Philadelphia Trolleys 1965 PTC to early SEPTA 1969

[@DavidMannMD]

Loved the pictures of the trolleys, and the cars and buildings. I grew up in Philly during that era. Brought back memories.

[@alysiahenderson266]

My hometown. I rode the 23 and 6 trolley almost every day for years. Thank you for the sweet memories. 🙏❤️

[@tkso.philly3879]

Wow.The good ole days.When my city was clean.😉Thanks for the memories-

[@tkso.philly3879]

I remember taking the trolley from Vare Jr High School,24th and Snyder down to the Broad and Snyder subway right there at South Philly High school,(Southern).Back to Broad and Oregon ave.Get on the M-bus back to Passyunk Homes down Penrose ave.Does anyone remember the trolley station close to the Veterans Hospital,and the University of Pennsylvania?Take u straight down Woodland ave...-I Down from Paganos Italian restaurant.I truly miss and love my hometown-----

[@eyestoenvy]

At 1:38, magnificent shot of the hood, row homes, cars, streetcar, power lines, etc ........

[@19brittani]

Where were the pictures of the subway surface trolleys??? The 11,13,34,36 going to sw Philly. The woodland depot on 50th woodland ave was a huge trolley barn and bus depot.and housed all of those old trolleys. He never traveled to the other side of town... sad.

[@williammcgeehan3424]

Most, if not ALL these shots were taken on Kodak Kodachrome 64. Railfans used Kodachrome almost exclusively to present these slides at slide shows. It was a color reversal film patented by Kodak decades ago and was renowned for its permanence and longevity. Unlike Ektachrome and other 35mm slide film, Kodadcrome 64 didn't shift to magenta. Also, Paul Simon made a great song about it. 🙌

[@godsfavdaughter]

I never knew the 60 was once a trolley..never seen a trolley on Allegheny Ave...way before my time.

[@dorothyjackson1010]

Mr. Lance you brought back such fun memories in these shots. :) I actually rode these Trolleys in my youth with school friends that for some are long gone. We were able to open a window then while riding these (not now) cars even some of the barns that housed them I can recognize . Sometimes you cannot appreciate where you are now until you see where you have been. Thank you for this wonderful trip back in time. I look forward to more of your work.

[@whitneybutler3694]

Bless you for this trip to the days of my youth and city travels. A bygone era that I thoroughly enjoyed.

[@latifahand3709]

It's so satisfying to see these pictures...

[@jester5980]

Great pictures! I️ grew up in philly, retired from SEPTA after 25 yrs.

[@1990758]

Born in North Philly 62

[@bernardquattlebaum9349]

I road the 56 and the 23 trolley for years good times thank you Bernard

[@geraldcolsher9642]

The good ole days,when Philadelphia was beautiful.

[@1990758]

So true

[@carltonkeys6205]

Still is

[@karenwomble2640]

I rode the 11 trolley 🚎 on Woodland Avenue from my grandmother’s home 2108 south 70th st.

[@rosemarywarfield3043]

My Aunt was the 1st. Women operator on the 23 trolley, Germantown Ave. Nora Sturgis. 🙌

[@Songwriter376]

We used to buy a bag of ptc tokens for the trolley to go to school. Memories!

[@stevestearns2241]

Sad all those beautiful trolleys gone. Progress can be ugly

[@miyahxmya7290]

Steve Stearns they still have them

[@kevinwong6588]

1981 Kawasaki cars now, PCC-IIs on 15.

[@RRansomSmith]

@@miyahxmya7290 only 18 rebuilt ones and they're nothing like the old cars except the body

[@GenerallyGeneralLee]

GREAT PHOTOS!! It's also a nice display of the automobiles from back then. Thanks for posting!

[@hendry69]

As kids, we would put a penny on the tracks of the Roue 60 trolley along Allegehney Avenue. After the trolley ran over it, we would see how much the round penny would become oblong in shape.

[@kellyjohnson9394]

We would do the same- but with a marble on the tracks of the 6 trolley that went from Broad and Olney to Ogontz and Cheltenham avenue.

[@TeriB]

1:35 is the street that I live on now and they put new tracks in because they are planning to bring the trolleys back on track. 😊

[@rickjason1786]

What street is that? Nice scene with the row houses as a background.

[@tkso.philly3879]

👍

[@taurus-astrobike104]

FUN & ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS PHOTOS JOE!! Thankyou FOR the memories 💘 AWESOME!!

[@davidroosa4561]

Incredible color photography

[@sonnypruitt6639]

In case you missed it, the photo's where taken by Joe Lance.

[@johnkernan974]

I used to live on Marsden St., between Knorr and Unruh Sts. I rode the 56 trolley constantly.It brings back a lot of fond memories. Thanks John

[@edwardtilton9436]

You can still do that in San Francisco. The paint job is perfect, it runs up Market Street

[@choptanktuxent2]

Should have used location captions.

[@mrbig4532]

I wish they would show Richmond and Allegheny where the 60 , 15 , and 73 all end at the little turn around at Westmoreland and Richmond. I live a couple blocks away and grew up there. It’s a totally different place then when I was a kid who grew up there as a kid in the mid 1980’s early 90’s . There’s still a lot of Polish people but it’s been taken over by these hipsters and artists who have really made the place unaffordable for the rift raft and our property value has gone thru the roof but are property taxes have gone up 300% in the last 7 years , but it’s still relatively cheap and I own my house so I’m happy. The only thing I miss is when we kids and we were going from somewhere to our house or to a friend house we would see all the neighborhood people especially the older ones who would sit out at night and water their little gardens or have the Phillies game on the radio while having a game of step ball or wire ball against us younger kids, alot of those guys were WW2 or Korea Vets who were just good people and raised their families with alot of those older guys being retired cops or firefighters along with alot of union tradesmen like myself , but you don’t see that anymore most of the old timers have passed on and their kids took the big money for the house that someone dumped some money into putting a third floor with a roof deck then resold it to some married couple who are nice people but there’s no interaction like it was when we were growing up everyone I walk by has their head down looking at their phone seeing what’s trending on Facebook. These kids who are 10 -14 don’t play sports as we did when we were young the three local baseball teams for the kids have a hard time getting these kids to play , their parents take them to the practices and they just don’t seem to be into it and there’s a lot of people who give their time to coach these teams , get them to the away games , make sure they have neat clean uniforms and during practice the kids I’m the outfield are looking at their phones so they aren’t aloud to bring their phones to the ball field , every parent who signs their kid up for any activities at the local rec centers must agree to that rule and sign off on that rule .

[@sonoftheson1977]

1965 the year of my birth.

[@fredpohl5202]

This goes back to my pre railfan and draft bait days

[@taurus-astrobike104]

I used to ride the 56 , 15 ,34,36, 10, 11, 23 , for years... All my Favorites 🥰.. Really Miss them 😢 old days of Clanging Swaying and the Sparking Hissing over head wires 😊.. The Kawasaki 's are OK 👍 👌 and do have Air-conditioning.. As do the refurbished route # 15 on Girard Avenue our last old original trolley 🚎 😢 Waaaahh...

[@josephheston9238]

7:14 That F That Fishbowl is chasing that PCC because the PCC stole the Fishbowl's marker lights.

[@COLETHORN10]

from PTC to Inepta

[@senshi1518]

Tbh if racism didn't exist and i was living back then man time would be fun

[@fredpohl5202]

That was the B&O crossing which today is CSX

[@viktordubowskii695]

Were is that located at, I never knew the 23 crossed railroad tracks.

[@teddawg327]

my brother (RIP) drove the 23 car

[@mrbig4532]

Was that the 60 trolley going west on Allegheny ave in the thumbnail?

[@JSOMERSETJSOMERSET]

are there any rentable for city tours? cleaned up of course

[@tarstarkusz]

I think the Girard ave ones still run with new versions of the green car design. There is a completely restored one sitting at the Septa headquarters at the 8th or 11th street M-F line stop.

[@kevinwong6588]

Yes, SEPTA can and has PCC charters (often for local rail organizations), with rates posted on official tariff. TTC also does PCC charters as well.

[@tarstarkusz]

West Philadelphia still has a lot of trolley lines.

[@Videowatcher10p]

tarstarkusz 13th street*

[@tarstarkusz]

Thanks!

[@reptiloid2005]

Старую технику в яркий цвет нужно красить,а с такими цветами только похоронную процессию вести. Верхний ряд стекла на трамваях лучше заменить стеклами переходящими на крышах,тонированные солнцезащитные. А так смотришь,как буд то перепил

[@christianmoore4815]

i remember this

[@transportationchronicles320]

The Gulf Oil orange came before the Red White and Blue

[@teresacounts6735]

I just love this

[@latifahand3709]

Right me too

[@johnwatts3550]

Wow 😳

[@josephheston9238]

Where are the Kanas City cars?

[@edwardtilton9436]

Probably have some in San Francisco

[@RRansomSmith]

All scrapped

[@RRansomSmith]

@@edwardtilton9436 nope. Those are all regular PCCs built for PTC in 1947-49.

[@recycleman2900]

North Catholic at 1:17 my alma mater

[@Pfsif]

Is this Calcutta India?

[@RRansomSmith]

Boi