I saw this photo on line and I thought I would share it here. In may ways , this photo is Brooklyn . We have a Trolley in route and Ebbets Field, the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the background The timing is about 1947. The Dodgers won the National League pennant that year. The streetcar is a Peter Witt double ender and its on the Number 48 Lorimer street route. It has just turned North from Empire Boulevard onto Franklin Ave. It will get to Lorimer street and head up to Greenpoint and then onto Nassau Ave to Gardiners Ave at the Newtoen Creek. This car is in the cream and maroon colors of the Brooklyn and Queens Transit, the streetcar arm of the BMT. There were 525 Peter Witts on the B&QT system . Some of them were repainted into the Board of Transportation colors of Aluminum and green but many like the one in the photo would run their last miles in the Cream and Maroon Livery. By 1950, most of Brooklyn's street car routes were about gone save for the three lines, Church Ave, McDonald Ave and Coney Island Avenue lines which were equipped with PCC's . There were a group of about 20 Peter Witt cars retained after 1950 for use on the Mcdonald Avenue route during the rush hours. Two of these were preserved , one in Kingston and a second at Branford. Enjoy the Peter Witt and see if you can hear "the faithful" in Ebbets field
