Great views of the original Cincinnati streetcar transportation system. I love seeing the little yellow pole lights around town that were stops for the original streetcar.
Having two polls would have made the conversion to traction busses quite easy. It was strange to see a couple of the trolleys running polls forward. I grew up in Edgewood but have lived near Philly for 30 years. Just retired from the IT dept at SEPTA - the transit agency for Southeastern Pennsylvania. SEPTA still have 6 active trolley routes, several traction bus routes and three light rail routes. The newer traction busses have on-board batteries so than can run some distance "off the wires" to get around accidents and road closures.
I'd still like to ride trolley cars. A lot better than driving. I was at East Troy Trolley museum in East Troy WI and those motor cars are very fast and accelerated very quickly.
In some few cities (Cincinnati was one of them), the municipality prohibited streetcars to return current by rail, so they must put two wires like trolleycoaches/trolleybuses/trackless trolleys.
The original trolley turn around at the end of the North Fairmount line by the intersection of Carll Street and Baltimore Avenue is still there, although there is a gazebo there instead of a conductor's outhouse (which was still there in a the early 'sixties).
Yes, they certainly will complete the abandoned subway line! Just as soon as they expand the streetcar network by running a streetcar line westward across the Western Hills Viaduct and up Harrison Avenue to Westwood and Cheviot..... LMAO!!!!!!!!
Funny how they took away the trolley cars which were fun to ride covered up the tracks made trolley busses which were a pain when the 2 poles came off going around a corner and now they are replacing busses with trolley cars and laying new track.
I road trolley's at East Troy Museum WI. They were very fast and accelerated very quickly. If there was one around here, I'd ride one and let the motorman worry about traffic.
This is all just a little before my time. At one point, I saw a couple of trackless trolleys, or "trolley buses" as I called them when I was a little boy. Them I can remember.
Yes, I also remember the Cincinnati Transit Co. trolley buses when I was a child. My mom tells me stories of her riding the Price Hill streetcars when she was attending Seton High School. The streetcar network had completely disappeared in 1951 (I was born in 1952). By the time I was old enough to regularly ride them, the trolley buses were only running out in the Clifton area (e.g., Route 61-Clifton, Ludlow, Pullan; Route 78-Lockland, Reading; Route 69-Madisonville; and a few other trolley bus routes out in that area). By that time, there was a very large field filled with scrapped trolley buses just to the north of the Hopple St. viaduct. The trolley buses disappeared from the Cincinnati routes in 1965. I must say that they were fun to ride!
@@johnwoa Cincinnati Transit last operated trolleybuses on June 18, 1965, according to the book, "Transit's Stepchild, the Trolley Coach," by Mac Sebree and Paul Ward.
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Great views of the original Cincinnati streetcar transportation system. I love seeing the little yellow pole lights around town that were stops for the original streetcar.
Those lights were to keep drivers from hitting traffic islands in the street and curbs on the side of the road in tricky situations..
Awesome glimpse of the past thank you!!
This is really cool video of the old days
Having two polls would have made the conversion to traction busses quite easy.
It was strange to see a couple of the trolleys running polls forward.
I grew up in Edgewood but have lived near Philly for 30 years. Just retired from the IT dept at SEPTA - the transit agency for Southeastern Pennsylvania. SEPTA still have 6 active trolley routes, several traction bus routes and three light rail routes. The newer traction busses have on-board batteries so than can run some distance "off the wires" to get around accidents and road closures.
I'd still like to ride trolley cars. A lot better than driving. I was at East Troy Trolley museum in East Troy WI and those motor cars are very fast and accelerated very quickly.
wow... they are like trolley coaches with two poles!!! That's rare for streetcars!
In some few cities (Cincinnati was one of them), the municipality prohibited streetcars to return current by rail, so they must put two wires like trolleycoaches/trolleybuses/trackless trolleys.
The original trolley turn around at the end of the North Fairmount line by the intersection of Carll Street and Baltimore Avenue is still there, although there is a gazebo there instead of a conductor's outhouse (which was still there in a the early 'sixties).
i remember the last of this in the late 50,s early 60's, I was a kid back then,lol.
I think it Madison Rd between Woodburn and O’Bryonville at 2:06.
My thoughs go to the high water, the ancient and enormous off road tramways, that operated until 4 5 years before this video
AWESOME!
they should have keep some of these cars running like San Francisco.
I often wondered why Toronto didn't buy the lone Pullman PCC from Cincinnati since Toronto bought the rest of Cincy's PCCs.
Back after 60 years.Are they gonna complete the subway line too ?
Yes, they certainly will complete the abandoned subway line! Just as soon as they expand the streetcar network by running a streetcar line westward across the Western Hills Viaduct and up Harrison Avenue to Westwood and Cheviot..... LMAO!!!!!!!!
Funny how they took away the trolley cars which were fun to ride covered up the tracks made trolley busses which were a pain when the 2 poles came off going around a corner and now they are replacing busses with trolley cars and laying new track.
wow
History cannot deny itself !✌️🌴🍀 AGT(♎)
I can picture my parents, grandparents riding these. I was born in 1950.
I road trolley's at East Troy Museum WI. They were very fast and accelerated very quickly. If there was one around here, I'd ride one and let the motorman worry about traffic.
This is all just a little before my time. At one point, I saw a couple of trackless trolleys, or "trolley buses" as I called them when I was a little boy. Them I can remember.
Yes, I also remember the Cincinnati Transit Co. trolley buses when I was a child. My mom tells me stories of her riding the Price Hill streetcars when she was attending Seton High School. The streetcar network had completely disappeared in 1951 (I was born in 1952). By the time I was old enough to regularly ride them, the trolley buses were only running out in the Clifton area (e.g., Route 61-Clifton, Ludlow, Pullan; Route 78-Lockland, Reading; Route 69-Madisonville; and a few other trolley bus routes out in that area). By that time, there was a very large field filled with scrapped trolley buses just to the north of the Hopple St. viaduct. The trolley buses disappeared from the Cincinnati routes in 1965. I must say that they were fun to ride!
@@johnwoa Cincinnati Transit last operated trolleybuses on June 18, 1965, according to the book, "Transit's Stepchild, the Trolley Coach," by Mac Sebree and Paul Ward.
It's a wonder that they weren't always crashing into things.
Does anyone recognize the intersection at 1:49?
Can someone identify the locations shown?
simpler times