Exclusive: A tour of the new Washington DC Streetcar!

[KDUCSLMB]

Thank you from your video. My name is Václav David, i am from Czech republic, the vehicle too. I have the streetcar- and railwayblog mhd-vlak.tk

[rail64]

Of course the US Congress MANDATED that Capital Transit get rid of all streetcars by 1962. That system used underground conduit in place of overhead trolley wire in the DC Limits. Was a terrific system to ride.

Great to see them return, even without the conduits.

[ctrabs74]

Sharp looking cars...

[seClip9]

That color looks almost alike the buses used in D.C. Circulator.

[Southeastern4204]

Me @0:40 lol my bad

[CapitanBluebeard]

i cannot wait to see them running, bringing the streetcar back to DC is brilliant. But who will run them WMATA or DDOT?

[WMATAvids]

@CapitanBluebeard Well i was told it will be ran by a private contractor.Might be DDOT,

[ECDT1089]

im going down there to check this out

[ECDT1089]

nice

[andrewscott1990]

It looks like a good, functional design, though the interior is a little plain, especially compared to the multicolored metrorail cars

[jamin108]

I like how you step up into the back on either side

[bubba2781]

Nice, I heard they were putting them on display. I see the are working on the tracks over in Anacosita along the old CSX right of way.

[AlgonquinRider810]

wow thats nice! i never new dc had street cars or is getting any!

[B43]

so yall goin from bus to street car? i myself dont under stand da point of street cars.

VASSO

[andrewscott1990]

@B43

Cheaper runnings costs, higher demand, more investment in the areas that they are built in. I can go on

[Southeastern4204]

@B43 To ease congestion on the buses and the roads...well at least what they people there said

[JamaicaQnzFreak]

Awesome....love it!

[DCAreaTransitFan]

punks

[Caitsith810]

KICKASS!!! That streetcar looks tight inside and out, it would fit right in with the circulator fleet.

Nice video man!