Ah! That explains it! Thanks Ed! -- "Edward H. Lybarger" wrote: They had no way of safely backing the cars out. Besides, the office was closed June 20. -----Original Message----- From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce@lists.dementia.org [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce@lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Mark McGuire Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 4:43 PM To: pittsburgh-railways@dementia.org Subject: [PRCo] Re: Interurban/Washington Locals So why didn't PRCo continue to use the wye during that couple month period when the local lines were abandoned? Especially if laying over in the street for 20-25 minutes would p-off quite a few people. -- Fred Schneider wrote: It was a royal pain and it required a man from the office to come out and stop traffic every time a car was backed out of the terminal. It also provided a convenient waiting room for the public. It provided a place for cars that were late arriving to recover lost time. I would have to look at the schedule to see how much recovery was built it ... I think I remember waiting there for at least 20 minutes before the car I came in on left again. Maybe it was 25 minutes. Having a car sit on the street for 20-25 minutes would have no doubt upset the populace which in turn would have agitated mayor and the town council. [Having it sit there during the period of the PUC hearings would probably just make the council support the abandonment.] There is an early picture of a 3700 on the street which causes me to question when the terminal was built??? Maybe Ed knows and if he doesn't maybe one of you wants to take on the task of reading the old Washington papers to find out. Large smile. The time can be used for matching grants. On Dec 20, 2005, at 9:17 PM, Mark McGuire wrote: > If this has been covered on this list before I apologize. > I was just wondering why the interurban to Washington did not use > the same trackage as the local cars instead of using the wye? > They looped around the city of Washington when the local lines were > abandoned. Why didn't they do this all the time? The wye seemed like > it would be a royal pain backing into city traffic. > Where did the interurban cars lay over when they looped the city > of Washington in the waning days of service? > > Mark > > > >