The south side lines had their scenic overlooks as well, usually from the often steep stairs to someone’s house. Joe Jessel commanded such a viewpoint to record this Route 53 CARRICK car.
At Swissvale Av and Jane St at the east end of Wilkinsburg PA, cars from downtown via Forbes (Route 64), Fifth Av (Route 76) and Penn Av (Route 87) all passed or terminated (76). The 1610 is abou... (more)
Photographer Joe Jessel Jr is in no danger of being run over by his own chartered car, here in the process of descending the ramp that will carry it from Dawn Av Junction to West Liberty Av. Rout... (more)
This residential scene on Route 6 BRIGHTON ROAD has classic cars everywhere you look. Another view from the camera of Joe Jessel Jr, whose welcome charters must have reflected well on the PRC’s... (more)
Perhaps the rarest color view of a PCC anywhere is this shot of the original St Louis Car Co postwar demonstrator delivered in 1946. It was destroyed in the Homewood Shops fire of 1955. Its use ... (more)