Boston MBTA

PCC cars 3087 and 3252, built by Pullman-Standard in 1945 and 1946 respectively, bask in the late afternoon sun at the Mattapan Terminal of the MBTA's Mattapan-Ashmont "High Speed Trolley Line" in August 1982. In 1994 the only remaining active PCC cars in Boston are the twelve rebuilt "wartime" PCCs used on this line. These all-electric cars, outfitted with Westinghouse electrical equipment, are 46 feet long, 100 inches wide, and have 41 seats. Streetcar operation between Mattapan and the Ashmont terminal of the Red Line began in December 1929. The line utilizes the rights-of-way of the former New Haven Railroad Old Colony Shawmut and Milton Branches.

Collection of Matthew D. Cosgro
Image > Postcard > Printed > Chrome
Object ID 9304001613, Recorded 2021-10-24
Storage Location: Archives

Publisher: Audio-Visual Designs
Photographer: David C. Warner

Date: August 1982
Postmark: Not postally used.

Location, depicts: Boston, Massachusetts
Location, was published at: Earlton, New York

Subject, Agency: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Subject, Station: Mattapan