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Originally built for
Twin City Rapid Transit Co., Minneapolis-St. Paul MN, 1946 (as car No. 336)

Sold to
Public Service Coordinated Transit, Newark NJ, 1953 (as car No. 17)

Acquired by Muni from
New Jersey Transit, Newark NJ, 2002

Year Built
1946

Builder
St. Louis Car Co.

Modified/upgraded
2004-2006

Contractor
Brookville Equipment Company

Seats
50

Weight
37,600 lbs.

Length
46' 5"

Width
9' 0"

Height
10' 3"

Motors
4 General Electric 1220

Trucks
B-2

Brakes
Electric

You're onboard Car No. 1075

Built 1946.
Served Minneapolis-St. Paul MN 1946-53.
Served Newark NJ 1953-2001.
Purchased by Muni 2004.
Exterior paint design: Cleveland OH.

This car is painted to honor Cleveland Transit System, which ran PCC streetcars from 1946 to 1953. Cleveland transit commissioner Peter Witt designed a popular pre-PCC streetcar that was adopted by many cities (including Milan, Italy, ten of whose ‘Peter Witts’ are now part of Muni’s historic fleet).

But after World War II, Cleveland Transit System wanted more modern cars, procuring 75 PCCs, including 25 built for Louisville that never ran there (paint design shown on Muni No. 1062). The Cleveland paint scheme, reminiscent of the Browns football team that debuted the same year as the PCCs, was one of the most intricate ever on a streetcar.

Cleveland Transit System got rid of streetcars by 1954, but a neighboring suburban service, to Shaker Heights, continued using PCCs until 1983. Some of the Shaker Heights PCCs came from the same original Minneapolis-St. Paul group of cars that include Muni Nos. 1070-1080.