. 1964 to 1972

A green and cream streetcar numbered 1144 turns on curving street track beneath overhead wires, with the Terminal Drugs store and downtown office buildings behind it.

San Francisco Municipal Railway PCC streetcar 1144, signed for Judah, rounds the loop at what appears to be the Transbay Terminal, likely in 1964. October 5, 1964 · Bridge Terminal, Chicago, IL

A green and cream streetcar with a trolley pole rounds a curve of track in front of a large arched tunnel portal inscribed Twin Peaks Tunnel A.D. 1917, with people waiting under a shelter.

San Francisco Municipal Railway PCC streetcar 1125 leaves the Twin Peaks Tunnel at West Portal, San Francisco, in 1970. 1970 · Twin Peaks Tunnel, West Portal, San Francisco, CA

A green and cream streetcar numbered 3180 coupled to an orange and cream streetcar runs on paved double track in the median of a tree-lined avenue, with a tall apartment block behind.

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority PCC streetcar 3180 leads a two-car train signed North Sta. via Subway on a center reservation, likely Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. June 9, 1973 · Commonwealth and Sher'n, Boston, MA

A red and cream streetcar with a destination sign reading SUBWAY BATHURST rounds a curved loop track among tall trees, with a large building lettered COLISEU at the right.

Toronto Transit Commission streetcar 4539, signed SUBWAY BATHURST, at Exhibition Loop in Toronto. June 10, 1973 · Exibition Loop, Toronto, Ontario

A maroon and cream streetcar numbered 4675 with the sign HUMBER QUEEN stops at a concrete island on paved double track, while a grey sedan passes on the road and a pond and trees are in the background under an overcast sky.

Toronto Transit Commission PCC streetcar 4675, signed HUMBER QUEEN, at a safety island on a reserved right-of-way beside a pond. July 14, 1973 · Queensway, Toronto, Ontario

A red and cream streetcar numbered 4558 stands outside a brick carhouse with open bays, with a second streetcar behind it on the left under overhead wires.

Toronto Transit Commission PCC streetcar 4558 signed WYCHWOOD and EARLSCOURT outside a brick carhouse dated 1921, likely the St. Clair carhouse in Toronto. September 14, 1976 · St. Clair, Toronto, Ontario

A yellow streamlined streetcar with RAIL GRINDING CAR on its destination sign and W-30 on its front stands on yard track, with a second yellow streetcar behind it and stacks of rail and ties to the right.

Toronto Transit Commission PCC rail grinding car W-30 in yellow work livery, likely at the Hillcrest yard in Toronto. September 14, 1976 · Hillcrest, Toronto, Ontario

A green and cream streetcar with destination sign N JUDAH TO 48th runs along a city street lined with older buildings and vertical hotel and shop signs while pedestrians cross behind it.

San Francisco Municipal Railway PCC 1138, signed N JUDAH TO 48th, on Market Street, likely at 6th Street, San Francisco. April 22, 1977 · 6th and Market, San Francisco, CA

A red and cream streetcar numbered 4503 turns across a wide intersection laced with curving streetcar tracks under overhead wires, with brick buildings, a restaurant and a corner store behind it.

Toronto Transit Commission PCC streetcar 4503, signed PRIVATE, rounds the curve at a complex track junction, likely in Toronto. c. 1978 to 1990

An orange, red and white streetcar with its trolley pole raised and a sign reading M connects with L West Portal stands on a terminal ramp, with downtown high-rise buildings behind it.

San Francisco Municipal Railway PCC streetcar 1040, signed M CONNECTS WITH L WEST PORTAL, likely at the East Bay Terminal in San Francisco. July 4, 1980 · East Bay Terminal

Inside a streetcar, a round farebox numbered 3575 sits in a railed conductor's area beside brown seat backs. Barred windows sit below a row of small upper windows, and a man stands holding a railing at the right edge.

The conductor's area and farebox inside a preserved streetcar that appears to be a PCC, at the museum in Union, Illinois. June 7, 1986 · Conductor's Area, Union, IL

Close view from inside a streetcar of a brown leather operator's seat on a chrome frame beside brown-painted control gear, a black dash panel with a small dial meter, and bright windows behind.

Operator's seat and controls inside a streetcar cab, likely at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. June 7, 1986 · Union, IL

A dim, empty interior of an old railway car: a center aisle with a ribbed floor runs between rows of brown seats, each with a vertical metal grab pole, under a row of ceiling lights, with arched windows along the sides and a pair of large windows at the far end.

Interior of an old electric railway car, looking down the aisle between rows of seats with grab poles, likely at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. June 7, 1986 · Union, IL

Dim streetcar interior with rows of dark seats and chrome grab handles along a sunlit aisle. At the far end is a cab with an orange cabinet under two bright end windows, and a trolley pole shows outside.

Interior of a preserved streetcar, looking down the aisle toward the operator's end. The note places it at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. June 7, 1986 · Union, IL

A green and cream streetcar with an orange stripe and a raised trolley pole stands on gravel track under overhead wire, its front sign reading 36 119-MORGAN.

Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar 4391, signed for route 36 to 119-Morgan, likely at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. June 7, 1986 · Union, IL

A rusted green and cream streamlined streetcar with broken windows and damaged lower side panels stands inside a wooden-trussed barn, with a red car behind it and a person standing at the right.

A weathered Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar in green and cream waits for restoration in a storage barn, likely at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. June 7, 1986 · Union, IL

A light gray streetcar with a red front band, number 2163, signed 23 TO-BIGLER, runs on street track past a brick building and a construction site with scaffolding.

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority streetcar 2163 on route 23 to Bigler, likely at 12th and Locust Streets in Philadelphia. December 12, 1988 · 12th and Locust, Philadelphia, PA

A white streetcar with a red and blue stripe and a 23 10-BIGLER sign passes under a dark steel railroad bridge, with parked cars on the left and a second streetcar in the distance.

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority PCC streetcar 2788 on Route 23 to 10th and Bigler passes under a railroad bridge, likely at 12th and Noble in Philadelphia. December 14, 1988 · 12th and Noble, Philadelphia, PA

A gray and white streetcar with a red band, signed 23 Germantown Ave Bethlehem Pike, rolls along a street beneath a dark steel viaduct with cars parked beside it.

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority PCC streetcar 2168 on route 23 to Germantown Ave and Bethlehem Pike passes under a railroad viaduct. December 14, 1988 · 11th and Callowhill, Philadelphia, PA

A white streetcar with a red front stripe and a 23 Germantown Ave Bethlehem Pike sign comes toward the camera under a dark steel viaduct, with parked cars on the left and traffic behind.

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority PCC streetcar 2104 on Route 23 Germantown Ave–Bethlehem Pike, passing under a steel railroad viaduct, likely at 11th and Callowhill in Philadelphia. December 14, 1988 · 11th and Callowhill, Philadelphia, PA

A green and cream streetcar numbered 2750, signed 23 Germantown Avenue & Gorgas Lane, travels on a cobbled street under overhead wires, with yellow autumn trees and cars behind it.

PCC streetcar 2750, likely of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, on Route 23 to Germantown Avenue & Gorgas Lane, running on a cobbled stretch of Germantown Avenue in autumn. November 8, 1992 · Germantown Av.

A green and cream streetcar with lit windows and headlight, numbered 2168, stands on track under bare trees against a purple dusk sky.

PCC streetcar 2168 stands at dusk with its sign set for Route 23 GTN-GORGAS. November 8, 1992 · Germantown Av.

A green and cream streetcar numbered 1040 with a J CHURCH 30TH AVE sign runs on street track under overhead wires, past Victorian houses and a parked silver coupe.

San Francisco Municipal Railway PCC streetcar 1040, signed J CHURCH 30TH AVE, on Church Street in San Francisco. September 5, 1993 · 30th and Church, San Francisco, CA

Side view of a streamlined cream and green streetcar numbered 1030, rusted and faded, standing on track in front of a lawn and large trees, with a TO TRAINS sign at the left.

PCC streetcar 1030, weathered in cream and green, on display on a grass-lined track near Elgin, Illinois. August 14, 1995 · Highway 31, Elgin, IL

A red and white streamlined streetcar with its trolley pole raised runs on grass-covered track in a street median, in front of a white three-story commercial building and a red brick building, under an overcast sky.

A red and white Kenosha Transit PCC streetcar runs in the grassed median past the Dale Block in downtown Kenosha, Wisconsin, bound for the McCarthy Transit Center. April 2004 · Kenosha, WI

A red and cream streamlined streetcar with a trolley pole up sits on a single track in a grass median beside a street, with bare trees, ornamental lamp posts and a white building behind it under an overcast sky.

A red and cream PCC streetcar showing Harbor Park on its sign stands on a grassy median track under trolley wire, likely in Kenosha, Wisconsin. April 4, 2004 · Kenosha, WI

A red and cream streetcar numbered 4609 stands on a grassy track beside a street under overhead wire, with a lamp post in front of it and a Canadian flag in the distance.

Kenosha Transit streetcar 4609, likely in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in Toronto red and cream on a grassy reserved track under trolley wire. April 14, 2004 · Kenosha, WI

A red and cream streetcar with a trolley pole runs on a grassy median track beside an empty street on an overcast day, with flags, a white building with a red roof and bare trees behind.

Kenosha Transit PCC streetcar 460[?] on the median track along the lakefront in Kenosha, Wisconsin, likely in the early 2000s. April 14, 2004 · Kenosha, WI

A red and cream streetcar with a trolley pole stands on a track in a grassy median, with bare trees, lamp posts, a No Parking sign and storefronts including a Subway restaurant behind it.

A red and cream PCC streetcar on the median track in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on an overcast day. April 14, 2004 · Kenosha, WI