1959 HOME MOVIE JOHNSTOWN PENNSYLVANIA & ALTOONA RAILROAD TROLLEY CARS 59264 MD59264

LEWISTOWN, PA - JOHNSTOWN & ALTOONA RAILROAD REEL
This color home movie from 1959 shows footage of the Johnstown Traction Company and views of Altoona, Johnstown and Lewistown, Pennsylvania. It was shot by Louis Buehler and preserved by Mitch Dakelman. Shots include:
:00 Lewistown Pa dusk and night shots of passing Pennsylvania Railroad trains
1:07 Conemaugh & Black Lick locomotive, Johnstown,Pa. Passing Bethlehem Steel plant
1:23 Johnstown Trolley car 357
1:48 crossing bridge
2:23 Maple Avenue, Johnstown
2:52 crossing Stoney Creek
3:30 rear of car
3:28 Changing power poles
3:47 Traveling residential street with home
4:04 on board trolley car
4:56 Bethlehem Steel plant
5:04 Main Street
5:12 Crossing Stoney Creek
5:24 passing steel mills
5:32 Maple Avenue Bridge
5:47 Conemaugh & Black Lick SW7
6:10 Horse Shoe Curve - Altoona Pa
6:37 K4s Steam engine, display at Curve park
6:47 passing east bound train
7:27 eastbound train descending curve, passing under signal bridge
7:40 K4 static display with passing trains behind
8:08 eastbound passenger train
9:15 END
Rolling stock in the film is from the Pennsylvania Railroad, Johnstown Traction Company, Bethlehem Steel -- Johnstown Works, and the Conemaugh & Black Lick Railroad, owned by Bethlehem Steel.
Johnstown Traction Company (JTC) was a public transit system in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States. For most of its existence it was primarily a street-railway system, but in later years also operated rubber-tired vehicles. JTC operated trolley (tram) service in Johnstown from February 23, 1910 to June 11, 1960. Johnstown was one of the last small cities to abandon trolley service in the United States. It was also the smallest city to acquire a fleet of PCC cars and acquired trackless trolleys at a late date compared to larger transit properties. Many of the 1920s-era cars went directly to museums; however, none of the 17 PCC streetcars were saved. Efforts to sell the 16 then-surviving PCC cars intact were unsuccessful, and in 1962 they were scrapped, but many of their components were salvaged and sold to the Brussels, Belgium tram system, reused in the last series of single PCC trams (7156-7171), which ran from 1970 until February 2010.
JTC's system also included electric trolley buses, the first route of which was opened on November 20, 1951. Trolley bus service continued until 1967, the last day of electric service being November 11, 1967.[3] The transit system then used only motor buses, but retained the name Johnstown Traction Company (in which "traction" is a reference to electric vehicle propulsion). In 1976, the private JTC would become the CamTran public transit system.
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This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit www.PeriscopeFi...

[@xpndblhero5170]

Man, seeing Johnstown like this is weird but when I was a kid I'd see all the old tracks all over the place and the old trolley station was close to where I grew up.... As a kid I worked there cleaning the building for the bus transit that moved in the old trolley building and I found old trolley coins from the 50s and 60s and an old pin. 😊

[@mike6206]

Starts @ Lewistown, Pa on the Pennsy. PRR, Johnstown Traction Co. Trolleys, Bethlehem Steel's Johnstown Plant, Horseshoe Curve, excellent video!

[@Channel37TV]

This is fantastic quality for a home movie!

[@albertgnat375]

No garbage on sidewalk or the park or the river. Respectful people.

[@Inquisitor6321]

Ahhh! More Vintage Railroad footage in COLOR!!!!!!

[@rachelguyer8447]

Thank you so much!!! I love the railroad history in this region

[@gilzor9376]

So many comments not liking the music . . . . . I was thinking it's kinda 'corny' music but fits the era and the rural backwoods feel you get with the visual. The volume controls are right there for you so why complain. I think, probably twice I almost muted it, but then just went with it anyway. We live in a special time right now with the technology we have available to us. The people in these images could never look back at past life the way we can, right in the comfort of our home with such ease. We could seven, at any moment, see something that we feel compelled to know more about, so with a few clicks, open a new tab and research in on the spot. Amazing stuff if through the eyes of anybody in this video. It is sad that the strife in the world today being at the levels of what it is, has me constantly thinking . . . . . how long will this last before we destroy what we have and go through another dark age (at best), gone forever at worst. Truly, thank you PeriscopeFilm for doing what you do.

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[@robertstewart3756]

Excellent filim thank you for your time.

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[@MLaker221]

Nice music for this! Love the textures of everything too

[@Chrisamos412]

Very cool….Thanks for posting!

[@ThomasSteffien]

remarkable camera work -must be someone who knows how to do it - better than a lot of people nowadays ...

[@WSNO]

while i agree that modern camerawork trends from vloggers and tiktok types tend to be absolutely atrocious and unpleasnt to watch, i'm interested in what seperated a static frame of a subject from 1959 from the same technique used in modern times?? i, and i assume anyone else whom owns a video camera and a tripod, can pull shots just like these off easily right out of the box. is there more to it to you? i'm usually in agreement about these aesthetic things being more enjoyable in film/tape video/etc of other eras than the styles that were born of social media and trends of the past ~10-15 years, but "the static frames in this video must mean whoever shot them is a pro who knows how to do it" is a bit silly, even to me.

[@deaterk]

The trolley footage is most likely from (or close to) June 11, 1960, which was final day of trolley service in Johnstown. Hence people bothering to film something otherwise considered mundane.

[@sugarplum5824]

The clothes look to be about that time frame.

[@ThomasLeslie-l6v]

The Johnstown I grew up in. Everyone working and pulling their own weight. Nobody had their hand out for free money. A classic American Industrial City.

[@Tylorgng.]

Back when cars had style :( and everything for that matter.

[@thejerseyj9422]

Depressing, seeing how far America has fallen. What was once a lively thriving small city is now a shell of its former self. Anyway, it is great to see glimpses of a time before the melting pot melted down.

[@mountainhobo]

When people vote Democrat, that's what they get. San Francisco Bay Area, once a jewel, now a toxic dump.

[@chuckz8053]

@@mountainhobo Have a nice day, from a Democrat.

[@matthewh117]

@mountainhobo get an education

[@robertstewart3756]

Corrupt unions was bought. People on strike just in time blow contract in Canada only give 2.6 billion dollars away and destroyed steel mill blaming owners time after time

[@williamj.barnhartjr.3108]

@@mountainhobo I couldn't agree with you more I was born in Johnstown all it is now is a dump drug infested dump barley nobody works the ones that do have a job can't make it, rent is so cheap because of no jobs it's sad, when I was a kid that was a growing city now it's all falling apart sad 😢

[@WSNO]

the first few tracks of this soundtrack were a weird choice, imo. mid-century jazz might have been a better choice? but hey, you do you. and anyway i'm usually on board with the audio selections from y'all.

[@8avexp]

IINM car 357 survives at the Shoreline Trolley Museum in Connecticut.

[@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont]

The baby at 4:42 is now eligible for Social Security.

[@Bill-cv1xu]

Riveting description..

[@incrediblesimilarity5858]

Fun video, hellacious music, Turn down the sound

[@scottnyc6572]

Sometimes less is better re music

[@brianl6964]

Same with comments. Mute the sound

[@cclarke6]

At least Johnstown #357 still exists and looks good. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHSTXmmOnN6sgKM

[@mountainhobo]

Get rid of that music. It does not fit the content. What is the point?

[@brianl6964]

Mute

[@randomvintagefilm273]

Why do you have to have that irritating clock running in the whole video? That with the music makes it unwatchable. I can understand wanting to watermark your work but there are other ways to do that

[@juslitor]

aye, especially considering the creator can provide higher res films for a fee.

[@Rengis33]

Unwatchable for you maybe.

[@williamj.barnhartjr.3108]

Then don't watch it stop bitching

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[@kenkelvin4023]

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