TRANVÍAS DE BARCELONA. Tramway PCC Washington, line 29 (1962)

TRANVÍAS DE BARCELONA
Tram line 29, No. 1663 of the PCC Washington model.

On 23 December 1961, the first units of the PCC Washington trams, imported from the USA for $2,000 each unit, were publicly presented. The PCC model trams were manufactured in the United States between 1935 and 1938 and circulated in the city of Washington from 1937 to 1962. The 101 second-hand units that were incorporated into the Tranvías de Barcelona society arrived in Barcelona by sea between 1961 and 1965.

(Source: Arxiu Fundació TMB.)