Did anyone ride urban electric public transportation?

[nasadowsk]

Ahh, they are PCCs! The PCC was a big breakthrough in the US when it came out, and as I said, they're still used in a few places. Modern requirements for low floor boarding and all have put them out of favor. Boston still has a line with them, San Francisco and Kenosha do too. Philly has a line of rebuilt ones that have AC inverter drive.

The US had electrics early on, and naturally every railroad used its own system. Sadly, the massive 3,000 volt system out west to Seattle was torn down in the 70's - ironically, the RR tore it down to sell the copper to buy diesels. Then the fuel crunch hit and they went bankrupt. Whoops. There was a lot of electric freight in the east, but Amtrak decided to charge Conrail a lot for electricity, so Conrail shut the lines down.

Railroading in the US is basically a total disaster, especially passenger...

[Popester]

Example of electric trolley that is at the New York Trasportation museum near Rochester.

[ppppenguin]

In London we have or have had all of these electrically powered systems.

Right now we have the tube, fully electrified since 1961. Docklands Light Rail, the Croydon trams. As a kid I remember the trolley buses. Before my time there was an extensive tram network.

Very close to my house is a DIY store on a site that started as a tram depot and later became a bus depot:
https://www.barnet.gov.uk/citizen-ho...chley-n12.html

[Telecolor 3007]

Originally Posted by nasadowsk

Ahh, they are PCCs! The PCC was a big breakthrough in the US when it came out, and as I said, they're still used in a few places. Modern requirements for low floor boarding and all have put them out of favor. Boston still has a line with them, San Francisco and Kenosha do too. Philly has a line of rebuilt ones that have AC inverter drive.

The US had electrics early on, and naturally every railroad used its own system. Sadly, the massive 3,000 volt system out west to Seattle was torn down in the 70's - ironically, the RR tore it down to sell the copper to buy diesels. Then the fuel crunch hit and they went bankrupt. Whoops. There was a lot of electric freight in the east, but Amtrak decided to charge Conrail a lot for electricity, so Conrail shut the lines down.

Railroading in the US is basically a total disaster, especially passenger...

Romanian railway transporation is in large procent a disaster today...
The Czechs modified some 'Tatra' streetcars to be partially low floor.

[Josef]

I like these Skoda busses in Bratislava:

https://www.bus-bild.de/bild/europa~...koda-31tr.html

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...nica-RalfR.jpg

[Hawkwind]

Or not being used...