SEPTA Rt. 15 featuring the PCC II streetcar ~ Philadelphia, PA 

You are lucky to have these beautiful streetcars! They fit in well in the narrow streets of Philadelphia.

That trolley was really hauling speed at the start ..WOW I love them

Very Beautiful Trams!

Wow, seeing those classy PCC cars all light up inside as it gets dark, something really magical about it. Nice to see that SEPTA has a solid herritage fleet plying the rails. PCC cars still look really flashy and modern, even though they’re decades upon decades old. I may be a sucker for old wooden cars, but I like PCCs a ton too.

Those PCC cars are the best-looking of all.

Those PCC II streetcars looks magnificent! :)

I'm a train and I approve this video!

Nostalgia in motion, could you ask for anything more ..........

Video showing the pacing of a PCC is exceedingly rare! Fantastic footage. Thanks a million.

I operate an o gage three rail model railroad and have a model of the SEPTA PCC’s but in a different paint scheme. I live in the Philadelphia area and grew up riding these type of cars on the Rt. 34 trolley line. I also got to ride several of the other surface lines before they were converted to busses. It is nice to see one route get their trolleys back.

City life and transit. As it should be.

Fine camera work and subject/locations Mr. Demnyan. I love those PCC cars, and, that they have been rehabbed and put back into service. Philly seems to be one of the rare large cities who a dedicated to running the trolley lines as a serious part of its public transportation system. Others have some sort of trolley-like system in place, but those never really seem to be major transportation assets but are mostly used to move tourists around town to tourist places of interest. Many of those lines go belly up because they aren't taken seriously by locals and used for commuting or even getting around town. Glad Philly is doing this, and, I think in the future will be used as a boilerplate (example) for other metro areas when they start to install trolley lines for major transportation solutions.

it's actually cheaper to restore these than buy the new ugly ones. restored cost 500k new ones cost 1.5 mil.

Man i was going to say all other streetcar systems, mainly the cars are often better than my city's...But this one! haha. I joke of course. But i also remain grateful however lol. But DANG, we in Toronto stopped using those 50's style cars in like the 70s when the red ones took over. Now we were supposed to get a new fleet from bombardier, but they effed up the timeline of that order beyond belief and we've only had ONE new streetcar actually hit the streets on a short north/south line, the Spadina line. Cept I'n never there in that section of downtown, even though I'm always so close lol. So its been operating in my city for about 2 years and I still haven't ridden it yet haha. It's kind of one of those weird secrets about Toronto

A throwback to my childhood days the old P T C colors

man do we need those in L.A. traffic is horrible bus out there is crappy . I can't believe we had those cars too years ago in old pictures of the city . little by little we only have little light rail service out here.

I remember having my brother in law stop to see if I could get on one at a turnaround about 10 years ago. Unfortunately it was a charter. I guess right before they cut the PCC car lines off. This one sounds pretty loud.

Loved that shot at 4:24! That deserted alley with the trolley at sunset is amazing! Great video, and amazing shots. I imagine this system is some kind of heritage railway similar to the F line in San Francisco.

Great video

This is AMAZING!!!

Yeah, we had dat #15 streetcar line in west Baltimore back in the day. PWG

I grew up on South 12th Street with Route 23 Trolley going right past my door. Trust me, the original PCC's did not sound like that!

Beautiful streetcars, and I'm glad they used the old bodies. One question: are they handicapped accessible, or does the ADA even apply in this case?

great video hope you do one once the port Richmond section opens back up.

nice

scenic neighborhood

Jack Alo Filadellfia ai in this city has beaches,what's the paymente method to walk in these wonderful electric trams Iam from Braazil,and I was enchanted whith these tuypes of vehicles somebody please can you answer this desjá,tank you very much Magno

The 15 is not the only one that doesn't go into the subway, the Route 101 and 102 don't either.

A most Photogragphed Wells. Fargo. Bank in the world

why they look so old fashioned though?

Dude, better watch the driving otherwise the next grave stone might be yours.

The look of cars are horrible.The throwback 50's look needs to be throw back.

Great video