It was 4 degrees farenheit the day I took this video. That combined with the sparse service provided by the Port Authority Transit made for one long freezing day. It was still worth it.
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@philip_with1l7 жыл бұрын
I just found this video and it brought back some good memories. I grew up in the area and distinctly remember waiting at the Castle Shannon municipal building for the street car. As you can see in the video at 1:41, the driver would get out and flip a lever to activate the track switch. There was no true active signaling or switching for this loop that went around the building to orient the vehicle inbound again. I was also in the area in the 1990's when they began construction and modernizing this area of tracks. There were a few other loops and side tracks nearby, but the newer LRV's needed modernized signaling and switches.
@MrKendra5813 жыл бұрын
Most of this was shot at the Castle Shannon area of Pittsburgh,at Castle Shannon Blvd,and Route 88....
@schantavonamor380329 күн бұрын
Super late comment, but I noticed that and was really blown away! It's crazy seeing something I look at every day look the same even now in 2024. The trolley cars are different, but the building in the background is exactly the same without renovation.
@eyestoenvy12 жыл бұрын
These things moved so easily & steadily in the BAD weather... Not the horrors & waits one encounters on a bus.. These vehicles should be operating in every neighborhood, to every municipal (downtown) center in the US... reverse the damage done by GM
@philscholze65285 жыл бұрын
I lived in Forest Hills, would ride the 87 Ardmore, 64 E.Pittsburgh (via Wilkinsburg), the 67 Swissvale Rankin Braddock. Anyone remember the "flying fraction" the 77/54 N Side, Carrick via Bloomfield. Those were the good old days!
@eyestoenvy12 жыл бұрын
in BAD weather... you could ALWAYS count on a PCC to get there on time, and get you HOME... PCC = RELIABLE
@jamesslick47904 жыл бұрын
I've heard that the ONLY time the PCCs in Pittsburgh had a major problem was during the monumental blizzard of 1950. And THAT was due to stuck automobiles blocking the tracks!
@jimhirsh92829 жыл бұрын
I see A & B pizza in the background. We always got their pizza till it burned down. Cool video, thanks for posting :)
@patricknedz12 жыл бұрын
they started using buses instead when it was acquired by port authority in 1964, in 1970 they decided to use more busing routes and finally totally scrap the rail system later on. The modern subway system/light rail began operation in April 1984 and is still in operation to this day. They recently expanded the subway out to the North Shore of Downtown Pittsburgh Which has been very convenient. NO matter how bad traffic is the train is always on time. :)
@anthonymarcello37687 жыл бұрын
I remember an experience as a kid riding back from West View Park. I had eaten to many hot dogs; rode the coaster to many times & was sick as a dog. The conductor heard me starting to heave & told my Mother to slide down the window so I could get my head out. I did get my head out the window just in time. So there's this street car going down the street with a kid's head hanging out the window and, well you get the picture.
@MetalHockeyHead5 жыл бұрын
anthony marcello being sick on those I can imagine is the worst thing one can go through....sorry you had to endure that
@bobesposito7235 Жыл бұрын
I grew up in Mt Lebanon in the 1940s-50s. At the time the streetcars went down W Liberty Ave. Rode those things many times. I think a part of Pittsburgh dies when the PCCs were retired.
@CrazyBear655 жыл бұрын
Damn, I miss them trolleys. By 89 they had converted them all over to the caternary system you see in the video here, so they didn't actually have the trolley pulley running on a single overhead wire anymore, but... Anyways, I would've been living on Noble's Lane at that time. I caught the shot of the bridge over 51 there at 5:47 ... A balmy four degrees, yeah, I don't miss _that_ shit!
@jamesslick47904 жыл бұрын
Replacing that single pulley ruined a teenage prank of yanking the cable when a car was stopped (usually Downtown.) Not that I would EVER have done THAT! 😂
@brushcreek4213 жыл бұрын
Very professionally filmed!
@jayo121213 жыл бұрын
@19Chuck80 South Pittsburgh. @3:15- I've always wanted to see that trackwork when it was active!
@BobCat6239239 жыл бұрын
I mis those old PCC cars...those were the days
@Jon-Ivy2 жыл бұрын
So do I. They revamped the Overbrook line in the early 2000s - but you can't even get on/off the T in Overbrook - but at one location. You miss your stop, good luck. The Next one is McNeily Rd... I remember going with my grandfather to greet my mom getting off work when the 47 used to stop at the bottom of Englert St. and Rt 51. They lived up the hill from there on Lucina Ave. I could hear that distinctive rumble of the wheels as the trolleys went by in the Saw Mill Run ravine below.
@BobCat6239232 жыл бұрын
@@Jon-Ivy I lived up above the Glenbury St stop.in Overbrook..my father drove those PCC's...I used to go with him all the time when he'd get an extra piece of work late at night.., when he'd get out at the end of the line he'd let me drive the street car a little lol I agree they were a lot better than the subway cars they have now....my dad transferred over to buses when the new T was put in. He never liked the T cars.
@patricknedz12 жыл бұрын
These were discontinued, they now use the Light rail (T System) instead which only goes south bound. Operates as a subway in the downtown area.
@pittsburghrailfan8 жыл бұрын
A heck of a lot has changed in 26 years.
@patricknedz12 жыл бұрын
I never really heard of our trains having any problems in bad/snowy weather here they seem to run pretty good. Now the buses thats another story especially with pennsylvania roads. I wanted to send you a link to an article about the trains and the older systems such as streetcars but youtube wont let me send links.
@adelgado7512 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for responding. As great as the trolleys are they're not always practical due to bad weather.
@waltkeast97775 жыл бұрын
The streetcars were often times the only transportation running during heavy snow. I relied on their reliability many times.
@jamesslick47904 жыл бұрын
Yet, SOMEHOW they served Pittsburgh just fine for 100 years?!?
@adelgado7512 жыл бұрын
Why are they being discontinued?
@beerybill4 жыл бұрын
As I vaguely recall, the Port Authority claimed spare parts were not available and that was the reason for removing the PCCs. That sounded bogus since PCCs are running in San Francisco. The PCCs shown here are the remains of some 100 in the Pittsburgh Railways 1700 series. Sealed windows, no AC, just overhead fans. Seriously HOT inside.
@merccadoosis8847 Жыл бұрын
Wow - I can't believe how quickly the video went by. Wonderful video, indeed. So sad that PCCs were taken away from our cities. Each and every one in the USA should employ a trolley bus system and use the PCC style exclusively. Reduce car traffic, air pollution, and have fewer car/truck accidents. Bring back our PCCs!
@Isochest Жыл бұрын
No Lithium Battery fires!! The catenary is a battery
@adelgado7513 жыл бұрын
Great video. How much of this trolley still exist?
@midwayization2 ай бұрын
I was probably the manager at the Mcd's on Castle Shannon Blvd that day could have cooked you up a hot McDLT
@Tolya197912 жыл бұрын
Thank you :-)
@garysmith3942 жыл бұрын
PCCs with pantographs look ridiculous! I don't even like them on "LRVs" . Bring back the trolley pole.
@ArtStoneUS Жыл бұрын
If you were a driver and the trolley came off the wire in the middle of a trestle, you might have a different opinion. I remember that happening once in the early 1960s heading to downtown going down the hill from Beechview. With loss of power, one of the front doors would automatically open and the driver had to walk along the side of the car. Some of the 1700 series cars used in interurban service had a back window that could open so the driver could reset the trolley pole without getting out.
@tristankelly40592 жыл бұрын
mr krabs is ready to snow it out
@adelgado7512 жыл бұрын
Is this still active?
@Isochest11 жыл бұрын
Was the traction voltage 600v dc?
@ArtStoneUS Жыл бұрын
Yes, the nominal voltage was 600 volts DC. However, the farther you get away from the substation and the more cars that are sharing that section of the wire, the more the voltage drops. None of the PCCs from the factory had air conditioning, largely due to the lack of available power. When these streetcars were rebuilt in the early 1980s, at least one additional substation was added. Also, they removed a lot of the weight. I learned from my trip to the Pennsylvania trolley museum that the front of these cars was a fiberglass facade made from a casting of the original streetcars. Fiberglass also does not rust. People with a whimsical idea that all cities should have PCC street cars never rode them to get to work everyday. Imagine what it was like in El Paso Texas to ride without air conditioning.
@RoDe10 жыл бұрын
Cool
@lazarbrzak36235 жыл бұрын
Сјајни ПЦЦ трамваји.То је благои треба чувати.
@19Chuck8013 жыл бұрын
what part of pitt is this
@philip_with1l7 жыл бұрын
Castle Shannon, for the most part.
@ArtStoneUS Жыл бұрын
The borough building the cars are circling around is no longer there. It's now some sort of sports complex.