Detroit Ended its Streetcar Operation 53 Years Ago Today.

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Today, April 8, 2009, marks the 53rd Anniversary of the ending of street railway service in the city of Detroit. On this date in 1956, GM diesel buses replaced PCC streetcars on Woodward Avenue, thus bringing to a close a chapter in this city's transit history that lasted nearly 93 years.

In commemoration of that event, the following web-page on the Detroit Transit History website takes a look back at the last days of streetcar operation in Detroit, and the subsequent sale and operation of the cars in Mexico City.

For those interested the article can be found at:
http://www.detroittransithistory.inf...roitPCC-5.html

For those primarily interested in photos there's also a 2-page photo gallery section devoted to the city's PCC fleet. The first page begins at:
http://www.detroittransithistory.inf...tos1940sC.html
[[New photos were recently added to Second Page)