Speed--Tunnel; Derail Operation

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

Edward H. Lybarger wrote:
> 
> In theory, the car is making money (at least in days of olde) as it moves
> along the route.  If it is sitting in traffic for a larger percentage of its
> total trip time, much more of the trip is wasted.  By this logic, an
> interurban tripper wasted less than a latter-day tripper even if each made
> only one trip per peak hour.

	Yes, but the interurbans of 1950 didn't sit in that much traffic in Pgh
in the PM rush if only two more minutes were allowed roundtrip
SHJ-Pgh-SHJ than mid-day.  However, I suspect that the scheduling was
overly optimistic!!!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> [mailto:owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org]On Behalf Of Jim Holland
> Sent: Monday, December 13, 1999 8:17 AM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: Re: Speed--Tunnel; Derail Operation
> 
> Greetings!
> 
> John Swindler wrote:
> 
> > Also recall looking at vehicle requirements and running times in early 70s,
> > and noting that 1/3 of the fleet was sitting in traffic in the Golden
> > Triangle during rush hours.  That represented a lot of your tax money being
> > wasted because many cars were only making one rush hour trip.
> 
>         But if the trip was needed to carry the people, how is that wasted?
> Many rush hour trippers were only 1-2 trips even in PRCo days.  There
> are three one-way trippers leaving Grant-Liberty for Canonsburg on the
> 1950.01.22 schedule:  4.43, 4.53, and 5.19 PM.  With 1 hour ten minutes
> one way, the first one would get back downtown at 7.03 PM, not much good
> for anything at that time.  So it probably just returned to the barn as
> opposed to going downtown.  It's the long dead-head time reverse running
> almost empty that is a waste but a necessary evil!
> 
> > Today, it's 9 min. South Hills Jct. to Gateway Center but 49 min. for
> > Library.
> 
>         Or in other words - 40 minutes from South Hills Junction to Library for
> an LRV and 41 minutes from Grant and Liberty over City streets through
> SHJ to Library for a PCC interurban!!!!!!!
>         Mannnnnnn,  t-h-a-t's  P-r-o-g-r-e-s-s!!!!!!!
> 
> James B. Holland
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James B. Holland
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