Hi Connie, Thanks for watching and for your comment. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

You can still ride this type of streetcars in San Francisco, Boston, and Kenosha Wisconsin!

Hi Dana. Yes, the good old days. Thanks for watching and for your comment. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

Hi xxvavyguy445, You are most welcome. Thanks for watching and for your kind words. I'm glad you liked the presentation and appreciate you taking the time to let me know. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

Hi angelsy1975, Thanks for watching and for sharing your memories. Interesting that your building is still there. Many of the scenes I photographed look completely different. Cheers, tassiebaz. 😄

Hi Deborah, Thanks for watching and for your kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed the presentation. Regards, tassiebaz.

Hi Zsuzsi, Thanks for watching and for your comment. It's my pleasure to be able to share these with those with similar interests. Regards, tassiebaz.

Hi Robert, Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment. he scene at Avalon loop was quite unexpected but memorable, even 50+ years on. Have a look at my Pittsburgh East End presentation to see more interesting last car pictures. That last night happened during an ice storm. Stay well and all the best for 2021. Cheers, tassiebaz.

@@tassiebaz Thank you for responding. My father would have loved to see these videos. During this crazy time in our country, they provide a very much needed respite. They are very enjoyable.

@@robertheck6747 Thanks for your kind words. I appreciate you taking the time to let me know you enjoyed the images.

Hi Tom, Thanks for watching and for your comment. It's my pleasure to be able to share these memories with those who have similar interests. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

Hi Jonathan, Thanks for watching and for your kind words. I am pleased to have been able to share these memories. When I first visited Pittsburgh in 1964, most of the great system was still running. I never did see any of the West End lines, some of the North Side lines were already gone, as were the lines to McKeesport. But there was still plenty left to keep me occupied. I literally didn't know where to go first. 21-Fineview was always a highlight, but service was infrequent so photography was a challenge. If you haven't already done so, I hope you'll have a look at my other Pittsburgh streetcar and light rail videos. There are six in total. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

Hi Emily, Thanks for watching and for your kind words. I'm glad you liked the presentation and appreciate you taking the time to let me know. 😀Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

Hi Kevin, Thanks for watching and for the kind words in your comment. I appreciate you letting me know how much you enjoyed this presentation. I am thrilled to be able to share these memories with those who may have an interest. I have other Pittsburgh videos on KZfaq which you may want to view. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

Hi patski762, Thanks for watching and for your kind words. I'm glad you liked the presentation and appreciate you taking the time to let me know. Of course, when you were young, you COULD get all over the city by streetcar. 😀Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

Hi dave0028, Thanks for watching and for your comment. I'm glad you liked the video and appreciate you taking the time to let me know. Cheers, tassiebaz.

Hi A.T. Schmalzried, Thanks for watching and for your insightful comment. The whole of the Pittsburgh trolley system was unique, with the Northside being extra special. I have many fond memories of visiting the system and it never ceased to amaze me. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

Hi Tom, Thanks for watching and for your perceptive comment. You are 100% absolutely correct and I couldn't agree more. Wish we could relive those times. Shame the younger generations will have never experienced that wonderful time. Cheers, tassiebaz.😀👍🚋✅

Hi Reg, Absolutely agreed. After you left downtown, especially on the South Side, you could have been somewhere in rural America, not a big city. I rode the newer light rail and prefer the way it used to be, especially the Overbrook line, which has lost all its charm. As for Fineview, that was unique. I remember the first time I rode it, I was in disbelief where it was going, and it kept getting better. I always thought it would have been nice to have a tourist line that combined the 40 Mt Washington and the 21 Fineview. Now, that would have been a ride. Regards, tassiebaz.

@@tassiebaz I totally agree. It's been said before, but Pittsburgh ran trolley lines in areas that no other company would even think of doing! Two lines on streets that were so narrow, cars had to park on the sidewalk! And Fineview was more like a carnival ride, sharp turns, steep grades, and what scenes! IF, they had done something like DC Transit and Air Conditioned several cars, fixed them up and had a Fineview/ Mt Washington scenic tour- terminating at the Mt Washington Restaurant for dinner- Ohhhh the possibilities were endless in Pittsburgh. Take care, I love your work Reg

Hi Reg, Yes, it would have been great. They could have even incorporated an incline ride in the itinerary. Thanks for your kind words. Regards, tassiebaz.

Outstanding. I rode the North Side lines but I have never seen them photographed this well before.

There was report on 60 minutes years ago how General Motors paid off all of the local politicians (Pittsburgh included) to replace them with their sticky buses... GM wanted people to buy more cars and this was one way of doing it because most people liked using streetcars rather than drive....Toronto still has Trolleys running through the city and beyond to this day... Canadians seem to have looked beyond the greed of money that we American seem to always succumb to...

Hi Art, I think the intersection at Ohio and Federal Streets was close to a grand union. Also, there was a 3/4 grand union located at the intersection of 5th Avenue and Craig St in Oakland. I think that one of the two switches was power on/power off (or toggle on / off), while the other was manual (with possible automatic reset). In Melbourne, Australia, they use transponders with enough channels to be able to select one of the three possible routes. Philadelphia uses turn signals on the Kawasaki to select the route, and I'm sure other cities with complex intersections use some sort of modern technology. You are quire correct; the last resort is the switch iron. Cheers, tassiebaz.

Hi Andy, Thanks for watching and for your comment. Getting caught while driving is not as bad as doing it on a bicycle. Regards, tassiebaz.

Hi Janet, Thanks for watching and for your kind words. I'm glad you liked the presentation and appreciate you taking the time to let me know. 21-Fineview certainly was a unique trolley line and fun to photograph, although challenging because it only ran every 55 minutes or so. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

Hi JJ, I absolutely agree with your insightful comment. It's a real shame because Pittsburgh had one of the most comprehensive streetcar systems around. It's lucky that what exists there now survived those times. Thanks for watching. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

Hi Theron, Thanks for watching and for your keen observation. Pittsburgh Railways had a logic to their streetcar route numbering. The lowest numbers started on the North Side and proceeded counter-clockwise around the metropolitan area. For example, Routes 1-21 were on the North Side, Routes 23-34 on the West End, Routes 35-53 on the South Side, etc. When they converted the lines to bus, they kept similar numbers in many, but not all cases. For example, Route 21 Fineview became bus 11E, and not, I believe is just Route 11. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

Hi Bobby, Yes, the good old days. Things have changed a bit since then. Thanks for watching. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

Hola Videos musicales de coleccion.Josue Uribe, Gracias por mirar y por sus amables palabras. Me alegra que hayas disfrutado el video y agradezco que te hayas tomado el tiempo para contarme. Mantenerse bien. Saludos, tassiebaz.

Hi Ray, Thanks for watching and for sharing your great memories. Unfortunately, McKeesport streetcar services were already discontinued by the time I first visited Pittsburgh. Really wish I had the opportunity to have seen them. Many bad decisions were made by transport management back then. Cheers, tassiebaz.

Hi willieboy1970, I'll bet you have some good memories if you had the chance to go out and ride with your father and grandfather. Thanks for watching and for your comment. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

Hi Enevan1968, Thanks for watching and for your comment. I think that in some places (like the line through Overbrook), it would have cost significant money to double-track the line in its entirety with not much operational gain. Having said that, it is now double tracked and modernized. In other places there wasn't enough room for two tracks, especially in some locations going around corners. Some route frequencies just didn't need two tracks to maintain the service. Regards, tassiebaz.

HI 2Mom Crew, Thanks for watching and for your comment. I personally took all the pictures on this and all my other presentations, and also put them together. I'm glad you enjoyed the video and appreciate you taking the time to let me know. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

@@tassiebaz That is WONDERFUL! Have you ever licensed your videos out before? If so, I'd love to talk more about the potential of licensing it for a project we are working on. Do you have an email I could send some more info to?

@@2MomCrew I have never licensed my videos out. I can be reached at qesimsbb@ozemail.com.au.

Hi dubdaze68, Yes, every picture on my channel was personally taken by me. Thanks for watching and for taking the time to let me know you liked the video. I appreciate it. Cheers, tassiebaz. 😄

Hi dankus, Thanks for watching and for your question. I believe it is crossing Perrysville Avenue just before the Keating Car House. Cheers, tassiebaz.

@@tassiebaz huh interesting, i did some digging on google maps to try and cross reference the footage after i asked and found the spot. its honestly kinda weird seeing the right of way go down that big hill across what is now 279. mainly interested in where that reconnects with perrysville avenue

​@@dankus9557 Hi, I also had a look at google maps and nothing looks like it did about 57 years ago. I have an old Pittsburgh Railways track map that shows the right of way heading down from Keating Car House to just past where the City Line was (is??). I don't think it was too far, down the hill and back up the other side to reconnect with Perrysville Ave, certainly well before the junction with East Street. Cheers, tassiebaz.

Hi Art NC, Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment. Cheers, tassiebaz.

Maybe it was a streetcar marked EMSWORTH and not necessaryily in Emsworth or Bellevue at the time. I think all the streetcars went to downtown Pittsburgh before turning around and going back to Emsworth, Bellevue, Avalon, etc. through the Northside.

I don't know if it applies in this situation, but it was fairly common that the streetcars would change their signs when they headed toward downtown showing their outbound destination.

Hi, Flying Scooter Productions, Thanks for watching and for your question. All images on this video were personally taken by me. You have my permission to use any parts of it that might help your worthy cause. If there is anything I could do to help, please let me know. Cheers, tassiebaz.

Hi Sean, Thanks for watching and for your comment. This presentation was produced from my personal collection of movies and pictures. You are welcome to use whatever scenes you need. I'm just curious, could you advise what you are planning to do? Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

@@tassiebaz I work for TreibLIVE.com in Pittsburgh. From time to time we make regional history videos. Here is one we made on the Clark Bar. jwp.io/s/KWQTq0Jx. Is there a way I can contact you?

Hi Sean, My personal email address is qesimsbb@ozemail.com.au That is probably the best way to contact me at present and to start with. Cheers, tassiebaz.

Hi Ghost Most, Thanks for watching and for your comment. Could you please let me know what is the time of the scene you think is not Emsworth so I could have a look. Cheers, tassiebaz.

Hi Keith, Thanks for watching and for your accurate description of what happened. Streetcars disappeared and were replaced by diesel buses, till there are only the two lines remaining today. And, unfortunately, Pittsburgh wasn't the only city this happened to. Many of these locations have now reinstated successful light rail operations. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

For the PCC cars, there were four groups, 1400, 1500, 1600, and 1700 I remember in the 1960s that they scrapped the first two groups on a track next to the South hills junction since there was no place to store them. Some of them were made before World war II. All the ones in these pictures and movies seem to be the 16 and 1700 series built in the late 1940s and early 1950s PCC street cars did not have air conditioning with the exception of one demonstration unit in Washington DC. They relied entirely on ventilation. The windows rarely worked. Some of the cars depicted are what are called the standee cars. They have windows above the main windows that a person who was standing could look out of. They were particularly unpleasant because the windows were sealed and it relied entirely on a fan in the ceiling. The PCC street cars dumped the energy from dynamic braking into resistor banks under the seats in the front. The heat was unbearable. Just imagine having PCC cars in Texas!

Hi Bobby, Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

Hi Edward, Thanks for watching and for your comment. I agree, Pittsburgh didn't look like Philadelphia. I always thought it had a backwoodsy feel to it in most of the places the streetcars ran. I haven't been there in quite a while so probably wouldn't recognize the place. On my last visit, I rode the Library line via Overbrook and thought it had been over-modernized. No charm leftover from the good old days. Cheers, tassiebaz.

A large percentage of the people who settled in Pittsburgh were Germans. Before it was paved over, many of the streets were cobblestone. Cincinnati probably looks more like Pittsburgh because it also had a large German population.

Hi acmecompany, Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment. Unfortunately, it's not only Pittsburgh and Chicago, and it's not getting any better. Cheers, tassiebaz. 🥲😪

One of the things that sped up the demise of the streetcars was late night robberies of the drivers. Originally, the drivers would carry change, but after the robberies started, they switched to exact fare only

Hi Drew K, Thanks for watching and for your insightful comment. Unfortunately, Pittsburgh is nor alone in this shortsightedness. Add Los Angeles, San Francisco (Key System), St. Louis, and other cities that destroyed what they had and then tried to rebuild at great cost. It's lucky the few Pittsburgh South Side lines survived so they could build on that. It would nice if the North Side got some light rail back. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

Hi James, Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

Hi David, Thanks for watching and for sharing your memories of the good old days, Cheers, tassiebaz.

Lol. I was just kidding. Amazing footage and great memories. Thank you.

@@davidmitchell6873 Sounded like a good story anyway. Glad you liked the video and appreciate you taking the time to let me know. All the best for 2024.

Hi CrazyBear65, AGREED!!!! That's why they call them the "good old days". Thanks for watching and for your intriguing comment. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

The only way to make America great again is to rebuild the streetcars and rebuild Penn Station. " We built the strongest economy in history"; what an f'ing joke.

It's called cultural marxism, or better known by its pseudonym "progressivism" and "neo-liberalism", hence the literal eroding and erasing of traditional America and its values/beliefs and core concepts, and Western society in general. Its trashed our society and fundamentally transformed it for the worse beyond words; it's ironic you talk about 'not wanting Trump or his kind,' well he and "his kind" were responsible for a litany of architectural feats back in the day, it was literally men like him that largely helped build this country into what it once was, and its his opponents and enemies and political adversaries largely responsible for the erosion of our society and are greatly speeding up the process... Should Alzheimer Joe and his ilk actually end up in the WH, then just watch America fully transform into an Orwellian Dystopia like George Orwell foretold, and say goodbye to any semblance of traditional America still left.

You have it backwards Jack, Trump is conservative, the assholes in there now are the ones burning down America as we know it.

Hi Sean, I received your email and replied the other day. I just replied again, which I hope you get. Basically, I said "Hi Sean, Thanks for your email and accompanying most interesting links. I am flattered that you want to use some of my footage for your production. You are authorised to use whatever you need to incorporate into your production. If there is some way I can assist further, please let me know. Stay well." So full steam ahead on your project.

@@tassiebaz I sent you an email using a different email addresses because I don't see your return email even though I have no doubt you sent them. Our SPAM filter at the Trib is very aggressive. Thank you for your offer to use the trolley footage. It's excellent stuff for sure! I am able to download the video from KZfaq but I was wondering if you have a higher resolution version?

@@seanstipp964 I just sent an email to your alternative address. Let me know of you get it.

@@tassiebaz I did get it and replied from my gmail address. Thank you !