Sixty Years of Trolleybus Service in Seattle: the Fan Trip

 

 

Brill.Jackson Brill 708 westbound on Jackson St. to the Fan Trip staging area on Main St., Sunday April 30th, 2000.

 

Fans Wait Some of the fans waiting to board the Fan Trip at the staging area on Main St. The Brill is the trolley in the upper right corner, the Twin Coach on the left. Sunday April 30th, 2000.

Fans Wait Melbourne streetcars 512 and 605 and part of a finger on the passing tracks at the departure point on S. Main St. Sunday April 30th, 2000, 11:00 a.m..

Dewire at Union Charlie Davis reboarding the Brill during the Fan Trip after dewiring at E. Union and 34th Ave. E. Sunday April 30th, 2000, 11:26 a.m.

AMG/12 AMGeneral 602 approaching the terminus on route 12 on 19th Ave. during the fan trip. Sunday April 30th, 2000, 11:49 a.m.

Brill/13 The Brill at the terminus of route 12 on 19th Ave. during the fan trip. The Brill is signed up correctly for then route 13 outbound which was renumbered 12 several years ago. In those days the sign was changed to "13 19th Avenue - Union St." at this location. From 1954 route 13 was through-routed with "1 Kinnear"; hence the sign was changed to this. Sunday April 30th, 2000, 11:52 a.m.

All the above photos by R. C. DeArmond.

Brill/9 The Brill at Broadway and Martin St. This location was the terminus of route 9 from about 1941 until 1978, when line closed for rebuilding. When reopened in 1981, the terminus located at 12th Ave. NE near NE 45th St. The Brill is correctly signed for the Martin St. terminus. Sunday April 30th, 2000.

Twin/3 The Twin on W. Galer St. at the northern terminus of route 3. The #3 trolleys still use this terminus to this day. Only the signage has changed. It is signed correctly for the pre-1978 system. Sunday April 30th, 2000.

Above photos by Charlie Davis

Brill/8 The Brill on NE 50th St. between University Way NE and 15th Ave. NE. This block has wires replicating the original 8 Ravenna trolley line, which turned from Northbound University Way to 50th St and continued to 20th Ave. NE, turning north. The Brill is properly signed for the outbound 8 Ravenna. Today this stretch of wire is for route 70.

Above photos by Kevin Brown

 

This page last updated 21 JN 2000