Pennsylvania Trolley Museum

Shaker Heights Rapid Transit Company 94


Trolley Display Building, 2005 (John Smatlak photo)	At Kingsbury Run Shops in snow (Blaine S. Hays photo)

Car Number	94	Car Builder	Pullman Standard Company
Year Built	1948	Year Acquired	1987
Type	SE PCC	Seats	58
Length	50'0"	Width	9'0"
Height	10'2"	Weight	43,100 lbs (22 tons)
Motors	GE 1220	Status	Trolley Display Building Exhibit

The Cleveland suburb of Shaker Heights was unusual in that its developers included a rapid transit line as part of the original community design. Good transportation to the city, it was felt, would make the neighborhood all that more attractive to prospective land purchasers.

The premise has been highly successful, and although the town is no longer as elegant as it once was (what town is?), the transit system works splendidly. Ownership was assumed by the city in 1944, and twenty-five cars like 94 were purchased four years later to modernize the operation.

After nearly 30 years' service, 94 and similar cars were replaced with new vehicles. Several of these Pullman-built PCC cars have been preserved by trolley museums. 94 is the only Pullman-built PCC car in the museum's collection, and is one of the few non-Pennsylvania cars.

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In service, in an MU train, January 1961 (Herbert H. Harwood photo)	Car 94 OB from the Subway beneath Terminal Tower (Blaine Hays photo)	Car 94 in Shaker Heights along Shaker Blvd. near Lee Road (Blaine Hays photo)	Car 94 leads a three car train into the Van Aken Blvd. terminal. (CuZinB photo)

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