Kenneth Springirth 128 pages softcover
Viewing Pittsburgh's Trolleys and Inclines
is a photographic essay covering Pittsburgh's trolley car system that
under Pittsburgh Railways Company (PRC) operated about 600 miles of
trolley car lines that linked with other systems, making it possible to
travel from Pittsburgh to Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, by trolley car. PRC
completed the Mount Washington Tunnel in 1904, and placed in service in
1936 the Presidents' Conference Committee (PCC) car that transformed
trolley car service. PRC purchased 666 PCC cars, making it the second
largest PCC car system in the United States. As late as May 3, 1962, PRC
operated thirty-six full-time trolley car routes. Following the
acquisition of PRC by Port Authority Transit (PAT) in 1964, buses
replaced most of the trolley car lines. However, a change occurred, and
PAT rebuilt the system into a modern light rail system. Pittsburgh also
has two operating inclines in service: the Monongahela Incline (oldest
in the United States) and the Duquesne Incline (saved by residents).
Most of Pittsburgh's many inclines were served by PRC trolley car lines.
Viewing Pittsburgh's Trolleys and Inclines documents Pittsburgh's trolley and incline history.
