1600-1699

The 1600 series were the last air cars with no standee windows.  Fully developed air cars, this group seemed to be the guinea pig when PRCo wanted to try something different.  Eleven of these cars were outfitted as interurbans proving that PCCs could make the long run comfortably and leading the way for the 1700 interurbans.  Of course they were built by St. Louis Car Co. 

Wingless PCC 1624 and companion pass in front of my house.

Photo by R. Hill from the Ken Josephson collection.

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With pennants proclaiming "566 Streamliners" 1642 poses in 1945 for its official company photo.

                      Reproduced with permission of The Miller Library, Pennsylvania Trolley Museum.

Pittsburgh's first Light Rail vehicles were accident prone 1600 PCCs with a face lift and renumbered in the 1700s

                      Picture By Dick Bell

PAT rebuilt and renumbered about 25 1600 PCCs giving them the numbers of scrapped 1700 cars (1775 - 1799).

                      From the collection of Bob Schmidt.

Not content to be just an interurban PCC 1646 had to become a double-end interurban PCC. I suppose she then became embarrassed about it and changed her number to 1781.

                      Jim Holland photo.

Here 1630, signed for 73 Highland, sits in front of Highland Park Car House. This standard 1600 series car had a roof monitor and fans installed until 1961 when they were replaced with a small trolley cowl.

                      On Dave's RailPix, marked as a Scholes Photo.

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