Pittsburgh PAT 1986 Part 1; B&O Grant St. Station w/ PAT train & PCCs.

Recorded May 26,1986
The Pittsburgh terminal for the PAT train and storage facility for private cars. Also includes views of PAT PCCs on the Panhandle Bridge and approach at 4th St.

[@centredoorplugsthornton4112]

Pittsburgh's commuter trains: short lived temporary service on Conrail betw Penn Station and Greensburg called the Parkway Limited in the early 80s. P&LE train to College, discontinued 1985. PATrain shown here, last run April 1989.

[@vidwilzvids9587]

Thanks for the info. I never knew that Conrail & P&LE had commuter trains.

[@centredoorplugsthornton4112]

Search RUclips for Pittsburgh & Lake Erie commuter train, mostly local TV news about its discontinuance July 1985.

[@mshum538]

@@vidwilzvids9587 yes, the engine used for the p&le commuter train is now operated by the ohio central…..I remember it well back when there was many more tracks…..ms~~~

[@ostrich67]

Those PCC cars were extensively modified to run on the then-new light-rail system and were called the 4000 Series. As I recall they were going to rebuild a bunch of them but the program cost more than anticipated so they only rebuilt 16 of them.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Authority_4000-series_PCC

[@daywalkingvampire1521]

Did not know this existed at the time but then again I was only born in the early 80s and would've been way too young to recall it even if I could

[@frankconnelly8880]

the subway station nearest the greyhound,i am sad they dont use that as a train station,it could be a pickup location only

[@vidwilzvids9587]

Thanks for the comment. I'm unfamiliar with present-day Pittsburgh; I know that this station is long gone.

[@ArtStoneUS]

It does not appear to be a push-pull operation. Where did they reverse the train?

[@THEFINALHAZARD]

It was indeed push pull. 4:51 that’s a cab control car on the rear.

[@GoSlash27]

They actually had 2 PaTrains running for a while; this one and a set of BuddLiners. I always thought this one was way cooler, and saved up money to ride it once. Good times...

[@vidwilzvids9587]

I never saw the Budds; I'll have to look that up. Thanks for the comment.

[@centredoorplugsthornton4112]

Budd cars were gone by the early 1980s. Two push pull sets each with an F unit and rebuilt former C&O intercity coaches rail til 1989, then sold to Connecticut.

[@willmag412]

I used to commute daily in these and the Budd Liners to and from Pittsburgh.

[@mshum538]

@@willmag412 from Versailles?

[@rayinpau.s.a.6351]

You are right . We loved riding the Budd cars to Mckeesport .

[@robminmonaca]

We’re did the PAT trains service to ?

[@vidwilzvids9587]

This tells the whole story: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PATrain

[@BuckeyeNationRailroader]

Is that a Seaboard Air Line paint scheme or is it just me

[@vidwilzvids9587]

The colors also remind me of IC's City of New Orleans. They were probably trying to make it as colorful as their PCCs.

[@jmream2618]

why was the pat train discontinued

[@vidwilzvids9587]

I was told it was due to low ridership

[@DjFreemode]

you are correct it was due to low ridership.

[@jayo1212]

Of course, it didn't help that there was no good connection to the light rail...

[@willmag412]

It was politics . Costing the Allegheny county too much money.

[@frankgarrett242]

They were averaging about 1500 passengers a day until the late 70's. Then the economy of the Pittsburgh area nosedived.