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Viewing Album:  Boston Trolleys in the 1950s and early 1960s
 
By:Lewis Schneider
Dates:1/1/1955 - 12/31/1969
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Ex Center Entrance MTA Work Car 6365 enters Harvard Sq tunnel
Title:  Ex Center Entrance MTA Work Car 6365 enters Harvard Sq tunnel
Description:  He is coming off the track which was used for Harvard Sq turnbacks by double ended Type 5s primarily
Photo Date:  9/10/1954  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:50:10 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MBTA 6365(MOW Trolley)
Views:  790   Comments: 0
MTA's Arlington Heights local leaves Harvard Square tunnel
Title:  MTA's Arlington Heights local leaves Harvard Square tunnel
Description:  During rush hours some PCCs ran express from Harvard Sq to North Cambridge
Photo Date:  5/10/1955  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 9:52:58 PM
Location:  Cambridge, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
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Views:  1749   Comments: 1
North Cambridge trackless trolleys enter and leave Harvard Sq tunnel
Title:  North Cambridge trackless trolleys enter and leave Harvard Sq tunnel
Description:  Uncertain of date. Trackless trolleys in addition to diesel buses still enter the tunnel over 50 years later
Photo Date:  4/10/1956  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:50:26 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
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Views:  1206   Comments: 0
MTA Type 5 5647 reversing at Elm St on the Fellsway line
Title:  MTA Type 5 5647 reversing at Elm St on the Fellsway line
Description:  This route much of which ran on private right of way was abandoned shortly after this photograph
Photo Date:  4/6/1956  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 8:29:45 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MBTA 5647(Trolley)
Views:  862   Comments: 0
Some of the MTA 25 Dallas double ended cars before repainting
Title:  Some of the MTA 25 Dallas double ended cars before repainting
Description:  Scene is Everett Shops
Photo Date:  11/30/1958  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:51:22 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MBTA PCC(PCC)
Views:  986   Comments: 0
MTA's all electric PCC 3219 heads outbound on Tremont St
Title:  MTA's all electric PCC 3219 heads outbound on Tremont St
Description:  It is correctly signed for the Lenox St loop, all that remained of the former North Station- Egleston line
Photo Date:  5/30/1959  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 9:22:35 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MBTA 3219(PCC)
Views:  779   Comments: 0
MTA PCC 3074 heads outbound on Tremont St
Title:  MTA PCC 3074 heads outbound on Tremont St
Description:  Although the sign says Egleston, the line had been cut back to Lenox St in 1956
Photo Date:  5/30/1959  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 9:21:59 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MBTA 3074(PCC)
Views:  599   Comments: 0
MTA's venerable 3002 heads out Tremont to Lenox St
Title:  MTA's venerable 3002 heads out Tremont to Lenox St
Description:  The 3002, delivered in 1941, was Boston's second PCC and the first with the door on the left side
Photo Date:  5/30/1959  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 9:38:24 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MBTA 3002(PCC)
Views:  584   Comments: 0
MTA's all electric 3219 heads inbound on Tremont from Lenox St
Title:  MTA's all electric 3219 heads inbound on Tremont from Lenox St
Description:  The 25 all electrics proved to be a disappointment and were not reordered
Photo Date:  5/30/1959  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 9:41:02 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MBTA 3219(PCC)
Views:  712   Comments: 0
MTA's all electric 3219 enters Lenox St. Loop
Title:  MTA's all electric 3219 enters Lenox St. Loop
Description:  The Tremont St line from Lenox St to North Station was abandoned November 18, 1961
Photo Date:  5/30/1959  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 9:52:33 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MBTA 3219(PCC)
Views:  874   Comments: 0
The 3002, Boston's oldest PCC car in 1959, waits at Lenox St Loop
Title:  The 3002, Boston's oldest PCC car in 1959, waits at Lenox St Loop
Description:  Boston's first PCC No 3001 had no left hand door thus couldn't operate in the subway. It saw little service
Photo Date:  5/30/1959  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 10:22:57 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MBTA 3002(PCC) MBTA 3217(PCC)
Views:  1312   Comments: 0
Four PCCs at Northeastern University
Title:  Four PCCs at Northeastern University
Description:  Note the 3 ex Dallas PCCs on the holding track waiting to reenter the subway in the distance
Photo Date:  6/11/1960  Upload Date: 5/4/2011 12:08:27 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MBTA 3029(PCC) MBTA 3327(PCC)
Views:  732   Comments: 0
MTA ex Dallas 3328 and Type 5 5803 at Northeastern University
Title:  MTA ex Dallas 3328 and Type 5 5803 at Northeastern University
Description:  The Dallas car will cross over to the inbound track and reenter the subway
Photo Date:  2/13/1959  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:50:46 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MBTA 3228(PCC) MBTA 5803(Trolley)
Views:  686   Comments: 0
MTA Type 5 5803 at Northeastern University
Title:  MTA Type 5 5803 at Northeastern University
Description:  This turnback on the Arborway line still exists although the Arborway line itself has been cut back to Heath St
Photo Date:  2/13/1959  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:51:06 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MBTA 5803(Trolley)
Views:  621   Comments: 2
MTA PCC 3033 on S. Huntington Ave
Title:  MTA PCC 3033 on S. Huntington Ave
Description:  Note the crossover to single track during reconstruction. This line is now abandoned
Photo Date:  6/11/1960  Upload Date: 5/4/2011 12:08:56 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MBTA 3033(PCC)
Views:  636   Comments: 0
MTA 3 car "picture window" PCC train at Cleveland Circle terminal
Title:  MTA 3 car "picture window" PCC train at Cleveland Circle terminal
Description:  These were Boston's last PCCs
Photo Date:  6/11/1960  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 9:39:24 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MBTA 3305(PCC)
Views:  2289   Comments: 0
Conversion of Boston & Albany Highland Branch to Trolley Operation
Title:  Conversion of Boston & Albany Highland Branch to Trolley Operation
Description:  Station is Newton Centre
Photo Date:  3/4/1959  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:51:52 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
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Views:  1463   Comments: 0
Picture window PCC crosses Route 9 on the Riverside line
Title:  Picture window PCC crosses Route 9 on the Riverside line
Description:  The outbound car will enter Eliot station. The Riverside line opened in July 4 1959
Photo Date:  6/10/1960  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 9:38:57 PM
Location:  Newton, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories: 
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Views:  572   Comments: 0
MTA ex Dallas double ended PCC at Arborway
Title:  MTA ex Dallas double ended PCC at Arborway
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/7/1959  Upload Date: 5/8/2011 9:26:05 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MBTA 3324(PCC)
Views:  503   Comments: 0
MTA All- electric 3221 at Arborway
Title:  MTA All- electric 3221 at Arborway
Description:  Note Riverside destination sign. These PCCs never operated on the Highland Branch
Photo Date:  2/7/1959  Upload Date: 5/8/2011 9:26:19 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MBTA 3221(PCC)
Views:  538   Comments: 0
MTA ex Dallas PCC at Watertown carhouse
Title:  MTA ex Dallas PCC at Watertown carhouse
Description:  Note incorrect Lenox St destination sign
Photo Date:  5/9/1959  Upload Date: 5/8/2011 9:34:52 PM
Location:  Watertown, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MBTA 3329(PCC)
Views:  829   Comments: 0
MTA All-electric 3208 at Mattapan station
Title:  MTA All-electric 3208 at Mattapan station
Description:  Note the Mack buses probably on the Egleston-Mattapan line via Blue Hill Ave
Photo Date:  11/8/1958  Upload Date: 5/8/2011 9:35:10 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
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Views:  736   Comments: 0
MTA's Mattapan Ashmont line at the Neposet Bridge
Title:  MTA's Mattapan Ashmont line at the Neposet Bridge
Description:  This line was once a New Haven RR branch line
Photo Date:  11/8/1958  Upload Date: 5/8/2011 9:35:46 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
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Views:  642   Comments: 0
MTA PCC 3213 approaches Milton station on the Mattapan-Ashmont line
Title:  MTA PCC 3213 approaches Milton station on the Mattapan-Ashmont line
Description:  Who would guess that PCCs albeit non-All electrics would be operating on this line 50 years later
Photo Date:  11/8/1958  Upload Date: 5/8/2011 9:35:31 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
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Views:  480   Comments: 0
MTA PCC heads up Chestnut Hill Ave towards Commonwealth Ave
Title:  MTA PCC heads up Chestnut Hill Ave towards Commonwealth Ave
Description:  My faithful 1957 Chevy is on the right.The Ft Carson sticker is still in place. I've just arrived in Boston. Beacon St. is at the base of the hill. Reservoir carhouse is behind the building on Beacon St
Photo Date:  9/10/1960  Upload Date: 5/8/2011 9:36:23 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MBTA PCC(PCC)
Views:  571   Comments: 0
MTA PCC turns from Chestnut Hill Ave on to Commonwealth Ave inbound
Title:  MTA PCC turns from Chestnut Hill Ave on to Commonwealth Ave inbound
Description:  This car has just come up the hill from Reservoir carhouse
Photo Date:  9/10/1960  Upload Date: 5/8/2011 9:36:03 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MBTA 3041(PCC)
Views:  615   Comments: 0
MTA 2 car train on Commonwealth side of road PRW
Title:  MTA 2 car train on Commonwealth side of road PRW
Description:  Within a year, the line would be relocated on to center of road right of way
Photo Date:  4/6/1960  Upload Date: 5/8/2011 9:37:24 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MBTA PCC(PCC)
Views:  960   Comments: 0
MTA single car 3235 on Comm Ave side of road PRW
Title:  MTA single car 3235 on Comm Ave side of road PRW
Description:  This hill is quite steep and a challenge for PCC operators
Photo Date:  4/6/1960  Upload Date: 5/8/2011 9:37:00 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MBTA 3235(PCC)
Views:  435   Comments: 0
MTA two car PCC train apporoaches the summit of Comm Ave
Title:  MTA two car PCC train apporoaches the summit of Comm Ave
Description:  Unfortunately the side of the road PRW attracted trash dumpers. This would change within a year when Comm Ave was reconstructed
Photo Date:  4/6/1960  Upload Date: 5/8/2011 9:36:43 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MBTA 3271(PCC)
Views:  1308   Comments: 0
MTA Inbound 3 car PCC train heads down Commonwealth Ave
Title:  MTA Inbound 3 car PCC train heads down Commonwealth Ave
Description:  3 car trains were common on the Beacon and Commonwealth Ave. lines
Photo Date:  4/6/1960  Upload Date: 5/8/2011 9:37:41 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MBTA 3185(PCC)
Views:  682   Comments: 0
MTA 2 car PCC train on the reconstructed Commonwealth Ave
Title:  MTA 2 car PCC train on the reconstructed Commonwealth Ave
Description:  Note that automobiles are still on the old bi-directional roadway
Photo Date:  3/11/1961  Upload Date: 5/8/2011 9:37:57 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MBTA PCC(PCC)
Views:  950   Comments: 0
MTA PCC 3117 turns the corner at Tremont and Park on its way to Watertown
Title:  MTA PCC 3117 turns the corner at Tremont and Park on its way to Watertown
Description:  This line lost its trolley service on June 21, 1969, but the line was kept "live" till 1994. Track removal began in 1996 and was completed in 1997
Photo Date:  3/11/1961  Upload Date: 5/8/2011 10:24:11 PM
Location:  Newton, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories: 
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Views:  497   Comments: 0
MTA PCC 3140 passes through Oak Sq outbound on the Watertown line
Title:  MTA PCC 3140 passes through Oak Sq outbound on the Watertown line
Description:  Oak Square was an important turnback point on the long Route A-Watertown
Photo Date:  12/31/1961  Upload Date: 5/8/2011 10:24:46 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MBTA 3140(PCC)
Views:  792   Comments: 0
MTA ex Dallas PCC inbound on the Watertown line on Brighton Ave near Harvard St
Title:  MTA ex Dallas PCC inbound on the Watertown line on Brighton Ave near Harvard St
Description:  My Chevy is in the picture, but the Ft Carson sticker is gone from the bumper
Photo Date:  3/11/1961  Upload Date: 5/8/2011 10:25:05 PM
Location:  Boston, MA
Author:  Lew Schneider
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  MBTA 3322(PCC)
Views:  770   Comments: 0

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