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2014-09-03 14:00, Holland, James B. wrote:<br>
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Enclosed is a copy of the LIBRARY Schedule the day after service
to Charleroi Terminated. Apparently the Castle Shannon service
continues -- whether or not interlined with Library I do not
know at this point. Washington service is hourly with hourly
cars from Drake wye near Walthers stop, drake cars 30-min after
a Washington car, by schedule. <br>
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Castle Shannon had Owl service as well -- those times marked
with an asterisk* left IB from Castle Shannon or OB to Castle
Shannon from downtown Pgh. <br>
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Castle Shannon cars used the 38-Mt.Lebanon outbound in the
morning rush and inbound in the evening rush to lessen
congestion through the single track. The two extra sidings
(McKinley Park and Edgebrook) were added "about this time" but
may not have been installed by the time Washington Interurban
service ended late-August-1953. <br>
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On Wed Sep 3 17:16:22 EDT 2014, Dwight Long dwightlong at
verizon.net wrote:<br>
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Non-rush hour service on Rt. 37 had ended before that schedule was
operative. When that occurred the Shannon-Charleroi or
Shannon-Washington roll signs started appearing, to designate cars
that made all local stops between the Triangle and Castle
Shannon. Certain interurban rush hour trips operated "board only"
between SHJ and Frederick Street outbound after that, and I think,
but am not sure, the opposite inbound.<br>
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Dwight<br>
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Hi, Dwight And Herb!<br>
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I think local Shannon service continued in 1951 and possibly up to
1953; all that happened as far as Charleroi and Washington cars are
the following 2-items: -1-)--They did not run in tandem but were
15-minutes apart; -2-)--they ran local most of the time with some
rush-hour quasi-limited service through the single track thru
Overbrook.<br>
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Please take a look at the service for All Interurbans on
30-Aug-1953----After the Washington line was abandoned. Service
through Overbrook was every 10-minutes -- this in the Fall of 1953!
Local Shannon service was still needed in 1951 -- somewhere I have
seen 7-8+minute headway through Overbrook mid-day in the early
1950s! Thus, there was a local car (37/L) mid-way between the
15-min headway alternating between Charleroi and Washington.<br>
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Chris Walker has his degree in "media" but please do not quote me on
that; he does have his degree, however. He is current Pat employee
in the schedule dept and very active PTM volunteer -- he has a way
to go to hit the 30+Mark! But he has done some schedule research in
the PTM-Archive that was a real eye-opener. I have searched his
email but can not find the reference; it may be on another computer
and difficult to find. I shall write him again but his schedule is
demanding; he does not have much opportunity to write.<br>
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Charleroi Ops had a Pittsburgh and separate Charleroi crews. Crews
would trade at Riverview loop; they did not operate the whole line
but stayed "local!"<br>
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HERB: The Library schedule June-28-1953 is an interim schedule
until Washington is abandoned end-of-Aug-1953-------this is only
2-months after Charleroi. As noted above, mid-day Service through
Overbrook was every 10+min in the Fall of 1953 -- Library itself was
every 20-minutes mid-day! Service was still quite intense.<br>
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I forget the exact date but 42-Dormont was every minute in the PM
rush for about 30+min give or take; 38-Mt.Lebanon was every
2-minutes. This about 1951-1953.<br>
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Thank You for the information on the book; I certainly look forward
to publication. Yes; color should be improved. But I like Ed's
photos and captions -- he had previous books including several
different systems up the Ohio in addition to PRCo that is priceless
in this regard. Great photos and captions that really tell a story!
I like Ed's books infinitely better than the C.E.R.A. pub; what a
fiasco.<br>
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Jim<br>
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