 The new company operated 1,100 trolleys on of track, with 178.7 million passengers and revenues of $6.7 million on the year.Unfortunately the lease and operate business model proved hard to support and the company declared bankruptcy twice, first in 1918 lasting for 6 years and then again in 1938, this time lasting until January 1, 1951.On July 26, 1936 "Pittsburgh Railways" took delivery of PCC streetcar No.