SWISSVALE VIEW 1. Route 64 comes alongside the Pennsy (note their signal gantry behind) on Edgewood Av in downtown Swissvale PA and 1609 has just stopped to discharge a lady passenger before turn... (more)

The east end of Route 67 SWISSVALE RANKIN BRADDOCK was not on the tour of Pittsburgh’s scenic vistas yet it had a certain charm, being tucked away behind a steel mill property. Another of photo... (more)

Joe Jessel captured a pair of Route 64 cars in Braddock PA on Bell Av passing Thompson Steel, as evidence of their work drifts across the roadway on a southerly breeze. In less than four months t... (more)

Another set of steep stairs gave Joe Jessel a good vantage point for a view of the rip track at Warrington Av and Haberman St. The massive structure on the skyline is South Hills High School, and... (more)

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)

A westbound Route 64 has just climbed out of a gully on Bell Av in Braddock PA. Yet another of Pittsburgh’s multiple steel mills gives off visible evidence that the blast furnaces were hard at ... (more)

About to stop for a passenger no doubt bound for a morning of shopping in downtown Wilkinsburg PA, the 87 car will trundle all the way east to Wilmerding PA, but not for long. Abandonment is a me... (more)

The route 55 PCC flogging 1964 Dodges from Hillside Motors has passed the steel mill (chokingly displayed in an earlier posting) and is about to pass under the Pennsylvania RR for the final jaunt ... (more)

A favored spot for photos on Ardmore Blvd was the underpass by the WTAE TV Station at the Penn Lincoln Parkway, US 30. Nearby hillsides provided a variety of vistas, both for scenic and close-up ... (more)

Pittsburgh was not merely a city of long lines carrying passengers downtown. A number of suburban neighborhood routes provided local service as well. The 1699 is spotted on West St at 18th in Ho... (more)

Snow in Pittsburgh is not as frequent as cities such as Buffalo or Cleveland but they do get their share each winter. Here one of photographer Joe Jessel’s charters poses as a Route 44 KNOXVILL... (more)