Jacked Up. Pittsburgh Railways car 1138 (St. Louis Car Company, 1937) is paying a visit to the restoration shop at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Pittsburgh Railways car 1138 (St. Louis Ca... (more)

Interurban PCC. Pittsburgh Railways Company 1711 (St. Louis Car Company, 1949) is one of 25 cars ordered for the company’s longer routes. After being removed from service in 1990, the car... (more)

Original Kodachrome slide by Bill Volkmer. Pittsburgh Raiways street car 1471 is about to head west on the Dravosburg Bridge, 24 April 1960. Slide from my collection.

Happy birthday! At noon on 6/24/2017, the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum in Washington, Pennsylvania celebrated the 100th Anniversary of Pittsburgh Railways Company car 4398's construction by the St.... (more)

Inside the Great Hall at the Senator John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh's Strip District is this nicely-restored PCC car. No. 1724 was built by the St. Louis Car Company in 1948 for Pittsbur... (more)

Pittsburg Railways 1711 passing the West flag stop at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum

Pittsburg Railways 1711 makes a stop at Richfol Shelter during a typical weekend at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum.

Another view of my 2-person excursion car, complete with farebox and a couple of paying passengers on one of the trips around the 21 FINEVIEW line. This is typical of much of the route, with only... (more)

Another view of my 2-person excursion car, complete with farebox and a couple of paying passengers on one of the trips around the 21 FINEVIEW line. This is typical of much of the route, with only... (more)

Evening choice of entertainment in Pittsburgh in the early 1960s was rather limited, a few movies and a few strip theaters, so one makes one’s own. It’s almost 11 PM, Gimbel’s is closed but... (more)

The operator is taking his layover after transporting passengers to Pittsburgh’s zoo, located in Highland Park beyond. One wonders if any of them were inspired to go out and buy an Electro-Air ... (more)

Most cars painted by new operator PAT in 1964-65 were former advertising cars but a few 1700s damaged in accidents also qualified. The 1797 shares the view with a pair of Chrysler Corporation pro... (more)

At Swissvale Av and Jane St at the east end of Wilkinsburg PA, cars from downtown via Forbes (Route 64), Fifth Av (Route 76) and Penn Av (Route 87) all passed or terminated, as this 76 is about to... (more)

Routes 55 EAST PITTSBURGH and 56 McKEESPORT VIA 2ND AV used the Glenwood Bridge to cross the Monongahela River. This car is returning to Pittsburgh. Autos were not always welcome on what was ori... (more)

One of several routes that used 2nd Av to reach east end districts was the 58 GREENFIELD. Routes 55, 56 and 57 used the foreground trackage. Hands up if you remember the days of Plaid Stamps and... (more)