Fascinating! This is the Bus 71 route I take home from Harvard Square every day (I live near your old Tudor-style apartment building), and I didn't know until now that it was once a streetcar route like the old A Line to Watertown! And I recognize so many sites along the route! Thank you for sharing this!
@merccadoosis8847
Жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Very clear quality with good narration. I also enjoyed the background music. Love those cars!
@am74343
2 жыл бұрын
1:50 Was that a trolley pulling a trailer?? LOL!
@cg0825
2 жыл бұрын
Where did the A (green) line trolley used to run? Is that pretty much the 57 (Kenmore-Watertown) now??
@edwardmiessner6502
Жыл бұрын
I'm certain it was. I remember when I was growing up comparing old T maps with the Watertown 'A' Branch with the then-more current ones with the 57 Bus.
@PepperoniVT
2 ай бұрын
The video "Boston Trolleys: A - Watertown Line" on this channel shows the route! The 57 route is nearly identical to what the Green A used to run. I would suspect the only difference was that Green A trains would run back-and-forth across the Washington Street bridge over the Mass Turnpike. Today, that bridge is a one-way in a configuration called the "circle of death". And if the Green A was stopped because there were starting to be more cars on the road, I would guess the "circle of death" came a decade later when there were even more cars than that.
@Jojoriripopopipi
2 жыл бұрын
Ride it many times 🥰
@cevinhynes4112
7 жыл бұрын
Only wish We could go back to this fine Era, times of yesterday & Yesteryear.
@merccadoosis8847
Жыл бұрын
Are you sure about that? We just went through a World War and another one in Korea.
@cevinhynes4112
7 жыл бұрын
Only wish We could go back to this fine Era, times of yesterday, Yesteryear... :-)
@cevinhynes4112
7 жыл бұрын
Only wish We could go back to this fine Era, times of yesterday, Yesteryear.
@cevinhynes4112
7 жыл бұрын
Only wish We could go back to this fine Era, times of Yesteryear.
@cevinhynes4112
7 жыл бұрын
Only wish We could go back to this fine Era, times of yesterday, Yesteryear... 🙋 :-)
@MichelleLewis-en5rq
4 ай бұрын
What year was this
@mmandmcb14
3 жыл бұрын
Santa fe boxcars in the background
@RAAndre
6 жыл бұрын
Can someone please tell me how they automatically threw a switch back then? Watch at 2:09. Thanks!
@Lucius_Chiaraviglio
5 жыл бұрын
I don't know exactly what was in use there, but I have heard of a system used for both streetcars and electric trolleybuses (for the overhead wire switch to direct the trolley pole) that throws the switch one way if the streetcar or electric trolleybus is pulling power and throws it the other way if the streetcar or electric trolleybus is coasting. I know that this must have been used for some of the switches around here at some time, because I have seen a switch labeled "Track Switch" among the controls of the streetcars -- this lets some current go through a resistor in case the streetcar needs to go through the switch in the direction that it moves to when detecting power draw, but the streetcar is not actually allowed to accelerate. I'll have to try to remember to look for such a switch in the rare event that I get on an electric trolleybus (they do not run not in my area) to see if it also has one. Not sure what you were supposed to do if you needed the direction that the switch moves to when not detecting power draw, but you needed to accelerate just to get going through it (which could be a common occurrence if you were going to go through but had to stop before making it through the current detecting section because some jerk pulled in front of you).
@SteveProwten
4 жыл бұрын
@@Lucius_Chiaraviglio Right, so the first car for Waverly stopped briefly, then went right. The second car for Watertown never slowed down. Thanks!
@cevinhynes4112
7 жыл бұрын
Only wish We could go back to this fine Era, times of yesterday & Yesteryear.
@cevinhynes4112
7 жыл бұрын
Only wish We could go back to this fine Era, times of yesterday, Yesteryear...
@cevinhynes4112
7 жыл бұрын
Only wish We could go back to this fine Era, times of Yesteryear...
@cevinhynes4112
7 жыл бұрын
Only wish We could go back to this fine era, times of Yesteryear.
@cevinhynes4112
7 жыл бұрын
Only wish We could go back to this fine Era, times of yesterday, Yesteryear... 🙋 :-)
@cevinhynes4112
7 жыл бұрын
Only wish We could go back to this fine Era, times of Yesteryear.
@cevinhynes4112
7 жыл бұрын
Only wish We could go back to this fine Era, times of Yesteryear.
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