Tahoe Valley Lines PCC Railway 102435

Facts and Figures

Current Number	102435
Railway Represented	Tahoe Valley Lines PCC Railway
Builder	St. Louis Car Company
Built In	1951
Builder's order id	1675
Currently in (State)	California
--(Locality)	Colfax
Totally out of svc date	1994
(Initial retirement date)
Car Type	streetcar
-subtype	PCC, rebuilt
-designation
Status	stored inoperable
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Gauge	4'8.5"
Construction	steel
Roof type	AR
Ended	DE
Length	54'7"
Width	9'0"
Height	10'7"
Weight
#Seats
#Wheels/Conf.	8
Total HP	220
Trucks	St Louis B3
Brakes	Electric
Compressor	n/a
Control	WH XD473B
Motors	WH 1432K (4)
Voltage (if not 600DC)
Notes	Standard SFMR PCC cars 1024 and 1035 were spliced together in 1995-1997 to create a double-end car; for sale

Car 102435 (right) in storage at TVL in 2006
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Car 102435 in storage at TVL
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Car History by Frank Hicks

Tahoe Valley Lines PCC Railway 102435 This unique piece of equipment was originally constructed as two different PCC streetcars. The acronym PCC refers to the Electric Railway Presidents Conference Committee, a group of street railway company representatives that in the early 1930's developed a design for a modern, standardized streetcar. The resulting PCC car was extremely successful and several thousand PCC's were built by two companies between 1936 and 1951. The very last order of PCC's built for for service in the United States were the SFMR 1016-1040 series, known locally as "Baby Tens." These cars operated in San Francisco for thirty years, until retirement in the early 1980's. Many of them were held afterwards in storage by SFMR. Two of the cars thus stored, 1024 and 1035, were sold to TVL's owner in 1994. Due to the cars' poor condition - 1024 had been damaged by fire and 1035 had significant rust damage - and due to space constraints in the TVL storage lot, the decision was made to combine the two single-ended PCC's into a single double-ended car. Engineering work was completed by volunteers and actual structural work was conducted by convicts at the Carson City Prison in 1995-1997. Structural work was completed but wiring and control systems were not restored. The incomplete car has been held in storage by TVL since major reconstruction was completed in 1997.

Ownership History

Owner	Car Num	From	To	Preservation?	Loan?
San Francisco Municipal Railway (California, San Francisco)	1024-1035	1951	1994	NO	NO
Tahoe Valley Lines PCC Railway (California, Colfax)	1024-1035	1994	1997	YES	NO
Tahoe Valley Lines PCC Railway (California, Colfax)	102435	1997	present	YES	NO