The route 55 PCC flogging 1964 Dodges from Hillside Motors has passed the steel mill (chokingly displayed in an earlier posting) and is about to pass under the Pennsylvania RR for the final jaunt ... (more)

A favored spot for photos on Ardmore Blvd was the underpass by the WTAE TV Station at the Penn Lincoln Parkway, US 30. Nearby hillsides provided a variety of vistas, both for scenic and close-up ... (more)

Pittsburgh was not merely a city of long lines carrying passengers downtown. A number of suburban neighborhood routes provided local service as well. The 1699 is spotted on West St at 18th in Ho... (more)

Snow in Pittsburgh is not as frequent as cities such as Buffalo or Cleveland but they do get their share each winter. Here one of photographer Joe Jessel’s charters poses as a Route 44 KNOXVILL... (more)

Route 87 attained East Pittsburgh and points east via a lengthy central reservation in Ardmore Blvd through Forest Hills. This February morning’s charter saw Joe Jessel Jr spotting his car by ... (more)

A cold, blustery January Sunday morning wasn’t just a “let’s sleep in” day for every one. Joe Jessel, Jr was downtown and hard at work photographing his favorite system.

A 6 BRIGHTON ROAD service is finished after the morning rush and returns to Keating Carhouse via Routes 15 and 10. Once there it not enter the yard but instead will be signed up as a 22 CROSSTOWN ... (more)

Just north of Castle Shannon PA a car bound for Pittsburgh via the Overbrook line passes under the Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railroad Viaduct. The sun is weak as a threatening storm has passed o... (more)

The 21 FINEVIEW line wasn’t the only one with a “fine view”, in fact it was hardly even the best example. Route 40 MT WASHINGTON displayed the Ohio River valley to its riders. Photographer... (more)

From a Kodachrome slide in my collection made by the late Joe Jessel, Jr. A favored spot for photographing Pittsburgh’s Billboard cars was North & Sandusky. The PRC could always be counted on ... (more)

This black and white postcard-sized negative in my collection was made by the late Richard L Wonson. The PCC clatters over the steel plate bridge at Warrington Av as it slows for South Hills Junc... (more)

Original Kodachrome by the late Joseph Jessel Jr, a good friend who taught me much about photographic composition as it applied to streetcar views (not always the same as it is for railroad views)... (more)