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[quote user="daveklepper"] Muni's PCC streetcars were not mu equipped and only operated as single cars.   Even today, MINI and Market Street Railway do not own mu PCC's.  The replacement Boeing LRV's did operate mu, and so do the replacement Breda LRV's today.Note my posting covered only streetcar-LRV North American PCC's.   All PCC rapid transit cars, even those designed primarily for single-car operation (Skokie Swift originals) were mu-equipped.  Most European PCC's were mu (Tartras).  Exceptions were The Hague, Antwerp, and Ghent. Boston:   All PCC's eventually made MU, including the original 25 "Tremont" class and the all-electric "City Point" class.   All mu PCC's single-end, front-entrance, center exit with center doors on both sides, doors available for boarding of course depending on platform at prepaid stations.   Exception:  25 ex-Dallas PCC double-end, front and rear door cars were purchased second-hand from Dallas, Texas.   These were not made mu, used for specific shuttle services, although equipped with Tomlinson couplers.Shaker Heights, Single-end, front-entrance and center-exitToronto,  Single-end, front-entrance and center-exit.Pacific Electric:   Double end, front-entrance and center-exit, only PCC's of this typeIllinois Terminal:   Double-end, front and rear doors.   Body type same as first PCC's in San Francisco and the same body used for non-PCC Red Arrow cars. [/quote]SF Municipal Ry did not buy any MU PCC's. However they did buy second hand some of the St Louis IT PCC's. Muni never ran them in multiple and at some point removed the couplers for other reasons.           FYI  . One other item Muni was not a participant of the PCC commision & initially did not have the license(?) to but PCC cars. During WW II Market St Railway was merged into Muni and this is where SF Muni obtained the rights to use PCC patents & etc.Rgds IGN
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