This steep railway was built in 1870 to transport Pittsburgh's booming population of industrial workers up and down Mount Washington -- what was then known as Coal Hill.

Pittsburgh is the king of inclines. But its crown is in jeopardy. More than a century ago, at least 15 funicular railways operated simultaneously in Pittsburgh — more than in any other U.S. city.

An old-style Pittsburgh Railways Company streetcar advertises for female drivers, or "motorettes." The 22 Crosstown route operated from 1918 to 1964 and rode from the North Side to downtown.

The city of Pittsburgh announced that a raised crosswalk will be implemented along a street in the Northside in an effort to ...

When 3,200 trolley motormen and conductors for the Pittsburgh Street Railway Company went on strike at midnight on May 10, 1924, downtown commuters had no other option than to flood the roadways ...

Part of a 1949 Pittsburgh Railways map showing trolley tracks throughout the city. People wanted to live in the suburbs, they wanted their own cars, and they had little use for the rickety trolleys.

The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum has acquired not a terrible trolley but the Terrible Trolley. The Terrible Trolley would traverse the streets of Pittsburgh in the 1970s and early 1980s, painted in ...

Motorcyclist, passenger thrown from bike after crash on 31st Street Bridge 00:27. PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Two people are in critical condition after officials said a motorcycle crashed on the 31st ...

Pittsburgh street, trail to relocate as part of $95 million bridge replacement project. Taylor Spirito. Thu, October 31, 2024 at 2:35 PM UTC. 1 min read.