Some more trolleys....C&G, CG&W, H&F, and others....

[rogruth]

My guess is that those were two fun loving dudes.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

My guess is that those were two fun loving dudes.

2 wild and crazy guys running a trolley line that didn't even last long enough for them to get uniforms...... The Penn Central... history seemingly repeated itself at a later date.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

For what it's worth (pro'ly to nobody else but me), I can still clearly recall the heavy, metallic, grinding sounds the trolleys - both from the wheels and their bodies - made, in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, when I was a boy, in the 1950's, as they made their way along the tracks in the brick and/or cobblestone streets, before asphalt came along. And there was a hard thud the wheels would make when they traveled over switches or cross-overs in a few places. The whole experience of riding a trolley, which I sometimes did with no destination in mind, whatsoever, other than to travel the entire route right back to where I started at Miller Avenue & Duquesne Boulevard, had a metal feel and sound to it all. Everything was metal, except for those black plastic (?) armrests on the newer, at-the-time modern, red-n-cream-colored, longer and sleeker trolleys that came later. The first color of trolley I recall was orange (I'm not sure about any cream-colored trim), and they had "people-catchers" which protruded from their fronts, out about a couple feet, which were black, and black bars approx. a foot up each window, I assume, to keep arms inside and away from harm. That meant, of course, that we kids had to, immediately, each time we entered a trolley with those bars, try to get our arms and hands above those bars, if just for principle-sake and adventure. The motorman would always be watching and ready to yell at us. We obeyed his commands.

Somehow, buses, which replaced the trolleys, were not the fun trolleys were. The buses seemed simply utilitarian, not special. Or perhaps, that was because I had become an adolescent, by the time the trolleys were eased out, and I had time only for getting to-and-from destinations, rather than enjoying the noisy metallic ride there.

There was even a metallic odor/fragrance emanated by trolleys when one was near them; plus, some other scent was present that I cannot quite put my finger - or memory - on,but it was always present, a mixture, which identified trolleys, unmistakably. Anybody else know what I am referring to with this aspect of trolleys?

[rogruth]

Murph,
Reminds me of home except are street car line was single track.
Thanks.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Altoona & Logan Valley two ended work flat motor - a double outhouse on a flat car......

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Hershey Transit - Construction Car in 1933

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Another cheery group of lads as welcoming as you could ever ask for..........on the Sunbury & Northumberland

[Rufus T. Firefly]

P&W Differential Dump Car

[Rufus T. Firefly]

PRT Emergency Car K-5

[Rufus T. Firefly]

PRT Work car Z-8

[rogruth]

Rufus,

Who/what is your tag line from?
It seems just a tad familiar.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Rufus,

Who/what is your tag line from?
It seems just a tad familiar.

I was beginning to wonder whether anyone ever read them anymore,

It is a quote from Dalenn, a Minbari ambassador....to Babylon 5

[rogruth]

Rufus,

Who/what is your tag line from?
It seems just a tad familiar.

I was beginning to wonder whether anyone ever read them anymore,

It is a quote from Dalenn, a Minbari ambassador....to Babylon 5

I read them all the time but sometimes they are rather esoteric.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Rufus,

Who/what is your tag line from?
It seems just a tad familiar.

I was beginning to wonder whether anyone ever read them anymore,

It is a quote from Dalenn, a Minbari ambassador....to Babylon 5

I read them all the time but sometimes they are rather esoteric.

And some are eclectic and obscure.....but most made me pause a bit and either think and/or chuckle....

[rogruth]

Me too.