City PCCs on the Interurbans

[EDWARD H. LYBARGER]

West Penn was part owner of the tracks between Duquesne and McKeesport into
the '50s.

Don't know about 1700s, but there are photos of 1400s at Riverview Loop.
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert E. Rathke <brathke at juno.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 1999 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: City PCCs on the Interurbans


> Jim.
>
> I have no answers to these questions, but a couple of observations on
> recent topics:
>
> 1. After looking closely at the West Penn 1929 map, there is a caption
> stating that the connecting line to PRC northwest of McKeesport is,
> "operated by PRC."  In the two years (1936-38) that West Penn operated in
> McKeesport in the PRC PCC era, there must have been a good chance that a
> PCC found its way onto West Penn tracks.
>
> 2. Over the late PRC and early PAT years, there must have been many
> occasions when cars operated on long-discontinued tracks and turnouts,
> and I suspect that most of these were documented only if a railfan
> happened to be around.  I recall being on North Avenue west of Federal
> St. one afternoon in 1965 when there was a fire somewhere west of that
> point, and PAT was wying the outbound 6 Brighton Rd. cars on Arch St. and
> returning them to downtown.  The long-ago cut-back track on Arch St. was
> only about one car-length long, and the catenary wasn't too well aligned,
> so it took a lot of stopping and starting, plus a route foreman guiding
> the trolley pole to get the cars turned.  Fortunately, I had my camera
> along, and took pictures until normal service resumed on North Ave.
>
> Bob Rathke 7/17
>
> On Sat, 17 Jul 1999 03:38:06 -0700 Jim Holland <pghpcc at pacbell.net>
> writes:
> >Greetings!
> >
> > Had some coffee at work this evening and it has me going - at
> >the
> >typewriter so far!
> >
> > Did any of the 1700 series city cars make it to Charleroi or
> >Washington and if so, what was the occasion?  I have a list of early
> >PERC
> >charters and that isn't indicated?
> >
> > What about other city PCC cars making it down that far?
> >
> >--
> >James B. Holland
> >       PITTSBURGH RAILWAYS COMPANY (PRCo), June of 1949 -- June of
> >1953
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