Brad Hundt BACK ON THE TRACKS — The Terrible Trolley was unveiled at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum.

WASHINGTON, Pa. — Pittsburgh was on the ropes and riding high when the 1980s got underway. The steel industry and other types of manufacturing were declining, unemployment was rising and families were looking elsewhere for jobs and opportunities.

But even when the region as a whole was absorbing some hard punches, Pittsburgh’s professional sports teams were at their most triumphant. The Pittsburgh Steelers won a Super Bowl in 1979, its third since 1975, and the Pittsburgh Pirates won the World Series nine months later. Three months after that, the Steelers pulled off another Super Bowl win, handily defeating the Los Angeles Rams.

To celebrate the Steelers’ victories, Allegheny County’s

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