Perhaps the rarest color view of a PCC anywhere is this shot of the original St Louis Car Co postwar demonstrator delivered in 1946. It was destroyed in the Homewood Shops fire of 1955. Its use ... (more)

A westbound Route 64 has just climbed out of a gully on Bell Av in Braddock PA. Yet another of Pittsburgh’s multiple steel mills gives off visible evidence that the blast furnaces were hard at ... (more)

About to stop for a passenger no doubt bound for a morning of shopping in downtown Wilkinsburg PA, the 87 car will trundle all the way east to Wilmerding PA, but not for long. Abandonment is a me... (more)

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)

The Overbrook line once featured large sections of single track. Here a PCC races through a crumbling crossing along Denise St at Hawridge Way in Overbrook. Hard to believe this is just a couple... (more)

The back door line through Dormont PA was lush with vegitation, perhaps to protect homeowners from curious onlookers as the cars whizzed past. A 42/38 approaches Park Av.

Lincoln Av, where it crossed over Washington Blvd, was not among Pittsburgh’s more elite neighborhoods in 1966. Even so there was a hint of former elegance to the buildings bordering the cobble... (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)