NC Zones in Pittsburgh

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

Robert E. Rathke wrote:
> 
> The intersection of Chestnut St. and Spring Garden Avenue on the
> Northside was even more extreme than "NC".

	Yes - if your PTM calendar for 1991 was opened to April you would 
be looking at 1699 making the turn you described.  Chestnut was wall to 
wall streetcar - no parking on this street!  The 1 and 5 lines shared this 
trackage and coming outbound the cars joined the inbound track and 
continued the turn directly onto Spring Garden where it returned to double 
track again.  Fascinating intersection!

> I've always thought it's interesting that 40 years after trolleys were
> discontinued on Chestnut St. in that area, the rail appeared to be in
> good condition, possibly better than some current PAT trackage.  I
> haven't checked recently, but much of the Chestnut St. trackage north of
> Ohio St. is probably still visible.
> 
> Bob Rathke 7/17
> 
> On Sat, 17 Jul 1999 09:04:09 +0000 Kenneth and Tracie Josephson
> <kjosephson at sprintmail.com> writes:
> >Jim Holland wrote:
> >>
> >> Greetings!
> >>
> >> Kenneth and Tracie Josephson wrote:
> >>
> >> > I wonder if some retrucked
> >> > all-electric LATL cars could have been used on the East End or
> >North
> >> > Side lines?
> >>
> >>         Track centers were as low as 9' 6" which would leave a
> >> theoretical 6" between cars; all the curves would be NC - No
> >Clearance!
> >
> >Weren't there NC zones around Pittsburgh where even the narrow PCCs
> >couldn't pass each other? I seem to remember reading about areas where
> >one car would have to wait for another to pass before proceeding.
> >>
> >> > P.S.- I started shaving in 1975 ;-)
> >>
> >>         Do you really remember the year?
> >
> >Yes...and I still have my first razor. So there.

-- 
James B. Holland
       PITTSBURGH RAILWAYS COMPANY (PRCo), June of 1949 -- June of 1953
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