Pittsburgh Railways
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The Pittsburgh Railways Company was a predecessor to Pittsburgh Regional Transit. At its peak, the system operated 666 PCC streetcars, the third-largest fleet in North America, after Toronto and Chica
PCC 1647 on a fantrip in Downtown Pittsburgh, signed for route 77/54
Pittsburgh railways company logo
Track remains in-situ in this 2008 photo of Chestnut Street in East Allegheny, where 1 – Spring Garden and 5 – Spring Hill once ran.
PCC 1604, route "49 – Beltzhoover"
Pittsburgh Light Rail
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The Pittsburgh Light Rail is a 26.2-mile light rail system in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, serving the city and surrounding suburbs. The system operates as a deep-level subway in Downtown Pittsburgh, but
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…745) and Chicago (683). The network comprised 68 streetcar routes, of which three remain in operation in partially modernized form as part of the Pittsburgh Light Rail system. With the Port Authority's Transit Development Plan, many route names will be changed to its original, such as the 41D Brookline becoming the…
A Blue Line train crosses the Panhandle Bridge and approaches First Avenue station in April 2023
PCC car in Pittsburgh, 1968
Prototype Skybus vehicle as used on the demonstration track at the Allegheny County Fairgrounds
Train of CAF LRV rolling stock crossing the Monongahela River on the Panhandle Bridge