Boston Trolleys: A - Watertown Line

[@billneedham1286]

I enjoyed see the old PCC cars I worked on them for many years also the LRV Tnx's for the great!! Bill

[@Lucius_Chiaraviglio]

Too bad they abandoned that (after promising for many years that the bus substitution was temporary). Note that Watertown Carhouse continued to be used for some service and storage (and 3 Boeing LRVs retained trolley poles for towing stuff to and from it) until the A Branch tracks were removed in the 1990s, and a wrecked Type 7 was even stored there after that until a few years ago (they originally said it would cost too much to remove it, but then the space was needed for something else, and so it was finally removed).

[@johnpersechini4951]

Having tracks on tremont street and Galen street was terrible. The buses are better although I admit they do look pretty especially in those bright orange colors.

[@Lucius_Chiaraviglio]

@@johnpersechini4951 Buses are not necessarily better. They consume more energy (because rubber tire rolling resistance is around 10X more than steel on steel rolling resistance), and they do not give a one-seat ride into the subway (which is actually a big deal for somebody who is carrying a lot of stuff or has trouble getting around, although high-floor streetcars are not what you would want either unless you had mini-high platforms like San Francisco). What you would need would be safety islands and restrictions on automobile traffic (and they would have had to refrain from making the horrible mess they made of the bridges over the Mass Pike).

[@gannsettt]

There are a few minor inaccuracies here. Some street scenes look like the E line. Great view of old Newton Corner!

[@strassenbahnfilmguy9306]

Very kool ... PCC'S on the streets of Metro Boston .

[@shamusmichaelrichardduffey5353]

What's the name of the song in this video?

[@TheMBTADog]

I don't know but I like the songs too

[@SmilingIbis]

Interesting to see what sign predated the "ELLIS 'The Rim Man'" sign near the Commonwealth Ave/Brighton Ave junction.

[@bradfordwhite3650]

One early childhood memory was taking a PCC with my great uncle George on and through Brighton Center, down Washington St. to Oak Square and down Tremont to Newton Corner (now aka the circle of death). I remember going past the Rexall or was it Liggett pharmacy building at the corner of Washington and Market Street. This memory dates from between 1959 to early 1960 when I was 2.5 years. I was born in Sept. 1957 and uncle George died in July 1960 and the windows were open on the PCC car so it was summer-ish . I do not recall where we picked up the car or where we got off. My aunt and uncle lived in West Newton off of Cherry Street, might the cars have run down Washington Street even then? Funny how this comes back so clearly but then short on key details. Any thoughts and history?

[@donaldcarletonjr.9047]

Nice that your long-gone great uncle lives on in your memory....

[@bradfordwhite3650]

@@donaldcarletonjr.9047 Thank you, sir. That is very kind to say!

[@ericball6000]

@@bradfordwhite3650 I lived in West Newton off Washington Street, went to Newton North class of 1976.

[@bradfordwhite3650]

@@ericball6000 Brookline High Class of 1975. What do we eat? Tiger Meat. How? Raw Raw Raw Kidding, never watched a game. Cheers!

[@ericball6000]

@@bradfordwhite3650 good one.

[@leverettrailfan5414]

At 3:18 though the narrator mentions Center Entrance cars converted to work service, the cars pictured are not those cars, but a few of the Type 3 cars converted into snow plows. To my knowledge, only two former Center Entrance cars survived long enough in work service to be saved by Seashore... and of those two, one was determined in too poor shape to be restored, and scrapped, presumably it's donated some parts to the 6131 restoration. Some known Center Entrance work car numbers include 6131, 6133, 6301, and 6320.

[@wpa1733]

What a shame to see so few cars & quick svc.

[@cntygrlby2006]

Awesome Stuff There!!!. Wish that there were more Main Line EL vids out there. Miss the days of "Fan Trips", taking out 5734 & 3295. All the work done on them only to be dust collectors. Yea, there are/were plans of doing over Boylston into an "opening era" station/museum (on the idea of what NY has, only an "working" station. The cost (no doubt) would be a bit much.....