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Essentially, the PCC III is a completely new car built within an old PCC car's shell. All-new motors and brakes based on the PCC B3 truck design have been installed, as well as new air-conditioning units. The cars feature control consoles resembling those of SEPTA's modern
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By 2020, 14 of the 18 PCC II cars were unable to pass their internal mechanical inspections, thus prompting an early suspension of service on the Girard Avenue line to allow for refurbishments. Plans had called for a shorter disruption to accommodate track refurbishment and a highway expansion, but
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light rail cars, to make some existing railcars available for the line. However, this was found to be prohibitively costly, and the decision was made instead to rehabilitate older cars for the service. To this end, SEPTA sent eighteen of its retired PCC cars to the
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this was initiated early when the breadth of mechanical issues were discovered. As of 2024, rebuilding of the PCC II fleet into
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