Today marks the 55th Anniversary of the end of regular streetcar service in Detroit. It was Sunday, April 8, 1956, when the city's PCC streetcars were replaced by GM diesel buses on the DSR's Woodward Avenue line.

Check out this two-minute "silent" black-&-white film clip taken on that last day of streetcar operation along the streets of Detroit:
http://www.detroittransithistory.info/PCC/DetroitPCC-parade.html
[[PLEASE NOTE: The video-clip may initially take a few minutes to download)

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[[Photo source: Dave's Electric Railroads —Stephen M. Scalzo collection)
For those interested in a more detailed look at the end of an era in Detroit's history please view the following web-page at:
http://www.detroittransithistory.inf...roitPCC-5.html