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Limited Edition Ellie@tldrellie· 7d

Hang on you're telling me we had Trolley *busses* for a while too?!

A trolley bus in the late 1940s, "The Louisville Railway Company" #319

Limited Edition Ellie@tldrellie· 7d

Here's roughly the same view today:

A google streetview image of the same street, from roughly the same spot (but on the ground)

Limited Edition Ellie@tldrellie· 7d

Fourth Street in Louisville, KY, looking North from the intersection with Broadway. 1930. This was probably taken from the roof of the Brown Hotel.

Fourth Street in Louisville, KY, looking North from the intersection with Broadway. You can see mixed car and streetcar traffic, along with cars parallel parked along the road and many people on the street. Businesses included Bowling Alleys, Billiards Parlors, Clothes Shops, Hotels, and more.

Limited Edition Ellie@tldrellie· 7d

Why the fuck is a P8 Poseidon doing pattern-work at the fucking international airport at 2pm on a Tuesday?

ADS-B Flight Trails from a Navy P8 Poseidon Submarine Hunter showing it doing repeated touch-and-goes and go-arounds at Louisville International Airport (SDF).

Limited Edition Ellie@tldrellie· 21d

Here's roughly the same view, roughly today. The large building to the left is a federal courthouse. Just past the courthouse is the unoccupied former offices and printing facility of the Courier Journal (for sale for a mere $6.5 million).

A modern streetview of the same streetscape, now a 7 lane urban road with large buildings and plenty of parking lots.

Limited Edition Ellie@tldrellie· 21d

Louisville, KY, looking west along Broadway at 7th street. Broadway used to have electrified trolley tracks running down the middle, with protected boarding platforms. 1929. #LouisvilleTransitHistory

A black and white streetscape view of a wide street with trolley tracks down the middle. On either side of the intersection, there are protected boarding platforms marking the trolley stop. There's a trolley on the track headed towards the viewer. Along the street are several low urban buildings, and taller buildings dot the background.

Limited Edition Ellie@tldrellie· 22d

Approximately the same view today(-ish). 2024 Streetview.

View looking south along Bardstown Road in Louisville, KY in 2024. A three lane road and enlarged pedestrian island are among the differences in overall street character.

Limited Edition Ellie@tldrellie· 22d

Streetcar tracks in the middle of Bardstown Road (at the intersection with Baxter Ave., looking north). 1936. Not sure what's going on with the trolley wire here (I can't see one over the tracks in the foreground), but I know this line ran until 1941. #LouisvilleTransitHistory

Limited Edition Ellie@tldrellie· 22d

The University Library has been digitizing a collection of nitrate negatives from a civil engineering firm that existed in town from the 1910s-1960s, and it includes SO many good shots of the public works we were be able to build here

A shot of a concrete enclosed creek in an urban neighborhood. In the background, a stone arch bridge carries a wooden streetcar. The buildings surrounding the enclosed creek loom over it. The date on the photo is 6-24-26.

Limited Edition Ellie@tldrellie· Jul 1

Y'ALL!!

A close-up of two platonically perfect pawpaws

Limited Edition Ellie@tldrellie· Jul 1

til during the 1987 trolley festival, they towed diesel generators behind trolleys for service on tracks that weren't part of the extant light rail network