Johnstown Traction Company
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The Johnstown Traction Company (JTC) was a street-railway system in Johnstown, Pennsylvania (February 23, 1910 - June 11, 1960). JTC was one of the last small cities to abandon trolley service in the United States. Many of the 1920 era cars went directly to museums, however none of the 17 more modern PCC streetcars were saved, many of their components having been salvaged for sale to European tram operators. Electric trolleybus service continued until 1967, at which point the system became bus only. In 1976, the private JTC would become the CamTran public transit system.
[edit] Surviving JTC cars
- 350 Pennsylvania Trolley Museum
- 351 Market Street Railway
- 352 National Capital Trolley Museum (destroyed by fire, September 28th 2003)
- 311, 355 Rockhill Trolley Museum
- 356, 357 Shore Line Trolley Museum
- 358 originally Stone Mountain, Georgia, then Trolley Museum of New York
- 362 Fox River Trolley Museum
[edit] External links
- Johnstown Traction photos on Dave's Rail Pix
- A replica JTC PCC car is in service in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
