Trolleyology: A Ride to Charleroi

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  • Опубліковано 24 січ 2025

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  • @SWISS-it4tw
    @SWISS-it4tw Рік тому +2

    I have watched this video so many times and still love it as much as the first. For many years I maintained the dental equipment in the office located in the former Roscoe Bank building. When finished at that location I would travel south thru Elco and down to California. Sadly both offices closed in 2019 and I don’t get down that way very often. This video reminds me of those days and also of days long gone by. Being born in 1964 I never had the chance to ride to Roscoe but have taken many trips on the trolley to visit my buddies Len and Tony at the Blue Line Grill in Library. I highly recommend taking a trolley ride and enjoying an experience that is over 100 years in the making. Traveling under the Allegheny River and going through the only trolley & bus tunnel in the United States is awesome!
    Thank you George Gula for making this excellent video!!!!!
    Jim D.

  • @michaelbarber8118
    @michaelbarber8118 2 роки тому +4

    Love you guys! So glad you keep this nostalgia alive!
    I was born and raised in Roscoe, PA. Used to frequent Downes’ almost daily. I knew Sam, his son Chuck and grew up with Chuck’s boys. My friends and I even peddled newspapers for them.
    My father and grandmother used to catch the trolly at Downes’ and take it round trip to Kennywood when my dad was a kid. I have had my father to the museum with me and his grandkids.
    Greatly appreciate all that you do!

  • @toolsteel8482
    @toolsteel8482 Рік тому +1

    Really enjoyed watching this. I grew up in Allenport. My father rode the street cars from Roscoe to Charleroi. Nice catch of the steam locomotive in Speers.

  • @johnfelsoci3224
    @johnfelsoci3224 2 роки тому +2

    Wonderful

  • @christopherwall6155
    @christopherwall6155 Рік тому

    Remember seeing 88 transit buses going thru South hills junction back when I was a kid in the 90's

  • @billconserva1461
    @billconserva1461 2 роки тому +1

    I grew up with the McKeesport Wilmerding railway practically in my back yard. I researched info on it and found it very fascinating It operated from 1894 up and til 1936, electrified from the beginning to..

  • @jimharris6213
    @jimharris6213 4 роки тому +2

    My family lived in Finleyville starting in 1964. I worked for 88 Transit for 23 years starting in 1976 and heard some of the stories about the trolley. I drove bus for about 14 years and noted some of the sites along the route. I posted the video on my FB to see if anyone knows someone who can answer some of the questions raised in the video.

  • @JJinPhila
    @JJinPhila 3 роки тому +2

    I have only heard about this line. You could take a trolley from Charleroi to downtown Pittsburgh.

  • @SnapScavenge
    @SnapScavenge 3 місяці тому

    are the tracks stil there are you able to walk them?

  • @itze25
    @itze25 3 роки тому +2

    The title feels weird seeing there is a town called Charleroi in Belgium where trolleys still run..

    • @SonOfBaraki359
      @SonOfBaraki359 Рік тому

      and a few km to Charleroi OG, there's a trolley (well, tram) museum