PITTSBURGH RAILWAYS SITE

Announcing Pittsburgh Railways, a pictorial journey through the history of the Pittsburgh Railways Company, by Ronald L. Beal. This detailed book series covers the history of the Pittsburgh Railways Company and all public transportation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania including its first horsecars, our short-lived cable cars, all of the fascinating inclines, the 219 separate railway companies that were merged into Pittsburgh Railways in 1902 and the everyday operation of streetcars city-wide up until the 1964 takeover by the Port Authority... The story of how the single Pittsburgh Railways system evolved is a fascinating one, tied to the history and development of the City of Pittsburgh like a jig-saw puzzle. We have taken on the project here to show how hundreds of small pieces (predecessor companies) will fit together to complete the puzzle and reveal the full picture of Pittsburgh Railways... This is the first volume of a 3-volume set of a comprehensive study of the Pittsburgh..

Primary location: Pittsburgh United States