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<DIV><FONT size=4>Fred</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>It was cut back from San Bernardino to Covina, with most trips
ending at Baldwin Park, on 2 November 1941. During WW II there were
numerous special runs made to SB for military personnel. Also during events at
the Fairgrounds in Pomona specials were routinely run to that point. I’m
not sure when the last pax special ran into SB; obviously some time before
the wire was pulled in the early 50s, AIR.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>The RPO you cited was the very last trolley RPO; that of
the Indiana Railroad between New Castle and Ft. Wayne was second last—it went
out in 1941.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Dwight</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=fwschneider@comcast.net
href="mailto:fwschneider@comcast.net">Fred Schneider</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 09 July, 2014 12:45</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org
href="mailto:pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org">Western PA Trolley
discussion</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [PRCo] Transit Happenings (Not Necessarily
PRCo)</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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style='FONT-SIZE: small; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri"; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline'>It
would be nice to have the passenger numbers for that line, Dennis, but it seems
like it was designed to fail like heritage trolley lines in places like Little
Rock, Memphis, Tampa, Galveston…..<BR><BR>Opened in 1914. Five years
later, when Dwight Eisenhower crossed the country in a military convoy to push
for better roads, it was noted that the best highways outside the east were in
California. By 1924 riding was turning down because we were in our
automobiles. So the interurban to San Berdoo had ten good years or perhaps
fewer than that. <BR><BR>Sometime in the 1930s the passenger service
on the eastern end of the line ended but an RPO continued until
1950.<BR><BR>Track is still there, however. The every-other-day
Amtrak Sunset Limited uses the old PE line out of LA. It's the line
in the middle of the freeway.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>On Jul 9, 2014, at 6:30 AM,
DF Cramer wrote:<BR><BR>> More not PRCo--from sunny Southern California. They
always seem to know how to throw a good party.<BR>>
http://www.sbsun.com/general-news/20140707/the-great-silver-spike-celebration-marked-a-new-link-with-la<BR>>
<BR>> Dennis F. Cramer <BR>>
http://home.windstream.net/dfc1/<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Pittsburgh-railways
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