Bi State Transit Streetcars

Streetcars of St Louis Bi State Transit.
PCC streetcars filmed in January of 1964

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Streetcar
• Trolley
• PCC
• Tram

[00Daizy00]

Greetings waynebrasler

Listen, I have a question for you since I'm from St. Louis originally. These streetcars were before my time as well. Anyway, my question is..., the scene where the streetcar turns a diagonal corner angle once the light changes green, what street is that?

I've seen those buildings but can't remember where they are cause i know at least one of those buildings still stands, I just can't recall its exact location!

[gerrywide]

That location is where Lindell Blvd branches off from Olive st. The streetcar stays on Olive headed for Taylor St. Where it either went to the University route, the Delmar route or out to Hodiamont.

[TC40102N]

A nice trip in history. What's the song playing in the video?

[gerrywide]

Thanks for your comment. The music is "Jupiter" from THE PLANETS by Gustav Holst.

[bradhig]

That's sad they died. I love PCCs even thou they are from before my time.

[eyestoenvy]

Removing these trams from our cities was/is a CRIMINAL act

[tonkinshipwreck69]

Do You know how old that garage is? My cousin and Me and Our freinds , were adventurers and would sometime walk down to the river from Our northside homes, around Sportsman Park and Buss Fuses neighborhoods, back in the early sixties. I thought that was the coolest structure Downtown. It must have been pretty new back then Thanks for posting. Brings back a lot of memories.

[DCussen]

Somehow, these videos make St. Louis look HUGE.

[peterpocasset]

We still use PCC cars in regular service here in Boston.

[matayman]

Gerrywide, thanks for the film ... the Clayton line ran along Millbrook Blvd, between the Washington U campus and my neighborhood, Ames Place. The clicky-clack of the late-hour "owl cars" was soothing to a little kid trying to sleep. One of my favorite camera shops was near that Lindell/Olive intersection -- St Louis Photo Supply -- and I thought I glimpsed a few frames showing their sign. Ah, nostalgia!

[TheDoctor342]

Yes and we replaced them with freeways that are constantly jammed, a Missouri legislature that doesn't support transit, and a massive budget crisis that nearly cost all of the current bus routes (including mine). Ah, can't wait till the next massive oil shortage makes people thing logically again.

[wuloki]

Very nice streetcars, and quite interesting to see the different approach in constructing them you took in the US (quite heavy and fast, in contrast to the more "agile" vehicles in Europe). Sadly my city scrapped it's tram network in 1987 (however, we still have the world's oldest monorail). Thanks for sharing this video.

[waynebrasler]

Having grown up in St. Louis I am familiar with all the locations here. And with bustling, dress-uppy downtown St. Louis as it was. And particularly Gaslight Square, where I hung out in my late teens and early 20s. I particularly lament the loss of the county and rural lines, which didn't run on streets but on rights-of-way in the woods to Creve Coeur Lake, to Ferguson, to Kirkwood. That was the prime experience! My dad drove streetcars when I was a kid so I rode free!