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Not the oldest, though. There are still a few systems running 1945-era PCC trolleys -- San Francisco, Philadelphia, and a spur line in Boston (Ashmont-Mattapan
by rst 3y ago
Not the oldest, though. There are still a few systems running 1945-era PCC trolleys -- San Francisco, Philadelphia, and a spur line in Boston (Ashmont-Mattapan), though a lot of those have been subject to pretty dramatic overhauls. For heavier rail, the MBTA Red Line still has cars in service (the 1500 series) that were built in 1969-1970, and BART just very recently retired their original cars which entered service in 1972.
- iggldiggl 3y agoThough at least in San Francisco it's sort of intentional to run the F line using historic rolling stock as a mixture between regular transit and tourist attraction.