Subway, Elevated, Trolley & Traction Lines photos

[rogruth]

In the roundhouse area of the Roundhouse Museum in Savannah, Georgia there are still the wood "bricks" that were used for flooring.

[healey36]

The trolley station at Mt. Vernon, Virginia, c. 1910-1920:



Interesting dormer construction. Haven't been to Mt. Vernon since I was a boy...may head down this fall for a visit.

Detroit Publishing Company, from the collections of the Library of Congress.

Healey

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Interesting station for the trolley -- fried chicken!

[healey36]

Another from the Detroit Publishing Company, simply titled "Mission and old mission trolley trip":



The precise location is not included...presume California. Looks like some of those bloody awful eucalyptus trees on the right, which brings back memories of the Hughes plant parking lot in La Jolla.

Healey

[Wolf]

It is California, southern California to be specific, namely the Los Angeles area....
and the railway in question is the Pacific Electric.

The Old Mission Trolley Trip was one of the 3 major "personally escorted"
sightseeing trips offered by the PE prior to the Great Depression---and the
rise of the automobile-based competion for the tourist dollars.

[E7]

Interesting dormer construction. Healey

Makes sense, sort of.....hip roofs to match the hip roof of the main structure, even though plain old gable roof dormers would have looked OK! (opinion)

Rich

[healey36]

It is California, southern California to be specific, namely the Los Angeles area....
and the railway in question is the Pacific Electric.

Thanks, Wolf.

[healey36]

Jackson Avenue elevated station IRT (Bronx):



From HAER NY.31-NEYO, 86--50. Photo date undisclosed.

Healey

[healey36]

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, July 1939:



Photo by Russ Lee, July 1939, from the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Healey

[J. S. Bach]

I wish that more of that bus on the right were visible. It almost looks like it has a door on the street side with a headsign in the upper window in back (front?) of the door.

[healey36]

JSB - Here's another shot of the terminal from the opposite side:



Not much additional detail re: the bus (which appears to be the back-end):



I'm wondering what the vehicle to the left of the bus is? Seems to dwarf everything in the photo...

Healey

[J. S. Bach]

JSB - Here's another shot of the terminal from the opposite side: I'm wondering what the vehicle to the left of the bus is? Seems to dwarf everything in the photo... Healey

Still not really enough on that bus, not your fault though. The larger trolley is an interurban of some sort. Maybe Sand Springs? OK City had a couple of lines.

[healey36]

Inadvertently cruising the Vallejo Gallery yesterday (was looking for the Vallejo acrylic paint catalog), spotted this:



Not sure if one would classify this as a trolley (as the gallery did). Still, looks to be a phenomenal bit of work.

https://www.vallejogallery.com/item_mobile.php?id=1559

One wonders how much longer folks capable of this kind of work will persist.

Healey

[rogruth]

It doesn't seem to be electric powered so shouldn't be a trolley.

[J. S. Bach]

Steam dummy.