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So the last hurrah of the American traction industry occurred in the 1930s and 1940s, with the PCC car, the Brill Bullet, the Electroliner and the CA&E 450-series rolling off of the assembly lines.
As a result, there were no new streetcars or interurban cars built in the 1950s and 1960s.
By the 1970s, we had the traction "revival" with the spread of light rail, but in my (personal and subjective) opinion, modern LRV vehicles are too utilitarian and less "fun" in their design (like many things after the mid-'60s).
Were there ever any concepts for what streetcars, rapid transit or interurban cars would have looked like if they had continued to evolve in the mid-century modern design era? (~1945-1970)
Could we have seen a successor to the PCC car that resembled a New Look bus?
The closest thing I've ever seen are some very early proposal sketches of BART trains.
As a result, there were no new streetcars or interurban cars built in the 1950s and 1960s.
By the 1970s, we had the traction "revival" with the spread of light rail, but in my (personal and subjective) opinion, modern LRV vehicles are too utilitarian and less "fun" in their design (like many things after the mid-'60s).
Were there ever any concepts for what streetcars, rapid transit or interurban cars would have looked like if they had continued to evolve in the mid-century modern design era? (~1945-1970)
Could we have seen a successor to the PCC car that resembled a New Look bus?
The closest thing I've ever seen are some very early proposal sketches of BART trains.
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