Brooklyn Trolleys

[daveklepper]

There may be streetcars closer to your than you think.

Improved color of the Brooklyn PCCs, prewar colors and post WWIIL

At Brandford and at the "Culver Terminal," West 5th St. off Surf Avenue, Coney Island:

The train of standard steel BMT on the upper level is probably a Franklin Avenue - Coney Island - Chambers Street Express, the "Sunny Summer Sunday Only specials, since the regular Brighton Locals usually used the D-type articilateds. Today the streetcar terminal, then used by Coney Island Avnue-Smith St, and McDonald Vanderbilt, is gone, but the upper level of the elevated structure is used by the Q and the lower level by the F.

[daveklepper]

Where do you live?

[scilover]

Wow, that's incredible! I was always fascinated by trolleys. I never saw one in person before but hopefully one day I will!

[daveklepper]

Yes!  I did have some Brooklyn slides, but I left them with the ERA when I moved to Israel, and my keeping the B&W negatives was really more luck than planning.

Now. I'm glad I kept them.   The B&W pix are on several past threads, including the recent PCC one, Peter Witts that are not PCCs, and Convertables, all on the Classic Trains Forum.

[54light15]

I was waiting for your words of wisdom, Dave. Those photos were taken at the streetcar museum in East Haven, Connecticut right? I was there maybe 30 years ago. 

[daveklepper]

PreWWII colors

SanFran car painted for PostWWII Brooklyn

[daveklepper]

Several of the color schemes ressult from color deerioration.  Never exised any Btooklyn blue TTs.  Dark maroon-like red, like most of the pre-PCC Brooklyn streetcars.  Coiurtelyu Road shown, a 1938 insallation.  PostWWII saw St. Johns, Bergin, Tomkind, and possibly some others, wih more modern TTs, green and silver. as the PCCs were all repainted that combination.  But beore thwt, Packiderem Grey and Scarlit-Red, never orange!

The old deck-roof cars were all maroon=red and cream.  Two types, the 2500s double-end, and the 4100s, convertables, were double-end two-man, rebuilt with turnstyle at boarding end for single=end, ne-man operation.

 

[54light15]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qZIAdzIAkk 

This is interesting- I had no idea that trolley buses were used in New York. There's quite a variety of equipment and paint schemes and I would say these films were taken between about 1938 and 1954, judging from the automobiles.