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[quote user="emdgp92"][quote user="tgindy"][2] Traction is also being modeled. 1956 is still viable for prototype PCC, Brill, box motor, etc.[/quote] Some lines ran PCC cars for years. Pittsburgh had 4 left until recently. They were all retired within the past 5-6 years, after literally hauling millions of passengers over millions of miles. They've all been preserved--one by the South Hills Car Shop, one by a former school-turned-artist shop, and I *think* the others went to museums. BTW, didn't N&W hold onto their steam engines until 1959 or '60? I know they got rid of them pretty late. [/quote] I still recall The "T" (Pittsburgh's light rail service) running those PCC cars until fairly recently. They even had their last ones painted in the current white with black and gold stripes scheme. I remember riding one as a kid, it was pretty neat. I'm 27 so that should give some of you an idea of their staying power. They operated mostly around the South Hills area.   As for Norfolk & Western I heard they finaly dieselized in 1963. I think most people consider the steam to diesel transition era on American railroads to fall between 1946-1963.
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