It’s nice to see SEPTA doing something to keep trolleys running in the city. For years other cities have preserved and run these PCC cars for historic and tourist interest while SEPTA was abandoning old trolley lines. Modernizing them and keeping them running which use electric power is better than using diesel powered busses. I hope they continue to conserve and maintain these cars and possibly bring more back to run in the historic area of center city to appeal to tourists like other cities do.
My hope is that when SEPTA acquires the new Alstom LRVs to replace the 40+ year old K-Cars, that the PCCs the K-Cars replaced will still see service. Most of the track infrastructure in Center City is still intact so it would not take much to get said infrastructure up and running and allow the trolleys to be Philadelphia's equivalent to San Francisco's famous cable cars.
@@rwboa22 I agree but SEPTA’s management does not seem that interested in running trolleys instead of busses on surface routes. Part of the problem is Philadelphia car drivers don’t pay attention to proper parking and in many cases delayed many old trolley routes. It always was a problem on the Rt. 23 trolley line. In center city many times 2 or 3 trolleys would run right behind each other and then there would be a big gap in service till the next trolley. There also is the problem of where to store the old trolleys since many of the old trolley barns have been torn down and in the old space now bus only garages or the old spaces were sold off and the garage that serves those old trolley routes is not near by.
@@brett8706the "Old Money" folks being replaced by the younger Millennial and Zoomer folks, which mean Democrat-majority governments at the county and municipal levels and mandates from DC in regards to where low income and affordable housing is to be built. Were not yet into seeing 15-minute cities on the Main Line yet, but given their penchant to vote for the Party of the "Propriska" (internal passport, which would be needed to leave the "Plantation" a.k.a. Collective Farm), I would not be too surprised if such would sprout up.
@@yvonneplant9434 I still see graffiti on walls going inside and out of stations, some trains especially when looking at them from 69th St, I see graffiti trains near the back; aka the last trains on the chain have graffiti on it.
The proper people did a video on a streetcar graveyard a couple of months back, and they mentioned that a person that’s been dedicated to try to preserve and restore Some of these street cars were targeted by vandals and heavily vandalized and destroyed. I wonder if this is the same place that was targeted. Anyways, great work guys and gals for bringing these old cars back to life and back to running order
Take your time guys hard work pays off we don’t need the trolleys rn some ppl don’t deserve them rn cause once they hit the streets ppl will tear it apart again
And don’t forget CBS three in 2027 the St. Louis car CO Brookville PCC And Kawasaki LRV 9000 and 100 series single and double engines being replaced by ALSTOM LRV
They first came back in 05, I was in 10th grade when I first rode them. Since then, I rode these for 15 years and also became my second favorite trolley route
It's good for them to restore PCC but my one question is they have 112 City Kawasaki cars right and they only have 18 pcc question is why they don't have a problem what's the other trolley lines not having wheelchair but it's a problem with Route 15 like I might be the only one saying that like it is good to see the pcc's being rebuilt but the same time SEPTA has 112 lrv so you're telling me they can just use 18 of them on Route 15 and people are going to say they don't have wheelchair even though all that other trolley line don't have it don't know what's the problem
Most likely SEPTA is using federal transit funds to upgrade these trolleys and if major modifications are made the vehicles must meet handicapped access rules. Since the subway surface cars are only receiving routine maintenance and not a rebuilding they do not need to be updated. Hopefully it will not be much longer when they replace these cars with new handicapped accessible features.
@@johnchambers8528 In addition, since Route 15 was restored to streetcar service after the ADA went into effect, it is legally required to be ADA-compliant. The Subway-Surface routes started before ADA, so they are not legally required to be compliant.
I dont know why people are mad at SEPTA over bringing historic PCC trolleys back. Wasnt you guys riding these before they we're getting refurbished? you used to be excited to ride these historic trolleys but now all i see is people getting mad at SEPTA over a freaking trolley refurbish project. I dont get it.
Why they’re making (trolley) trains come back, clean up the routes that already here/still here. The sanitation is so f*ing disgusting, like feces on the trains- I would think it be better after what happened in this decade so far, it’s worst especially because of low employment. Not fair to school children either like, bring 🚌 back not old Septa route numbers.
@@themoviebay . . . As opposed to the T up here in the Boston area, which apparently CAN'T walk and chew gum at the same time (and even separately is questionable).
You need to be patient. You think trolleys are slow, but not overly long train congestion like with subway trains. Trolley are very reliable and less complex.