Flag Stop 4,614 transit photos from Chicago and beyond, mostly 1940s–2000s
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St. Louis Car PCC

22 photographs
A black and white photo of two PCC streetcars on a Chicago street, with overhead wires and houses in the background. Two Chicago Surface Lines PCC streetcars, numbers 187 and 178, are seen on the 76 DIVERSEY-WESTERN route at the intersection of Diversey and Harlem in Chicago, likely in the 1940s. 1938 · Diversey and Harlem, Chicago, IL A green and cream PCC streetcar numbered 4095 on a city street with pedestrians crossing, tall buildings in the background, and overhead trolley wires. Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar 4095 on route 20 at Madison and Wacker in 1948. 1948 · Madison and Wacker, Chicago, IL Front view of two Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcars, numbers 4057 and 7040, parked side by side on streetcar tracks with destination signs visible, under overcast skies. Two Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcars, 4057 and 7040, are shown side by side at a streetcar terminal, bound for Western-Bedford and Western-79 routes. c. 1950 to 1958 A yellow and cream Pacific Electric PCC streetcar with the number 28 on its front is driving down a busy street lined with 1950s cars and businesses like Sinclair Paints and Downtown Bakery. A Pacific Electric PCC streetcar, number 28, travels down a Los Angeles street in the early 1950s, surrounded by automobiles and storefronts. c. 1950 to 1953 A white, orange, and blue streetcar with the number 1023 on its front is stopped at an intersection on a cobblestone street, with vintage cars and a brick building in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar, number 1023, heads toward 63-Central Park on a cobblestone street lined with 1950s cars and a brick hotel. July 1, 1951 · 64th and Stony Island, Chicago, IL A black and white photograph of a classic PCC streetcar in Chicago, numbered 1208 and heading for Morgan Street, passing under a large bridge sign for Englewood Union Station. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar, number 1208, on route 36 to Morgan Street, is pictured under the Englewood Union Station bridge. 1953 · 36 and State A green and white streetcar turns through an intersection on a sunny downtown street beneath overhead wires, with a second streetcar, pedestrians and tall buildings behind it. A green and white PCC streetcar signed for S Central & Manchester on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, with a second PCC and Bullocks signs behind it. 1955 · S and Broadway, Los Angeles, CA A green and cream streetcar with a trolley pole runs along a wide street under overhead wires, with tall white buildings and parked cars behind it. Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority PCC streetcar 3140 on 1st Street near Broadway in Los Angeles, likely between 1958 and 1963. 1956 · 1st and Broadway, Los Angeles, CA A green and cream PCC streetcar numbered 4060 travels down a street lined with power poles, passing a large red, white, and blue amusement park entrance with a roller coaster in the background. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar, number 4060, runs past the colorful entrance of Riverview Amusement Park on a sunny summer day. June 10, 1956 · Roscoe, Chicago, IL A white streetcar with a red and blue stripe, signed 23 Chestnut Hill, rounds a corner on a street of brick rowhouses under overhead wires, with cars parked along the curbs. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority streetcar 2158 on Route 23 to Chestnut Hill, likely at 16th & Bigler, 1958. 1958 · 16th and Bigler, Philadelphia, PA A light green and dark green streetcar with a trolley pole runs along a street beneath overhead wires, with gas holders, a Tacos Burritos sign and a house with Christmas decorations behind it. Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority PCC streetcar 3163 on the P line, signed for East First Street, likely in Los Angeles around 1958 to 1963. 1961 · First Nr Center, Los Angeles, CA A light green streetcar with a dark window band and cream roof turns through an intersection under a web of overhead wires, with palm trees, a traffic signal and parked cars around it. Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority PCC streetcar 3087 rounds a curve at 7th Street, likely at Boyle Avenue in Los Angeles, in the early 1960s. 1961 · Boyle and 7th St., Los Angeles, CA A green and cream streetcar numbered 1144 turns on curving street track beneath overhead wires, with the Terminal Drugs store and downtown office buildings behind it. San Francisco Municipal Railway PCC streetcar 1144, signed for Judah, rounds the loop at what appears to be the Transbay Terminal, likely in 1964. October 5, 1964 · Bridge Terminal, Chicago, IL A green and cream streetcar with a trolley pole rounds a curve of track in front of a large arched tunnel portal inscribed Twin Peaks Tunnel A.D. 1917, with people waiting under a shelter. San Francisco Municipal Railway PCC streetcar 1125 leaves the Twin Peaks Tunnel at West Portal, San Francisco, in 1970. 1970 · Twin Peaks Tunnel, West Portal, San Francisco, CA A green and cream streetcar with destination sign N JUDAH TO 48th runs along a city street lined with older buildings and vertical hotel and shop signs while pedestrians cross behind it. San Francisco Municipal Railway PCC 1138, signed N JUDAH TO 48th, on Market Street, likely at 6th Street, San Francisco. April 22, 1977 · 6th and Market, San Francisco, CA An orange, red and white streetcar with its trolley pole raised and a sign reading M connects with L West Portal stands on a terminal ramp, with downtown high-rise buildings behind it. San Francisco Municipal Railway PCC streetcar 1040, signed M CONNECTS WITH L WEST PORTAL, likely at the East Bay Terminal in San Francisco. July 4, 1980 · East Bay Terminal A light gray streetcar with a red front band, number 2163, signed 23 TO-BIGLER, runs on street track past a brick building and a construction site with scaffolding. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority streetcar 2163 on route 23 to Bigler, likely at 12th and Locust Streets in Philadelphia. December 12, 1988 · 12th and Locust, Philadelphia, PA A white streetcar with a red and blue stripe and a 23 10-BIGLER sign passes under a dark steel railroad bridge, with parked cars on the left and a second streetcar in the distance. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority PCC streetcar 2788 on Route 23 to 10th and Bigler passes under a railroad bridge, likely at 12th and Noble in Philadelphia. December 14, 1988 · 12th and Noble, Philadelphia, PA A gray and white streetcar with a red band, signed 23 Germantown Ave Bethlehem Pike, rolls along a street beneath a dark steel viaduct with cars parked beside it. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority PCC streetcar 2168 on route 23 to Germantown Ave and Bethlehem Pike passes under a railroad viaduct. December 14, 1988 · 11th and Callowhill, Philadelphia, PA A white streetcar with a red front stripe and a 23 Germantown Ave Bethlehem Pike sign comes toward the camera under a dark steel viaduct, with parked cars on the left and traffic behind. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority PCC streetcar 2104 on Route 23 Germantown Ave–Bethlehem Pike, passing under a steel railroad viaduct, likely at 11th and Callowhill in Philadelphia. December 14, 1988 · 11th and Callowhill, Philadelphia, PA A green and cream streetcar numbered 2750, signed 23 Germantown Avenue & Gorgas Lane, travels on a cobbled street under overhead wires, with yellow autumn trees and cars behind it. PCC streetcar 2750, likely of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, on Route 23 to Germantown Avenue & Gorgas Lane, running on a cobbled stretch of Germantown Avenue in autumn. November 8, 1992 · Germantown Av. A green and cream streetcar numbered 1040 with a J CHURCH 30TH AVE sign runs on street track under overhead wires, past Victorian houses and a parked silver coupe. San Francisco Municipal Railway PCC streetcar 1040, signed J CHURCH 30TH AVE, on Church Street in San Francisco. September 5, 1993 · 30th and Church, San Francisco, CA