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Join PTM staff, volunteers, and members for our Zoom series, Trolleyology! These programs feature Pennsylvania transit history topics and tales of our collection that you can experience from home. Registration is required but free of charge. Donations are welcome and encouraged.
March 25, 2025 – 7 PM ET – Presented by David Warner
During high school student Dave Warner’s first visit to Pittsburgh in the spring of 1971, he learned that three of the remaining streetcar lines would be converted to buses later in the year. That knowledge was the impetus for walking and photographing all of the Route 44-Knoxville, images which are available to see on a previous Trolleyology video, Pittsburgh Streetcars – April 1971.
A fall teacher’s workshop closed school for two weekdays in October, and that gave Dave a timely opportunity to spend a day in Pittsburgh with the goal of photographing the portions of the 53-Carrick line which he hadn’t photographed in April, along with a few photos of the 49-Beltzhoover line which was the third of the lines on the chopping block. The day of photography included much more than a photo-filled half-day walking along Brownsville Road, such as middle-of the night rides to Library and night photography at the Tunnel Car House. The day ended with an impressive parade of PCCs through Dormont, some on trackage which was replaced with a unique suburban light rail tunnel when the trolley lines remaining after 1971 were upgraded to light rail standards, rather than bustituted.
This program will be recorded and available at a later date on the PTM YouTube channel.
Trolleyology presentations will continue on a regular or semi-regular basis. Interested in presenting? Email Kristen at kfred@patrolley.org! We’re specifically looking for programs related to the Trolley Era in general, Pennsylvania transit history, or stories about our collection. Please join our e-mail list to stay up-to-date with program announcements and other PTM news!
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NOTE: This is a virtual event
