Seattle’s new streetcars may be too big to fit tracks, maintenance barn

The new streetcars that Seattle ordered to expand the downtown streetcar system are heavier, longer and wider than the streetcars the city now operates, and it’s unclear if they’ll work on the current track and fit in the maintenance barn, Mayor Jenny Durkan’s office said Tuesday.

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) ordered 10 new streetcars in the fall, at a cost of $52 million, as it planned to link up the two existing streetcar lines with a new line