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Gateway Station
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A Broad View of Steel Plaza
An “ultra-wide” view of a Red Line car coming into Steel Plaza station, thanks to the five-megapixel “ultra-wide” auxiliary camera on Father Pitt’s phone.
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Entrance to the Steel Plaza Subway Station
Kodak EasyShare Max Z990. The Grant Street entrance to Steel Plaza station: a study in angles.
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Gateway Station
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Steel Plaza
Some pictures of Steel Plaza taken on a weekend when it was momentarily almost empty. The largest and most complex of our subway stations, Steel Plaza was built as a transfer station between the main line and a short spur to Penn Station—which, although it is not in regular service, is still kept up for special events and emergency detours. In the picture above, the Penn Station spur is in the foreground.
Here we see the two lines converging toward their junction in the tunnel beyond the station.
To add to the complexity, the station was designed to take the old PCC cars as well, which had only street-level doors. These lower-level platforms have been out of use since 1999, when the last PCC cars were retired, but the space isn’t useful for anything else, so the platforms are still there.
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Steel Plaza Subway Station
Following the example of Montreal, Pittsburgh had each of its subway stations decorated by a different artist. The neon installation in Steel Plaza, called “River of Light,” is by Jane Haskell.
The style of the station itself combines Brutalism with Postmodernism.
Fujifilm FinePix HS10. Trolley Number One, the very first car in the sequential numbering of current Pittsburgh trolleys.
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Gateway Station
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Abstract Forms in Gateway Station
Is this the oddest subway station in North America? It’s in the race, at least.
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Trolleys at Penn Station
Although the subway spur to Penn Station is not in regular use, it is kept in working order for emergencies and special events. The subway downtown has been interrupted at Wood Street for track reconstruction, so trolleys are diverted to Penn Station, with a shuttle bus to Gateway.
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First Avenue Station
The distinctive sweeping roofline and steel columns of the First Avenue subway station, with the Try Street Terminal in the background. Below, an inbound rush-hour train of two 4200-series Siemens cars stops at the station.
Canon PowerShot SX150 IS.
