Postcard from Tetepilco

While looking for photos taken at the Museo de Transportes Electricos del Distrito Federal, or Federal District Electric Transportation Museum, in Mexico City I stumbled across some interesting updates. Again, I'm a little behind the times on this, but it's good to get the roster updated nonetheless. The thing that surprised me most is that a few years back (apparently in 2012 or 2013) the museum cosmetically restored a second PCC. The car, Servicio de Transportes Electricos del Distrito Federal 2434, is shown above in the only picture I've been able to come across showing it. The last I knew of this car it was in dead storage at nearby Tetepilco Shops (as seen in the car's record linked above) so I was surprised that it had been fixed up and put on display. It's something of a contrast with the other PCC on display at the museum, STE 2192, which was cosmetically restored back in 2006. That car (which is lettered 2784 for reasons totally unknown to me) is an ex-Detroit car and somewhat more closely resembles its original American appearance. Car 2434, though, is an ex-Minneapolis car and received a few extra modifications including smaller front doors and a different windshield. It has been updated to reflect the fact that it's now on public display.

Photos of this museum are hard to come by online, but as luck would have it, it's easily visible from Google Street View! From the street you can easily see the body of line car 1303 with car 2434 behind it, with PCC 2192 and car 0 down the track from the line car.