From the Gerhard Salomon Film Collection. PCCs and Standard cars in the early 1950s. PCCs running to Willow Grove. Standard car on Rt 52 in Germantown. PCCs to Fox Chase. Quick Glimpses of Standard cars on Rt 15, 17, and 36.
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@richardcaputo29910 жыл бұрын
I am not a trolley buff as my deceased brother-in-law, Warren Friel was but because I grew up in West Oak Lane I remember the #6 trolley very well from Olney Avenue to Willow Grove when it traveled there in my younger days. It took me to the subway and beyond. One of my friends' father was a trolley driver on the #6 and I saw him many times going & coming from Cardinal Dougherty High School. We didn't own a car until my Junior Year in High School so we always rode the trolleys, buses & subways where ever we went including South Philly and to the North Philly RR station that either took us to Atlantic city or Trenton, NJ. Great Neighborhood & FOND MEMORIES!!!! If anyone has anymore films on the #6 trolley please post them. Thanks; Rich
@ronlevine8873 Жыл бұрын
I could imagine the heartbreak the cinematographer must have felt when he was taking these "farewell" films of trolleys that were soon to disappear.
@italobambino4312 жыл бұрын
amazing footage, Philadelphia city streets and neighborhoods were so orderly,the streetcars took you right to your front door. these films sadden me, you see how our city has deteriorated.
@elviradonaghy64253 жыл бұрын
I was born in Philadelphia . 1936 Grew up and attended Catholic school until graduation. We had a great childhood. A wonderful school and Church priests and sisters The world has given up on God. The world thinks man is his own God. There is only one true God, and until the world returns to God, loves, adores, and obeys Him, you will see a speedy decline in civilization. The whole world is in it now like no other time. If you don't want faith, truth, and you will never have justice. Just look at the difference between when you thought life was hard. Electronics won't take you to heaven. Those who have ears to hear, let them hear, those who have eyes to see let them see. Amen.
@mikemanton36422 жыл бұрын
@@elviradonaghy6425 And Trolleys?
@italobambino4312 жыл бұрын
Philadelphia had an amazing network of steetcars
@lizhug274811 жыл бұрын
Many of these former Philadelphia treasures are now in San Francisco and still in use.
@instaglam75084 жыл бұрын
They still use the old school trolleys on the route 15 girard av line
@russellcandy98503 жыл бұрын
My father drove the 23 for over 20yrs. He started when it was PRT. Thanks great doc !!
@ron1013469 ай бұрын
It's a heartbreaker seeing all these electric streetcar lines operating shortly before they were converted to diesel bus--when many of the rolling stock were relatively new PCC models.
@gregwright5343 Жыл бұрын
My dad drove these, I wish I could see their faces. Wouldn't surprise me if he was captured in your footage. Thank you for sharing. He switched to the buses in the 60's. I remember being at the Callowhill Depot with him.
@stevestearns22413 жыл бұрын
great film of the PPC trolleys in my city Philadelphia. in 1957 I was a young kid I would stand on the corner of 10th and Erie watch the trolleys go down 10thst to the trolley barn. I would get excited to the sparks on the trolley wires and hear noisy PPC Air cars rumbling down the street . A fantastic time in my life . Wonderful memories.
@mikemanton36422 жыл бұрын
PCC
@tkandme311 жыл бұрын
They'll come back. They're so beautiful and graceful
@hihihi6868682 жыл бұрын
It's pretty cool to see the Keswick Village in the early 50s. It looks very similar to today
@johnwilbur512310 жыл бұрын
50 and 47 ran north-south, 60 ran east-west on Allegheny Avenue. Most of these still exist as bus routes with the same number.
@kenlipner589510 жыл бұрын
thanks, a great clip of the 6 car. in retrospect it was a trip through geography and culture ..boarding at broad and olney, riding to the then upscale extra wide ogontz ave to city line, continue on the rapid trolley only, right of way to glenside through the forest, emerging at the alpine like glenside then culminating at the great willow grove park. .what a day for judge Arthur k and I...ken...miami
@litephaze12 жыл бұрын
Absolutely an A+++! It's NOT only been a long time since I've been impressed with Septa/PTC related videos... THIS IS A TOP-LEVEL record for favorites! I remember the 6, 23, 50, 53, 56, Trollys' and the 29 & 79 Trackless-trolly lines... There is STILL hope for the 23 and the 29 & 79. DAMN SEPTA! COMMON SENSE?
@alterego22712 жыл бұрын
I used to ride the 23 to school in the 1970s. It was the longest "street car" line in the world.
@mikemanton36422 жыл бұрын
In the early 20th Century it was longer. Went to Erdenheim in Springfield Township. May not have been called Route 23 in 1906.
@JHand0412 жыл бұрын
Yep. Apparently, Philadelphia was home to a massive system of streetcars. They ran all over the city. I think it was during the 50s that they started to drop off.
@beerybill7 жыл бұрын
Thanks to National City Lines.
@yolandajohnson86854 жыл бұрын
Thank You for posting. I LOVE old documentaries
@sfuspoppop10 жыл бұрын
I drove the #17 when it went to bus.The fun part was going around City Hall east bound at wanamakers & you couldnt see the right side of the bus due to passengers standing over the do not stand line.
@PatricioBridges11 жыл бұрын
Wow does this bring back memories. I used to like riding in the older trollies when they were brought on-line usually in the late afternoon when the schools and work let out along the Sharon Hill line...the wood seats didn't bother me at all.
@Maurice-Navel3 жыл бұрын
I remember riding that Standard 52 double-ender to the end of the line at Wagner Jr. HS.
@mi202611 жыл бұрын
Those were the days
@teddawg32710 жыл бұрын
my bro, rip, drove the 23 car
@TheEline273312 жыл бұрын
I never knew there were that many trolley lines in Philadelphia. But I do remember routes 6, 15, 20? Im not sure about route 20, 23, 47, 50, 56, & 60
@lazarbrzak36236 жыл бұрын
Прелепи пцц трамваји. Надам се да ћу доживети да се поново возим у њима. Задњи пут је било 1984 на 1985 године in Beldrade !
@gortbot7748 Жыл бұрын
I'm having a massive Homesick attack.
@mr.x75367 жыл бұрын
Have you ever thought about getting this film restored to get the haze out and have it be sharp and clear?
@dagosliv10 жыл бұрын
I wish someone has some videos of Chicago streetcars
@SaltPyramids3 жыл бұрын
looking for more shots of the 15 on girard ave in the early 50s, specifically the route between broad street & frankford ave
@teddawg32711 жыл бұрын
I grew up near the 42 and the 46 cars
@mayfairray112 жыл бұрын
nice clips, but it is Chelten Ave, not Chelton
@realgone22212 жыл бұрын
I miss the streetcar too, but if you look at this footage you realize that its not much different from a bus route and buses are cheaper to operate.
@295g2959 жыл бұрын
2:55 "Route 6 Ogontz Ave. above City Line" is now Rt. 309 Expressway?
@mi20269 жыл бұрын
Yes it is.
@haymaker17518 жыл бұрын
+B Sm yep !and city line is now called Cheltenham ave.
@DelanceyCheeks9 жыл бұрын
Just curious...why is Chelten Avenue shown as Chelton?
@1711and149 жыл бұрын
Delancey Cheeks Mostly because I misspelled it and never fixed it!
@OldsVistaCruiser3 жыл бұрын
And why is Cheltenham Ave. called City Line? City Line Ave. does not intersect with Ogontz Ave.
@itssharrlol3 жыл бұрын
@@OldsVistaCruiser cheltenham used to be called city line
@mikemanton36422 жыл бұрын
@@OldsVistaCruiser Cheltenham Ave is City line. Across Cheltenham Ave. one enters Montgomery County. There is no City Line Ave. The actual name is City Avenue. Philadelphians call it City Line Avenue as across it one enters Montgomery County also.
@XALTEREGO111 жыл бұрын
you skipped the 36 route :( lol
@jimmyfeathersmith13334 жыл бұрын
Does anyone have any idea of what the huge building on 17th street between Indiana & Cambria was?
@carlohines6249 жыл бұрын
NOW THAT'S OLD.
@thrjfi5360 Жыл бұрын
Aren't the Philly Greenland trolleys used mta cars
@jesseconger456110 жыл бұрын
The truth don't stop
@stevefromPA211 жыл бұрын
buses are cheaper to operate...the avg bus will burn twice its new value in one year...it will contribute god only knows how many tons of diesel emissions contributing to environmental and health cost....no way a diesel bus cost less than a efficient electric trolley..
@frankebell238311 ай бұрын
This is not the 50s, it's late 1940s.
@fredpohl52029 жыл бұрын
Richard Caputo I knew your brother in law Warren Friel