SKU: PS+T10/D
In its heyday, PUBLIC SERVICE COORDINATED TRANSPORT of New Jersey operated 2500 trolleys over 900 miles of track, carrying more than 400 million passengers a year.
This program, comprised of extremely rare archive film footage, offers a tour of several Union, Essex, and Hudson County lines, including the South Kearney, Jackson, Union City, 21-Orange, 23-Central Avenue, and 29-Bloomfield Avenue routes, with additional scenes of the Newark trolley subway (Route 7).
You’ll also visit the unique trolley elevated line, which extended from Hoboken Terminal to Sip Avenue in Jersey City. Trackside and onboard views are presented. Additional scenes include scrapping of the trolleys in 1949 and a section on the dual-powered (electric and internal combustion) All-Service Vehicles.
QUEENS TROLLEYS offers nostalgic scenes of trolley operations in Queens County, New York City. Filmed from the late 1930s to the early 1950s, you’ll see rare footage of three interesting lines:
New York & Queens County Traction Co. includes views of the Woodside car house, Flushing-Jamaica line, Cemetery route, and the College Point line and ferry. Scenes at Northern Blvd. and Main St. in Flushing are a highlight, and you’ll enjoy rustic views of sparsely-populated Jamaica with trolleys running on a grassy private right-of-way! Manhattan & Queens Traction Co. depicts the Queens Blvd. Line to Jamaica and the Long Island City car house. See trolleys running underneath the concrete arches of the Flushing elevated line! Queensboro Bridge Railway Co. has views of the famous Manhattan-Queens route with the 500- and 600- series trolleys. Cars stopped on the bridge and passengers could take an elevator to Roosevelt Island.This short but interesting route was the last operating trolley line in New York State.
30 MINUTES * COLOR AND B/W ARCHIVE FILM * MAPS AND GRAPHICS * FACT FILES * BIG BAND MUSICPRODUCED BY MARC S. BALKIN
