CardCow Vintage Postcards

Silver Sightseer

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Silver Sightseer
Chrome unused

Description:
Proving that PCC could be air-conditioned and as comfortable as an airplane of that era, Trans Caribbean Airways owners of D.C. transit refurbished 1512 for special sightseeing service in the nations Capitol. September 1957.

Wreck On Trolley Line Dec. 2 1909

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Wreck On Trolley Line Dec. 2 1909
Real Photo unused

Heart Of City Electric And Inter-Urban Systems

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Heart Of City Electric And Inter-Urban Systems
Marion (OH), Real Photo unused

Boston 3136

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Boston 3136
(MA), Chrome unused

Description:
PCC cars 3136 and 3131 of the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority are bound for Watertown Square on Tremont Street in Newton, Mass.

MBTA Snow Plow In Action

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
MBTA Snow Plow In Action
(MA), Chrome unused

Description:
Blizzard of 1978. On February 6th, 1978 the metropolitan Boston area was hit with a blizzard that dumped over 2? feet of snow and virtually brought everything that moved to a halt. One of the first lines to get moving was the MBTA's Riverside line. Pictured here is plow 5123, a product of 1907, bucking drifts and level snow over 30 inches deep. It has taken almost 6 hours to come from Kenmore Station out to Newton Highlands. February 9, 1978.

PA Trolley 1730

Mon, 4 Feb 2008 08:00:00 +0100

Title:
PA Trolley 1730
(PA), Chrome unused

Description:
PCC car 1730, "Trolley", departs South Hills Junction, Pittsburgh, Pa. for its run on Route 37 to Castle Shannon. Pittsburgh trolleys are noted for their colorful paint schemes, many being only one of a kind.

Third Avenue Railway

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Third Avenue Railway
Chrome unused

Description:
Passengers enjoy the natural air conditioning of convertible car 1096 on 42nd St. at 6th Ave., New York in August 1939. Built in 1909 by Brill as part of series Nos. 851 to 1125.

TTS Light Rail Vehicle

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
TTS Light Rail Vehicle
Chrome unused

Description:
TTC light rail vehicle No. 4002 (Swiss Industrial Co., 1977) carries special livery to mark Toronto's Sesquicentennial (1834-1984). Credit Ted Wickson with this July 20, 1984 view of 4002 on Broadview Avenue.

Shame to keep one waiting

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 07:38:09 +0100

Title:
Shame to keep one waiting
Post Card (Undivided Back) PM 1906 Feb-26

Description:
It is really a shame to keep one waiting

Edinburgh Corporation Tramways

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:34:00 +0100

Title:
Edinburgh Corporation Tramways
Chrome unused

Description:
Standard car No. 58 Built 1928 by E. c. t. In 1893 Edinburgh Corporation purchased 11 1/2 of the 18 route miles of horse tramways developed since 1871 by the Edinburgh Street Tramway Co Ltd. Three years later the Corporation also purchased the two cable tramways which had been inaugurated in 1888 by the Edinburgh Northern Tramways Company. All the tramways in the City were then leased to the Edinburgh & District Tramways Co. Ltd. which converted the horse tramways to cable traction in the following years

Derby Corporation Tramway

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:33:00 +0100

Title:
Derby Corporation Tramway
Chrome unused

Description:
4 - Wheel Balcony car No. 22. from 1880 - 1900 horse trams of the Derby Tramways Co. Ltd. operated four principal routes along the Ashbourne, London, Mormanton and Osmaston roads, nearly five route miles in all. The system was municipalised in 1900 and electrified on 4 ft. gauge in 1904, with new routes and extensions in 1905 - 08. Eventually eight routes reaiating from the center of the town were worked by 74 double - deck cars and four single deck cars. The 14 route miles of electric tramway were replaced by trolley buses in 1932 - 34.

Cable Cars On Turntable

Sun, 8 Oct 2006 23:29:00 +0100

Title:
Cable Cars On Turntable
Chrome unused

Description:
Powell and Market Streets in San Francisco is the famous corner where the cable car turns around on a turntable. Residents and visitors alike crowd aboard the unique vehicles for a bouncing, exciting trip over the hills of the fabulous city.

San Francisco's Cable Cars

Sun, 8 Oct 2006 23:28:00 +0100

Title:
San Francisco's Cable Cars
Chrome unused

Description:
Crossing at California and Powell Sts. Are two of San Francisco's famed cable cars. Looking down California a portion of the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge can be seen tin the distance

I Take A Run Over

Mon, 3 Jul 2006 02:58:00 +0100

Title:
I Take A Run Over
Divided Back unused

I take a run over

Mon, 3 Jul 2006 00:49:00 +0100

Title:
I take a run over
Divided Back PM 1909

I Take A Run Over

Mon, 3 Jul 2006 00:48:00 +0100

Title:
I Take A Run Over
Divided Back PM 1909

You May Expect Me Soon

Mon, 3 Jul 2006 00:47:00 +0100

Title:
You May Expect Me Soon
Divided Back PM 1910

Street Trolly

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 21:45:00 +0100

Title:
Street Trolly
Post Card (Undivided Back) PM 1907

View On A. And H. Railway

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 20:03:00 +0100

Title:
View On A. And H. Railway
Post Card (Undivided Back) unused

Electricity Versus Steam

Sun, 25 Sep 2005 16:16:00 +0100

Title:
Electricity Versus Steam
Divided Back unused

Description:
Showing the tracks of the Rochester and Eastern Rapid Railway and the Auburn branch of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad where they parallel each other between Rochester and Canandaigua, with the trains of each road running at full speed in the same direction. The electric car here shown in capable of making a speed of sixty miles an hour.

Trollies

Tue, 14 Sep 2004 02:45:00 +0100

Title:
Trollies
Post Card (Undivided Back) unused

No. 316 Bronx Trolley

Fri, 13 Aug 2004 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
No. 316 Bronx Trolley
Chrome unused

Description:
When Grandpa was a boy, hundreds of trolleys like No. 316 used to criss-cross the Bronx in N. Y. City. Carefully restored to original condition by Ronald Parente, it glides over the Museum's operating railway where more than 40 electric railway cars, 'from horse car to streamliner' are on display. Cool, shady picnicking facilities available. Conveniently located near The Green in East Haven (Conn. Tpk. Exit 51). Schedule of Trolley Operation April thru Nov: Sun. - 1 to 6 P.M. May 30th thru Labor Day: Sat., Sun. & Hol. - 1 to 6 P.M.

Cleveland Railway Car No. 1225

Mon, 10 May 2004 13:54:00 +0100

Title:
Cleveland Railway Car No. 1225
Chrome unused

Description:
This ""drop center"" type car shown here in the brilliant colors of the 20's was once a familiar sight on Cleveland streets. It was built in 1913 by the G.C. Kuhiman Car Co. of Cleveland and was frequently employed pulling trailers. Later, it was operated in 6-car trains on the Shaker Heights Rapid Transit. At one time there were 201 cars of this type in Cleveland. No. 1225 may be viewed and ridden at Gerald E. Brookins Trolleyville, U.S.A., 7100 Columbia Rd., State Route 252, Olmsted Falls, Ohio, near Gate #9, Ohio Turnpike. 16 historical trolleys on display