WWW: 1960s traction photos (latest additions)

Jerry Appleman

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Oct 20, 2002, 10:27:47 AM10/20/02

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'Jerry's Railroad Photo Album' has a 'Traction Photos' Page. This
page contains photos of interurbans, city streetcar lines, rapid
transit, trolley freight operations (and more) that were taken over
30 years ago.

URL: http://www.jerryapp.com/rr_album.html

Five photos have been added to the album:

Public Service Coordinated Transport 19 (St. Louis 1946)
ex-Minneapolis (purchased 1953) [CITY SUBWAY] at Orange
Street in Newark, New Jersey. (June, 1967)

Chicago Transit Authority 6489 (St. Louis 1956), on a southbound
six car [JACKSON PK - HOWARD "B"] train, passes Armitage
station in Chicago, Illinois. (August, 1966)

Port Authority Transit 1731 (St. Louis 1949) [85 BEDFORD] at
5th. & Liberty in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (April, 1966)

New Orleans Public Service 969 (Perley Thomas 1923) [ST CHARLES]
turns from Lee Circle onto St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans,
Louisiana. (April 9, 1971)

Philladelphia Transportation Company 2764 (St. Louis 1947)
[23 10-BIGLER] at Germantown Ave. and Erie Ave. in
Philladelphia, Pennsylvania. (August, 1966)

Enjoy! Jerry
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Bill Pittman

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Oct 20, 2002, 7:46:02 PM10/20/02

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In article <aoueh3$1tu$1...@slb6.atl.mindspring.net>,
jerr...@ix.netcom.com (Jerry Appleman) wrote:

> 'Jerry's Railroad Photo Album' has a 'Traction Photos' Page. This
> page contains photos of interurbans, city streetcar lines, rapid
> transit, trolley freight operations (and more) that were taken over
> 30 years ago.
>
> URL: http://www.jerryapp.com/rr_album.html
>
> Five photos have been added to the album:

[snip]

> Port Authority Transit 1731 (St. Louis 1949) [85 BEDFORD] at
> 5th. & Liberty in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (April, 1966)

Just as a matter of general interest, there was no Port Authority
Transit in St. Louis in 1949. The St. Louis Public Service Company ran
the trolleys.

Merritt Mullen

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Oct 20, 2002, 7:53:50 PM10/20/02

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In article <williepitt-F3E5C...@news.mybizz.net>,
Bill Pittman <willi...@global2000.net> wrote:

"St Louis 1949" is the builder and date of construction of the trolley.
Port Authority Transit (PAT) is in Pittsburgh, PA.

Merritt

Jon Bell

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Oct 20, 2002, 8:16:19 PM10/20/02

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In article <williepitt-F3E5C...@news.mybizz.net>,
Bill Pittman <willi...@global2000.net> wrote:

I'm pretty sure that "(St. Louis 1949)" is supposed to refer to the car's
builder (St. Louis Car Company) and year it was built.

--
Jon Bell <jtbe...@presby.edu> Presbyterian College
Dept. of Physics and Computer Science Clinton, South Carolina USA

Jerry Appleman

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Oct 21, 2002, 11:05:24 AM10/21/02

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"St. Louis 1949" is the "builder (St. Louis Car Company) and
built date (1949)" of Port Authority Transit 1731.
Port Authority Transit operated the streetcars in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, when I shot the photo (April, 1966) .

I hope that this helps clear things up.

... best, Jerry