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THE FORMER NEWARK CITY SUBWAY (also known as “Newark’s Best Kept Secret”) was a 4.3 mile line built in the bed of the old Mor- ris Canal that acted as a funnel to bring city streetcar lines to a new terminal loop under Newark Penn Station. The initial route opened in 1935 and was extended to Penn Station in 1937. The last surface line connec- tion closed in 1952, leaving the City Subway route as the sole surviving trolley operation. Two years later, a fleet of 30 nearly-new streamlined PCC’s was purchased from Twin Cities Rapid Transit Co. and placed in service to replace the worn and weary prewar cars that continued to ply the rails. The Presidents Conference Committee (PCC) design was the result of a program to create a new, modern, attractive streetcar design that could be mass manufactured and deployed on systems nation wide. It was hoped that these new cars would offer better service and help reverse the declining for- tunes of transit operators during the 1930s. The first PCC prototype was tested in Brooklyn in 1936. By the time production ended in 1952, nearly 5000 cars had been turned out by both Pullman-Standard and St. Louis Car Co. The 30 cars acquired from Twin Cities were built between 1946 and 1949 by St. Louis Car Co. Not long after the last cars were delivered to TCRT, a change of management led to the quick conversion of all streetcar lines to bus routes, making the PCC cars surplus. For nearly a half-century, the PCC’s pro- vided smooth and reliable service on the City Subway route. Public Service gave way to Transport of New Jersey in 1971, and then to the new public agency NJ Transit in 1980. Unique amongst the state-wide tran- sit operations, the Newark City Subway was operated as part of the bus division. It re- tained its Route 7 designation throughout. In 1999, NJ Transit began the first phase of a program to rebuild and upgrade the City Subway to light rail standards. Once the overhead wire system was rebuilt, the PCC’s
were refit with pantographs but still re- tained their original trolley poles. The last day of PCC service in Newark was August 24, 2001. The line was then shut down for the weekend and service resumed on August 27 with a fleet of new Kinki-Sharyo light rail vehicles (LRVs) similar to the ones used on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail line, which opened in 2000. Since 1952, only six cars had left the
Newark PCC roster. Four cars (Nos. 8, 18, 29, and 30) were scrapped. Two cars (Nos. 3 and 27) were sold to Cleveland’s Shaker Heights Rapid Transit line in 1978. The re- maining 24 cars were placed in storage fol- lowing their retirement in 2001. Eleven cars were purchased to be rebuilt and serve on San Francisco’s F Line in 2004. Cars 5 and 6 made their way to mueums in 2011 (Seashore Trolley Museum in Kenneb- unkport, Maine; and Rockhill Trolley Muse- um in Pennsylvania, respectively). Car 10 is reportedly destined to San Diego for use on their new downtown streetcar loop (See Oc- tober 2013 RAILFAN & RAILROAD). The re- maining cars had been stored on NJT prop- erty awaiting final disposition. In 2014, several cars found new homes at established trolley museums around the country. At press time, it is known that Cars 1 and 13 have been moved off-site for the Friends of New Jersey Transit Heritage group. Car 7 was delivered to the New York Museum of Transportation in Rochester, N.Y., while Car 15 is now at the Connecticut Trolley Museum in East Windsor, Conn. Car 24 is destined for the Illinois Railway Muse- um, while Car 26 was delivered to the Balti- more Streetcar Museum. It is reported that Car 28 is being retained by NJ Transit for possible future charter use. With portions of this significant fleet of
PCC’s finding new homes at operating museums abroad, its safe to say the legacy of these historic cars will be preserved for future generations to enjoy. — OTTO M. VONDRAK
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