Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte Street Railway Dilworth Horse Car on East Boulevard, circa. 1890

Photo courtesy of the Charlotte Observer, http://www.charlotteobserver.com

Charlotte Street Railway Horse Cars at Independence Square (Trade and Tryon), circa. 1890

Photo courtesy of the Charlotte Observer, http://www.charlotteobserver.com

Piedmont & Northern Railway combine car #2100

Photo by George Votava, Sept. 1935

Piedmont & Northern Railway car #5101 with a Pantograph Instead of a Trolley Pole. This car was retired in the mid-1950s

Photo courtesy of the Charlotte Observer, http://www.charlotteobserver.com

Southern Public Utilities Co. (Duke Power) Trolleys - Photos courtesy of the Charlotte Observer, http://www.charlotteobserver.com

Motormen at the South Boulevard car barn, circa. 1912


Trolley on West Trade Street in 1912 passing the Manufacturers Club


Trolleys and automobiles on West Trade near the square in the early 1920s


Trolley #116 on Tryon near the Square, circa. 1930

Charlotte Trolley #92, a Gomaco-built car as seen from a "Lynx" light rail car, October 2008

Charlotte Area Transit System "Lynx" Light Rail cars at the East-West Boulevard Station, February 2008.

Car 108 Northbound


Car 109 at the Station

Charlotte Area Transit System "Lynx" Light Rail cars and interior signage, March 2008.

Car 103 at a station


Car 107 at a station


Car 113


Car 112


Interior sign showing stations and parking areas


Interior sign with fare payment regulations

Piedmont & Northern Railway Car 2051 at the Mint Street Terminal in Charlotte in 1945.

Historic photo from the S. David Carriker collection

Southern Public Utilities Co. Car 85 at Charlotte Trolley, Inc. The motorman is PWRR webmaster Ken Humphreys

Motorman Ken - 2001 photo


2001 photo


Feb. 1998 photo

Trolleys on Tryon Street

Postcard showing a trolley on Tryon Street, circa. 1919
(Card publisher unidentified). Alan Coleman collection.


Postcard showing a trolleys at the Square, circa. 1912
(The Leighton & Valentine Co., New York). Alan Coleman collection.


Postcard showing trolleys near the Square on Tryon Street, circa. 1910s
(S. H. Kress & Co.). Alan Coleman collection.


Enlarged segment of above postcard to show detail of the trolleys


Postcard showing a trolley on Tryon Street at night, circa. 1919
(Asheville Post Card & Pennant Co.). Alan Coleman collection.


Postcard showing a Piedmont & Northern traction passenger and freight equipment
and the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte , circa. 1940s (Card publisher unidentified). Alan Coleman collection.