PCC

E315076

electric rail vehicle streetcar design

PCC is a standardized, streamlined electric streetcar design widely used in North American and European cities during the mid-20th century for urban public transit.

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Label	Occurrences
PCC canonical	2

Statements (88)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	electric rail vehicle ⓘ streetcar design ⓘ
brakeType	air brake ⓘ dynamic brake ⓘ
controlSystem	automatic acceleration controller ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designedFor	street railway systems ⓘ urban public transit ⓘ
designFeature	accelerator control system ⓘ dynamic braking ⓘ improved suspension ⓘ low‑noise braking ⓘ quiet operation ⓘ rapid acceleration ⓘ resilient wheels ⓘ streamlined steel carbody ⓘ
designGoal	better acceleration and braking ⓘ improved passenger comfort ⓘ standardization ⓘ streamlined appearance ⓘ
developedBy	Electric Railway Presidents’ Conference Committee ⓘ Presidents’ Conference Committee ⓘ
developmentStartYear	1930 ⓘ
enteredServiceYear	1936 ⓘ
eraOfUse	mid‑20th century ⓘ
firstPrototypeYear	1935 ⓘ
fullName	Brill streetcar ⓘ surface form: Presidents’ Conference Committee streetcar
heritageUse	heritage streetcar lines in North America ⓘ tourist tram services in Europe ⓘ
influenced	European PCC‑licensed trams ⓘ Tatra T1 tram ⓘ Tatra T2 tram ⓘ Tatra T3 tram ⓘ later light rail vehicle designs ⓘ
licensee	Allan & Co. ⓘ H. Cegielski – Poznań ⓘ La Brugeoise et Nivelles ⓘ ČKD Tatra ⓘ
manufacturedBy	Brill (in early adaptations) ⓘ Canadian Car and Foundry ⓘ Pullman-Standard ⓘ surface form: Pullman‑Standard St. Louis Car Company ⓘ
notableOperator	Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ Chicago Surface Lines ⓘ Philadelphia Transportation Company ⓘ Pittsburgh Railways ⓘ surface form: Pittsburgh Railways Company STIB-MIVB ⓘ surface form: STIB/MIVB Brussels Toronto Transit Commission ⓘ surface form: Toronto Transportation Commission
peakUsagePeriod	1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ
powerCollectionMethod	overhead trolley pole ⓘ
powerSource	electricity ⓘ
propulsionType	electric traction motors ⓘ
standardizationBody	Electric Railway Presidents’ Conference Committee ⓘ
status	many units preserved in museums ⓘ some units still in heritage or limited regular service ⓘ
typicalCapacity	about 50–60 seated passengers ⓘ
typicalGauge	narrow gauge ⓘ standard gauge ⓘ
typicalLength	13–16 meters ⓘ
typicalWidth	2.4–2.6 meters ⓘ
usedInCity	Boston ⓘ Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels Bucharest ⓘ Chicago ⓘ Mexico City ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: Pittsburgh Prague ⓘ Rotterdam ⓘ Stockholm ⓘ The Hague ⓘ Toronto ⓘ Warsaw ⓘ
usedInCountry	Austria ⓘ Belgium ⓘ Canada ⓘ Czechoslovakia ⓘ Germany ⓘ Italy ⓘ Mexico ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Poland ⓘ Romania ⓘ Sweden ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
usedInRegion	Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

PCC streetcar → abbreviation → PCC ⓘ

Paris Metro line 13 → usesSignalling → PCC ⓘ

subject surface form: Paris Métro Line 13