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The Pittsburgh, Crafton and Mansfield (Carnegie) Railway was chartered to build a streetcar line through Sheraden in 1897. The line (combined in 1950 with Route 34 to form the 31/34 Elliott-Ingram) closed when the Point Bridge closed as the replacement did not have tracks. 32 Elliott by 1915 [1] June 6, 1953 [12] Double-ended shuttle.
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 ...
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.
In 1905 Pittsburgh Railways leased the route and between 1909 and 1910 converted it from narrow gauge to dual gauge and installed overhead power for trolleys. Mid-20th century PCC streetcars continued to operate on the Overbrook Line until 1993, when concerns about the safety of the line led PAT to suspend service there pending reconstruction.
The Pittsburgh and Butler Street Railway, commonly called the Butler Short Line, was a broad gauge [1] interurban streetcar line connecting Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States to Butler via Mars. History
The Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler and New Castle Railway, commonly called the Harmony Line, was a broad gauge [1] interurban streetcar line connecting Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States to Butler and New Castle via Harmony and a split at Evans City. There was also an extension that was later added to the line from Ellwood City to Beaver Falls.
Bluff: Bluff Street near Magee Street Fort Pitt Incline Plane Company Knoxville Incline: 1890 1960 South Side Flats: Bradish Street between 11th and 12th streets Allentown: Brosville Street near Warrington Avenue Pittsburgh Railways (Pittsburgh Incline Plane Company) Monongahela Incline: 1870 — South Shore: Carson Street near Smithfield ...
It became the Pittsburgh and Western Railroad that same year, and in 1880 it was extended north to Wurtemberg (near Ellwood City) and southwest from Etna to Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh). [5] It was soon extended north to New Castle, [6] forming a line that includes today's P&W Subdivision from the 33rd Street Railroad Bridge to West ...