Old enough to have ridden on the trolleys as a young kid...Tremont Ave. and the Westchester Ave. Line. Fun in the summertime...The Westchester Line had screens ...no walls...no ac just the summer breeze....nice memories....should have kept some lines running...
Incredible footage, thank you for the window to the past. I know all of these neighborhoods well, my own neighborhood is featured here. I wish these things were around today as I dread (HATE) riding buses. Fortunately I can still enjoy a nice trolley ride on my visits to Philadelphia & San Francisco.
Excellent video. Trolley's in Yonkers were discontinued prior to my starting school but I greatly enjoyed seeing the Yonkers trolleys in action here and spotting many familiar buildings and other landmarks along the way. Thanks for posting.
I remember the tracks but since I was born in 1953, never saw them run however, rode in cars at the Seashore museum in Maine. I love that place and love the sound of the electric motors.
NYC & big government conspiring with auto & tire manufacturers to rid NYC of trolleys was a CRIME! As a resident of Westchester, I would LOVE to ride on a trolley instead of the dirty, ugly, road clogging, noisy buses we have now!
I moved to Brooklyn in 1970 and I was surprised about the way it looks to me very old I came from Habana via Madrid Now so many years dawn with the changes experienced I learned to love and appreciate Brookkyn God bles America ! lmn
We need to start a petition for restoration of the Trolley railway system. This will solve many problems from carbon footprinting to gas use just for starters.
All of The Brill Centex cars ( not shown in this vídeo ) were purchased by São Paulo 's públic transportation company ( CMTC). They rode until May 1968 when operations with streetcars came to an end. I used them daily. I am missing those good old days when life was hopefull. Wonderfull post. Thank you.
Watching this at the end...All of trollies sitting, rotting, gave way to modern times....Big deisel buses, clouds of smoke.....Now....the dedire to return to electric transportation
New Yawkers are happy that those clean trolleys were replaced with stinky diesel buses. What connections there were between the City and General Motors is suspicious to this day.
I wonder if there were switchman posted at all switches along all streetcar lines everywhere. Always wondered how the streetcars went along on their proper routes.
I moved to Brooklyn in 1970 and I was surprised about the way it looks to me very old I came from Habana via Madrid Now so many years dawn with the changes experienced I learned to love and appreciate Brookkyn God bles America !
I moved to Brooklyn in 1970 and I was surprised about the way it looks to me very old I came from Habana via Madrid Now so many years dawn with the changes experienced I learned to love and appreciate Brookkyn God bles America !m
I can see why trolley buses were sometimes called "curbliners" because you didn't need to stand in street traffic to board one: they came to the curb for passengers. I wouldn't trust today's texting drivers to avoid ending my trip forever before even boarding in the street. Somehow they manage it in very large systems in Toronto and Melbourne.
I have a reel of 8mm film released by Interurban Films of Trolleys that were filmed in 1946 by Sid Silleck of New York's Trolleys of Broadway. Pretty neat stuff.
What happens at 2:48? They don't look like employees. In this time, it's supposed to be none of their business if the system works unless employed. Is this a historical cultural difference, or what is it exactly?
They should have kept some of the trolley lines for the out of the way areas. Were the trolleys more expensive than buses to operate and maintain? There's stories of a conspiracy between GM and Standard Oil to take over the trolley system, destroy them, and replace with buses.
They aren't stories. It makes a lot of sense. A bit of research into the matter would convince you just how true it is. I encourage you to research it.
@@dr.spectre9697 NOT STORIES. The conspiracy was real, 3 major empires combined to form NATIONAL TRACTION as a public transportation entity and set about buying out all the major streetcar systems in america and then gutting them and converting them solely to buses. The 3 companies were: 1) GM which made the buses, 2) Firestone who had 100% guaranteed contracts with all the bus companies, and 3) Standard Oil who petro products were also guaranteed for all the bus companies. At one point the a case was filed and ended up in federal court were it was indeed determined to be legit HOWEVER the ensuing fine was $1 The case however was not a total loss as it gave us PCCs that remain running on several systems, as well as trackless trolleys that ran on over head wire. TODAY the craze is for "light rail" as they term it and almost 30 US cities have some form of that now with many others working out plans/details.
I moved to Brooklyn in 1970 and I was surprised about the way it looks to me very old I came from Habana via Madrid Now so many years dawn with the changes experienced I learned to love and appreciate Brookkyn God bles America !
I moved to Brooklyn in 1970 and I was surprised about the way it looks to me very old I came from Habana via Madrid Now so many years dawn with the changes experienced I learned to love and appreciate Brookkyn God bles America ! lmn
Old enough to have ridden on the trolleys as a young kid...Tremont Ave. and the Westchester Ave. Line. Fun in the summertime...The Westchester Line had screens ...no walls...no ac just the summer breeze....nice memories....should have kept some lines running...
From a car guy the newest car I've seen is a 1950 Ford Fordor and the oldest a 1934 Packard.
Cheers
Nic
Incredible footage, thank you for the window to the past. I know all of these neighborhoods well, my own neighborhood is featured here. I wish these things were around today as I dread (HATE) riding buses. Fortunately I can still enjoy a nice trolley ride on my visits to Philadelphia & San Francisco.
Excellent video. Trolley's in Yonkers were discontinued prior to my starting school but I greatly enjoyed seeing the Yonkers trolleys in action here and spotting many familiar buildings and other landmarks along the way. Thanks for posting.
I remember the tracks but since I was born in 1953, never saw them run however, rode in cars at the Seashore museum in Maine. I love that place and love the sound of the electric motors.
You'd love the St. Charles Ave. line in NOLA for the ride neuances and the sounds the cars produce -- air compressor, brakes and motors .
NYC & big government conspiring with auto & tire manufacturers to rid NYC of trolleys was a CRIME! As a resident of Westchester, I would LOVE to ride on a trolley instead of the dirty, ugly, road clogging, noisy buses we have now!
I moved to Brooklyn in 1970 and I was surprised about the way it looks to me very old
I came from Habana via Madrid
Now so many years dawn with the changes experienced I learned to love and appreciate Brookkyn
God bles America ! lmn
What an incredible video!
Wish I could go back in time just to ride those wonderful trolleys.
We need to start a petition for restoration of the Trolley railway system. This will solve many problems from carbon footprinting to gas use just for starters.
I rode on these Trolly's in the late 1940's
Boy were you lucky!
All of The Brill Centex cars ( not shown in this vídeo ) were purchased by São Paulo 's públic transportation company ( CMTC).
They rode until May 1968 when operations with streetcars came to an end.
I used them daily.
I am missing those good old days when life was hopefull.
Wonderfull post. Thank you.
Incredible footage of the past. Judging by the cars, it looks like the 1940"s.
It must’ve been crazy when it snow ❄️
Awesome 👌
Watching this at the end...All of trollies sitting, rotting, gave way to modern times....Big deisel buses, clouds of smoke.....Now....the dedire to return to electric transportation
New Yawkers are happy that those clean trolleys were replaced with stinky diesel buses.
What connections there were between the City and General Motors is suspicious to this day.
I wonder if there were switchman posted at all switches along all streetcar lines everywhere. Always wondered how the streetcars went along on their proper routes.
Definitely went through Yonkers because I can see the rail sometimes,on south Broadway
Nice missing history link for me growing up by grand concourse and tremont ave bronx during the 50s. Saw many embedded rails in the roads.
I moved to Brooklyn in 1970 and I was surprised about the way it looks to me very old
I came from Habana via Madrid
Now so many years dawn with the changes experienced I learned to love and appreciate Brookkyn
God bles America !
I moved to Brooklyn in 1970 and I was surprised about the way it looks to me very old
I came from Habana via Madrid
Now so many years dawn with the changes experienced I learned to love and appreciate Brookkyn
God bles America !m
I can see why trolley buses were sometimes called "curbliners" because you didn't need to stand in street traffic to board one: they came to the curb for passengers. I wouldn't trust today's texting drivers to avoid ending my trip forever before even boarding in the street. Somehow they manage it in very large systems in Toronto and Melbourne.
I have a reel of 8mm film released by Interurban Films of Trolleys that were filmed in 1946 by Sid Silleck of New York's Trolleys of Broadway. Pretty neat stuff.
Is it on UA-cam?
Where is volume 1? I did not see it in your uploads section.
I have a Third Ave Motorman’s hat badge that you might be interested in.
The switch points were moved with a crowbar????
national car line colors, the end is near.
25:09 is the Putnam division
What happens at 2:48? They don't look like employees. In this time, it's supposed to be none of their business if the system works unless employed. Is this a historical cultural difference, or what is it exactly?
They should have kept some of the trolley lines for the out of the way areas. Were the trolleys more expensive than buses to operate and maintain? There's stories of a conspiracy between GM and Standard Oil to take over the trolley system, destroy them, and replace with buses.
They aren't stories. It makes a lot of sense. A bit of research into the matter would convince you just how true it is. I encourage you to research it.
@@dr.spectre9697 NOT STORIES. The conspiracy was real, 3 major empires combined to form NATIONAL TRACTION as a public transportation entity and set about buying out all the major streetcar systems in america and then gutting them and converting them solely to buses.
The 3 companies were: 1) GM which made the buses, 2) Firestone who had 100% guaranteed contracts with all the bus companies, and 3) Standard Oil who petro products were also guaranteed for all the bus companies.
At one point the a case was filed and ended up in federal court were it was indeed determined to be legit HOWEVER the ensuing fine was $1
The case however was not a total loss as it gave us PCCs that remain running on several systems, as well as trackless trolleys that ran on over head wire. TODAY the craze is for "light rail" as they term it and almost 30 US cities have some form of that now with many others working out plans/details.
I moved to Brooklyn in 1970 and I was surprised about the way it looks to me very old
I came from Habana via Madrid
Now so many years dawn with the changes experienced I learned to love and appreciate Brookkyn
God bles America !
I moved to Brooklyn in 1970 and I was surprised about the way it looks to me very old
I came from Habana via Madrid
Now so many years dawn with the changes experienced I learned to love and appreciate Brookkyn
God bles America ! lmn