{"id":233581,"date":"2026-07-02T08:21:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T08:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/233581\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T08:21:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T08:21:23","slug":"pennsylvania-trolley-museum-debuts-spirit-of-1776-pcc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/233581\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Debuts \u2018Spirit of 1776\u2019 PCC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tPennsylvania Trolley Museum Debuts \u2018Spirit of 1776\u2019 PCC &#8211; Railfan &amp; Railroad Magazine<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whiteriverproductions.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ml.jpg\" alt=\"White River Productions\" width=\"93\" height=\"21\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tRailNews<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1776.jpg\" alt=\"Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Debuts \u2018Spirit of 1776\u2019 PCC\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum became the latest museum to celebrate America\u2019s 250th birthday with the debut of a red, white and blue PCC car. Courtesy Photo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum became the latest museum to celebrate America\u2019s 250th birthday with the debut of a red, white and blue PCC car.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The paint scheme is reminiscent of one Pittsburgh Port Authority Transit applied to a streetcar back in 1976, to celebrate the bicentennial. Car 1776 ran in its \u201cSpirit of 1776\u201d livery until it was involved in a crash in August 1982. The car was later scrapped.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since the original car was lost, the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum decided to paint another car in its collection, PAT 1799, into the patriotic paint scheme. That car was built by St. Louis Car Company in 1945, and operated in Pittsburgh on the South Hills routes until 1986. It was acquired by PTM in 1990. The car is not operational, but will be on display throughout the July 4th celebration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2014Justin Franz<\/p>\n<p class=\"news-date\">This article was posted on: July 1, 2026<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"MjAsMSw2MA==\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.whiteriverproductions.com\/products\/crlv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wrp-CRLV_728x90.png\"\/><\/a>\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.whiteriverproductions.com\/products\/crlv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wrp-CRLV_300x250.png\"\/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.whiteriverproductions.com\/products\/crlv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wrp-CRLV_300x250.png\"\/><\/a><br \/>Railnews<\/p>\n<p class=\"news-date\">July 2, 2026<\/p>\n<p>South Shore Line riders are having to take the bus between Hammond Gateway and East Chicago, Ind., after a freight train derailment on June 24 knocked out part of the catenary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"news-date\">July 1, 2026<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum became the latest museum to celebrate America\u2019s 250th birthday with the debut of a red, white and blue PCC car.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"news-date\">June 30, 2026<\/p>\n<p>The EBT Foundation and the Rockhill Trolley Museum are at odds over the introduction of rail bike rides on the standard gauge track used by the streetcar museum that is owned by the narrow gauge railroad.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">Railfan &amp; Railroad Magazine, \u00a92015-2026 White River Productions. 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