PCC

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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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
PCC canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (88)

Predicate Object
instanceOf electric rail vehicle ⓘ
streetcar design ⓘ
brakeType air brake ⓘ
dynamic brake ⓘ
controlSystem automatic acceleration controller ⓘ
countryOfOrigin 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 Presidents’ Conference Committee streetcar ⓘ
linked to: Brill 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 ⓘ
linked to: Pullman-Standard

St. Louis Car Company ⓘ
notableOperator Boston Elevated Railway ⓘ
Chicago Surface Lines ⓘ
Philadelphia Transportation Company ⓘ
Pittsburgh Railways Company ⓘ
linked to: Pittsburgh Railways

STIB/MIVB Brussels ⓘ
linked to: STIB-MIVB

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 ⓘ
linked to: Brussels, Belgium

Bucharest ⓘ
Chicago ⓘ
Mexico City ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
Pittsburgh ⓘ
Prague ⓘ
Rotterdam ⓘ
Stockholm ⓘ
The Hague ⓘ
Toronto ⓘ
Warsaw ⓘ
usedInCountry Austria ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
United States ⓘ
usedInRegion Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Paris Métro Line 13 → usesSignalling → PCC ⓘ
subject linked to: Paris Metro line 13
Dry as a Bone → hasTrack → PCC ⓘ
subject linked to: Dry as a Bone – 1987