Boston
PCC 3334 (ex-Dallas 612)
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| • | In 1941 Dallas ordered 25 double-ended PCCs from Pullman Standard. |
| • | Wartime priorities delayed delivery of the cars until 1945. |
| • | The car's specifications were: Length - 47' 0" Width - 8' 4" Height - 10' 6"; Trucks - Clark B-2; Motors - 4 Westinghouse 1432 HE; Control - Westinghouse; Brakes - Clark Drum. |
| • | After Dallas' last streetcar lines were abandoned, the relatively new PCCs were retained for sale. |
| • | Boston MTA bought 8 of the cars for their Ashmont-Mattapan line in 1958. |
| • | Boston bought the remaining 17 cars in 1959. Dallas car 612 was in this group. |
| • | In Dallas these PCCs were called "Gliding Beauties" and in Boston, "Texas Rangers." |
| • | In Boston, 612 was renumbered to 3334. |
| • | Although they saw limited service on other Boston lines, the ex-Dallas PCCs primarily ran on the Ashmont-Mattapan line. |
| • | In the late 1970s, the PCCs began to show their age and their reliability decreased. |
| • | In
1981, the Ashmont-Mattapan line was shut down for a 6 month rebuilding, and the
Dallas Cars were retired. |
| • | 3334 was sold to Trolleyville USA in Olmstead Township, Ohio. |
| • | Trolleyville closed in 2005; In 2006 all of the cars there including 3334 were moved to Cleveland for a proposed Lake Shore Electric Railway Museum. |
| • | Plans for the museum never materialized and the trolley car collection was auctioned off to a consortium of 10 railway museums. |
| • | MATA purchased 3334 to bring it home and restore it to its former Dallas appearance. |
| • | The Illinois Railway Museum kindly agreed to store 3334 on their property for us for up to three years. |
