I decided to create a page here for PAT paraphernalia. Things like old ads, schedules, other items of interest that I find will go here. Some of the pictures are clickable, so you can see the larger version, especially the pictures that are fuzzy or hard to read because when they were shrunk to fit the page they lost their resolution, so clicking them brings up the original size. The easy way to tell is the cursor arrow turns into a hand...
Let's journey through the past!
Let's start with Port Authoritys Old Logos...
Oldest to the newest, of course...
Then...
This was my favorite...
My least favorite...
This one isn't too bad...
This was so much better than connecting people to life...but...
The Agency has rebranded itself for 2022... Pittsburgh Regional Transit.
Now, on with the show!
PAT Charter brochure from about 1971. Due in part to private charter companies crying foul, PAT ended charter service in 1984.
60's ad featuring the new "family car"... A clever way of trying to get people to conserve fuel.
How would you like to do this to a bus? It would be great! Thanks to Rick
Hannegan for taking this off the wall to be scanned.
How about a double deck Trolley?
I had a few of these banks...
How about a Orion Bus Bank? I have one like this, and the RTS as well.
August weekly pass from 1999.
Monthly passes from 1991. These the picture chaged depending how you held it.
PAT Ball cap, year unknown.
1989 25th anniversary T-shirt.
Super Steelers Flxible postcard.
51A schedule from 3/15/98.
80's rail schedules.
Transfers from 2001.
25th anniversary operators patch.
1965 monthly permit.
Late 70's Big Buck Fun Map... I had this in my room as a kid.
PAT Bus stop sign, 80's.
Bus tickets, I believe in the 70's.
Corgi Mod Desire PCC Car.
Some brochures from the 70's & 80's.
1967 Operator license tag.
1972 trolley schedule.
Subway owners manual.
Hand painted PCC 1706 emerging from the trolley tunnel at South Hills Junction.
1999 Trolley Fare magazine...Farewell PCC... Who's the guy in the tan shirt?
Trolley stop sign... Always wanted one of these!
My old jacket from when I worked the rails... I still have it, but it shrunk... (That's my story and I'm sticking to it!)
Back in the day, we had "car stop" signs...
Bumper sticker for supporting public transit.
Monongahela Incline token.
Port Authority Police shoulder patch. They are a great group of law enforcement officers!
Streetcar transfers from 1968.
Trolley painted on a wall... I remember seeing this before, but I can't remember where it was... I'm thinking it was down in West Homestead.
Who remembers "Cool Cat Pat"?
The new PCC's Have arrived!!!
