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| Car Number | 1467 | Car Builder | St. Louis Car Company |
| Year Built | 1942 | Year Acquired | 1968 |
| Type | SE PCC | Seats | 54 |
| Length | 46'0" | Width | 8'4" |
| Height | 10'0" | Weight | 36,000 lbs (18 tons) |
| Max Speed | 42 mph | Status | Stored inoperable, Trolley Display Building |
Pittsburgh Railways Company purchased 666 PCC cars between 1936 and 1949, including this wartime example. The 1400-series was chosen by company management to receive various public service advertising paint schemes, beginning in 1943 and covering a multitude of worthy causes.
Initially, the cars carried patriotic messages, and then civic and commercial messages after the war wound down. Car 1467 wore at least two special paint schemes in the postwar era.
In the 1960s, 1467 was sold to Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) for rapid transit equipment testing, and after WABCO was finished with the car, they donated it to the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum.
Click on the thumbnails below for larger photos (will open in new window):
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| 1467 rounding Rankin Circle, 1950s (John R. Canfield photo) |
1467 as the KDKA Radio Holiday Car (Richard S. Short photo) |
Sister car 1417 advertising for women to
join the U.S. Army during WWII (Pittsburgh Railways collection, Miller Library PTM) |
Sister car 1439 advertising for women to join the
U.S. Marine Corps during WWII (Pittsburgh Railways collection, Miller Library PTM) |
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