tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post2426713442421846441..comments2023-11-27T21:41:30.009-08:00Comments on The Daily Postcard: Streetcar Sundays - Pittsburgh, PennsyvaniaChristine H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-11449354281803240262010-07-11T19:11:27.191-07:002010-07-11T19:11:27.191-07:00I like the vanishing-point perspective of this car...I like the vanishing-point perspective of this card. I have fond memories of the Pittsburgh funicular from a long ago visit.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11954692169914973706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-41892624569078321522010-07-11T18:00:03.463-07:002010-07-11T18:00:03.463-07:00This is a wonderful card.This is a wonderful card.L. D. https://www.blogger.com/profile/02270923121962761209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-19926987197198763542010-07-11T11:12:41.425-07:002010-07-11T11:12:41.425-07:00I'm not that familiar with Pittsburgh, but don...I'm not that familiar with Pittsburgh, but don't think that the accident occurred on one of the city's 'inclines', or funiculars, which climb the steep hills across the river from the central city. Rather, based on the park mentioned and Soho Hill (which I believe is in the Bluff neighborhood adjacent to downtown), it was likely a regular streetcar on a hill (or incline...). In response to Keri's question, I would guess that the numerous funicular's in Pittsburgh really did function as an integral part of the streetcar system- I'm sure there were streetcar stops at the top and bottom of the hill to meet the funicular. Funiculars in some other cities seem to be more of a novelty than a significant leg of a mass transit system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-57995121956742612732010-07-11T09:17:37.824-07:002010-07-11T09:17:37.824-07:00It's always surprising how graphic newspapers ...It's always surprising how graphic newspapers used to be - I've seen accounts of train wrecks from the 1910-20s that made similar predictions about the fate of the injured. It's really unsettling, even reading it decades later.Our Porch in Hillsboroughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13422641793594143386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-55167467767779838082010-07-11T08:20:10.674-07:002010-07-11T08:20:10.674-07:00Hi Keri,
Thanks for the segueway. I think next wee...Hi Keri,<br />Thanks for the segueway. I think next week I'll do a post on the various different kinds of cars. the Incline is a cable system, similar to San Francisco's cable cars, but San Francisco has both streetcars and cable cars.Christine H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-87086313116238348822010-07-11T06:51:30.338-07:002010-07-11T06:51:30.338-07:00It look very much the same today, sans tracks. On ...It look very much the same today, sans tracks. On a related note, would you say an incline in the same as a streetcar?<br />http://incline.pghfree.net/Kerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06517897053182263908noreply@blogger.com