Legendary Trolleys Of Pittsburgh ( and Johnstown)

[@josephschuster1494]

Excellent presentation…PCCs will always remain an icon in how America’s cities were built. Thank you! 😊

[@JimWeslager]

Rode those trolleys for many years to high school and work. Thanks for the ride down memory lane.

[@TheVHSReviver]

You're welcome. Is there any chance you recorded things off of the local broadcast stations in the area? I'm always looking for Pittsburgh area news, commercials and so on

[@JimWeslager]

@@TheVHSReviver Unfortunately, I have no recordings from local TV stations.

[@TheVHSReviver]

@@JimWeslager That's okay. Thank you for letting me know either way.

[@trainsupporter9088]

I really, really enjoyed this video - giving a snapshot of life more than 60 years ago. Thank you so much for uploading it!

[@jimmissenda6590]

Excellent video. Very familiar with Rt. 42, having grown up in Beechview. The Mt. Lebanon portion of the video was actually Rt. 38A, a rush-hour only extension of Rt.38. Rts. 38 and 42 were combined in 1963 when the state rebuilt West Liberty thru Dormont.

[@SebisRandomTech]

American cities should have never gotten rid of their streetcar networks!

[@josephbrandtner7713]

"East St. Bridge" is actually the George Westinghouse Bridge as the Route 55 car approaches East Pittsburgh.

[@paulmentzer7658]

In the 1970s on the weekends when I rode them any inbound Library line would become an outbound Drake streetcar. Inbound Drake would become outbound Library cars. Most times the sign saying it was a Library or Drake bound car would be done after the car exited the Strretcar Tunnel, but some drivers would switch the sign as the end of the line. i.e. At the Library loop, the driver would switch the sign to "Castle Shannon Drake" as it waited for its time to leave. At the Drake loop you would see "Library" sign. No one confused by this for people knew what line they were on. Having the correct sign was oly needed by people going FROM Town, not to town (yes I am a native Pittsburgher, an older native Pittsburgher that still refers Downtown Pittsburgh as "Town").

[@MrArby343]

Thank You

[@TheVHSReviver]

You're welcome

[@danielsantana540]

Cool

[@beerybill]

The 1700 PCCs were HOT. The ceiling fans just moved hot air around. The bozo who approved the design apparently had no notion of the Pittsburgh Summer heat and humidity.

[@paulmentzer7658]

I never found the 1700s "Hot" except when the fans were not running, the fan pushed enough air around to be comfortable. I much perferred them to the 1600s which had windows you could open but not the fans.

[@beerybill]

@@paulmentzer7658 Apparently you didn't ride them on hot and humid August days,

[@paulmentzer7658]

Yes I did, the Pittsburgh Schools permitted students who were issued bus passes during the school year to buy a three month pass for the sunmer, which I did. Thus I used the 1700s in August during hot and humid weather. My High School did NOT have A/C so I was use to moving in hot and humid weather, I remember several such days in June (The City Schools last was was June 15 not the early days of June most Suburban School used as they last day of school). Except when the fans were not working, the 1700s were comformable, warm but often better then being outside waiting for one to arrive.