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Revision as of 08:25, 3 August 2009

This is a work in progress regarding Carrick's Trolley Era.

1818 Brownsville Road. Trolley Photo is from 1927. The hardware store is now a bank and the house next to the hardware store is said to be the Agnew House.

Carrick Double-ended streetcar on what appears to be 18th Street Road.

Carrick streetcar at St. George's, now St. John Vianney, cemetery bend on Brownsville Road in 1970. Maybe the last time this streetcar was used in Carrick. Street sign is visible but can be read.

This is an article as written for publication by Carrick Historian Nick Markowitz.

This is the actual article as it appeared in The South Hills Record, February 15, 1977.

This site diagram shown below is currently occupied by the Shopping Center bounded by Wynoka, Brownsville and Amanda and ncludes Foodland, Citizens Bank and several convenience stores.

These photos can also be seen at Lennix Gulf Station

Copperfield and Brownsville Road in front of Concord Presbyterian Church

Waiting at the Brentwood Loop for return trip to Carrick

At the South Hills Junction

At the "Fleet" Gas Station at Clifton Avenue

At the McKinnley overpass at Bausman Street

At the Overbrook line over Route 51

Streetcar at Parkfield Avenue at Carrick Shopping Center

Streetcar at Concord School

Streetcar at The Boulevard and Readshaw Funeral Home

Streetcars ready to go at the South Hills Junction, or could this be the Carrick Trolley Barn

For trolley enthusiasts here is another link to our neighbors in Brookline who have put together a great site for more trolley information - Trolley History.