(John Smatlak photo)
(Miller Library collection, PTM)
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| Trolley Display Building,
2005 (John Smatlak photo) |
PAT 1799 with a pantograph on
Dormont-Mt.Lebanon route (Miller Library collection, PTM) |
| Car Number | 1799 | Car Builder | St. Louis Car Company |
| Year Built | 1945 | Year Acquired | 1990 |
| Type | SE PCC | Seats | 54 |
| Length | 46'0" | Width | 8'4" |
| Height | 10'0" | Weight | 36,265 lbs (18.1 tons) |
| Max Speed | 42 mph | Status | Stored inoperable, Trolley Display Building |
By the early 1970s, the condition of Pittsburgh's streetcars had deteriorated to deplorable levels. Thanks to managers like Harold Geissenheimer and John Mauro, though, the Port Authority began a program of rehabilitation to make the equipment attractive, and of marketing to make the public aware of how good public transit could be.
More than twenty-five of the 1945 cars were treated to an extensive rebuilding to replace salt-rotted structural components, and were painted in bright colors inside and out. Car 1799 was completed in 1979 and represents the final car in this program; it was painted in colors approximating its delivery scheme (when it was car 1613). The car was used on the South Hills routes until 1984, and came to the Museum six years later.
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| 1799 "Builder's Photo" when new in 1979 (Oliver W. Miller photo) |
1799 in the Trolley Display Building (John Smatlak photo) |
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