Wednesday, July 8, 2015

TRAM CARS & trains...

1963.
tram car on Avenida São João turning towards Largo do Paisandu...
Avenida São João near Rua Conselheiro Crispiniano in 1963
Oops, we had a little trouble with the electricity rod... 
just passing Cine Metro on Avenida São João.
various tram cars at Praça da Sé in 1939.
Lapa tram-car at its initial stop on Praça do Correio. 
Praça da Bandeira in 1963.
Avenida Liberdade with Rua Dr. Rodrigo Silva in the early 1960s. Santo Amaro-bound tram-car.
early evening at Avenida Sao João in 1967 when most of tram-cars lines had already been terminated.
Avenida Domingos de Moraes in the process of being gutted in 1963; Cine Cruzeiro's on the left.
tram car Praça Clovis on the corner of Rua do Manifesto & Rua do Grito in Ipiranga, in 1963
Biblioteca Mario de Andrade in 1950.
the tram car standing on Rua Xavier de Toledo and Avenida São Luiz is either tram car #28 Vila Madalena or #29 Pinheiros.
same photo with a sepia colouring and a better resolution. It's either late 1940s or early 1950s judging by the car models.
corner of Rua da Consolação with Avenida São Luiz, 1954;  photo by Antonio Aguillar.
same corner seen from Rua Martins Fontes in the early 1960s
motorneiros (motormen) chat in the depot before starting work - 1960.
Miguel Domingos, motorneiro, 1936.
some time in the mid-1960s.
Pirituba Sao Paulo Railway station in 1899.