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Interchange between PRCo and Pittsburgh and Butler Street Railway from 1907 until 1931. PCC from 1938, closed (state took land for PA Route 28) [3] 3 Millvale: by 1915 [1] Sep 2, 1952 [2] PCC from 1938, closed (state took land for PA 28 as with the 2) [3] 4 Troy Hill: by 1915 [1] Jul 7, 1957 [2] Loop was in Troy Hill at Lowrie and Roessler Streets.
The 4000-series PCC was a rebuilt PCC streetcar used by the Port Authority of Allegheny County.Originally designed by the Presidents' Conference Committee, a group of transit operators in the United States and Canada, the 4000's were a series of PCC cars completely rebuilt from cars built in 1949 by the St. Louis Car Company for Port Authority's predecessor, Pittsburgh Railways.
Pittsburgh Citizens Traction Company c. 1894. 1895 to 1905 was a time of consolidation for the numerous street railways serving Pittsburgh. On July 24, 1895 the Consolidated Traction Company (CTC) was chartered and the following year acquired the Central Traction Company, Citizens Traction Company, Duquesne Traction Company and Pittsburgh Traction Company and converted them to electric ...
Various companies consolidated to create Florida's largest streetcar system. [50] Electric February 24, 1893 December 12, 1936 [50] Jacksonville and LaVilla Street Railway: Horse January 24, 1885 1895 [50] Pine Street Railway Horse 1882 Name Changed to Main Street Railway when the street name was changed by the city. Main Street Railway Horse ...
The Pittsburgh and Butler Street Railway was opened in 1907 between Pittsburgh and Butler [2] traveling via Etna, Glenshaw, Allison Park, and Mars. It initially used a 6,600 volt single phase alternating current electrical system. [ 3 ]
In addition to New Orleans' streetcars, Toronto's conventional electric streetcar system also avoided abandonment, as did portions of the streetcar systems in San Francisco, Boston, Newark, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland, [33] as well as Mexico City. The Newark, Philadelphia, and Boston systems run into subways downtown, while the ...
The 47D was the last line in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to use PCC streetcars.It originally was part of an interurban trolley line that ran from Pittsburgh to Washington, Pennsylvania [1] until 1953, when the service was cut back to the Allegheny County border at Drake [2] and all trolleys turned using the newly constructed loop, situated below the trestle.
Pittsburgh Railways was one of the predecessors to Pittsburgh Regional Transit. It had 666 PCC cars, the third largest fleet in North America. It had 68 street car routes, of which only three (until April 5, 2010 the 42 series, the 47 series, and 52) are used by Pittsburgh Regional Transit as light rail routes.