Richard Allman reports that it is the Union Avenue Shuttle. The area has been "gentrified." And the Mt. Washington Line Bridge crossed the PRR's Baltimore Northern RR, which is now the northern (and first) light rail line, with the line's Mt. Washington Station.
Sorry about the lack of captions on the last photo postoing. Keuboard problems. The PCC and Peter Witt pictures are all on the Mt. Washington Line. The Brill Semi-Convertable is on either the Union Ave. (or Street) or the Key Avenue shuttle, both lines one-car, one-track short shuttles connecting to the Mt. Washington Line. All Baltimore photos, Spring 1947.
MiningmanGreat memories! We all experienced something along those lines. Civilization is dead now however.
Civilization is dead now however.
I was invited by my cousin that lived in Towson to attend a Orioles double header against the Red Sox in 1956 with her fiancee. The 'problem' was I had to go from Catonsville to Towson - the answer the No. 8 streetcar. As I recall, this was a near two hour journey on a Sunday morning with all the stops going into downtown, the traffic downtown and all the stops from downtown to Towson. (The Baltimore Beltway didn't open until late 1958 that would have made such a O-D trip possible in about 30 minutes.) Baltimore weather being what it is - the games got cancelled by rain and my cousin and her fiancee drove me home so I would not have to use the No. 8 in the reverse direction. I was 9 approaching 10 at the time.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Great memories! We all experienced something along those lines.
As a kid my family lived in the Catonsville area of Baltimore County. Every day to go to school I walked down Ingleside Avenue and crossed Frederick Road, upon which the No. 8 streetcar line operated between a loop at Rolling Road in Catonsville to Towson. Recall many times waiting for the traffic light to change and watching the yellow and cream BTC street cars to pass.
Frequently my mother would take me to downtown Baltimore to go shopping at the major department stores, Hutzlers, Hoschild-Kohn and Stewarts. We would have lunch in Hutzlers coffee shop that was in the basement of their building on Howard street and feel the rumbling of B&O train passing through the Howard Street Tunnel. Returning home we would normally take the No. 23 bus line that operated from a location on North Rolling Road in Catonsville to Middle River - the bus stop was closer to our house and we would be loaded down with our purchases. We moved from Baltimore in March of 1959 - when I was moved back to Baltimore in 1972 all the street cars were gone.
Your new trolley posts were quite timely for me David, I've just finished reading Frank Rowsome's book "Trolley Car Treasury" from 1956! Fun book!
You're streetcar posts are always fascinating!
In the photo of 6032 you can really appreciate Baltimore's wide gauge tracks (5' 4 1/2"), the gauge left over from Baltimore's relatively short-lived cable cars.
Three Baltimore streetcar pictures, one iconic Brill semi-convertable, with the yellow paint denoting it's one-man front-entrance, and two pictures on the Mt. Washington line, which used both 1931 Brill Peter Witts and PCCs.
Pictures taken Spring 1947, age 15. John Stern and Bill (Giggles) Watson were the older railfans who had me tag along. We did go by PRR both ways, not driving.
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