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JTCo 404 is a shot of a Johnstown Traction Company (Johnstown PA) PCC 404, on Washington Street in Downtown Johnstown. This shot was taken by Gary Dillon of Akron OH just prior to the end of service on June 11,1960. It was taken either the 10th or the 11th of that month. The shot is at the safety island in front of the Penn Traffic Store, 419 Washington Street in Johnstown, on the northwest side of the loop-around-a-block in the center of Johnstown. Morrellville, if that was where the car was really bound (note: the group of railfans on this trip were jokers to a degree. They once rode around Johnstown in a PCC with a Pittsburgh rollsign rolled up to Pittsburgh. They stopped at a few stops and asked curious onlookers, "which way to Pittsburgh?") was about a 15 to 20 minute journey, depending on the time of d