NC Zones in Pittsburgh & gauntlet (gantlet?)! Overhead

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

	Forgot to answer the last part in a previous post.  It is listed 
here:

Robert E. Rathke wrote:
>  When you're photographing trolleys, the wire is
> a low priority point of observation.

	Aaaaagggghhhhhhh Robert - a trolley with its pole chopped off in a 
photo is ({[not]}) a streetcar!  I try to avoid that at all costs!

> Was double wire on two-direction single track a
> common practice on PRC?

	Not really - a matter of convenience.  It was used on Overbrook 
because it allowed better speeds, which speed might cause a dewirement if a 
frog is used.  Don't specifically know why 5 Spring Hill was gantlet.
	West End had a short stretch of bi-directional gantlet about 4 car 
lengths where the 27/28 made an S turn on single track under a railroad 
overpass.  There may be other short section of gantlet overhead but bi- 
directional single track was largely single wire:

	Drake was single overhead on bi-directional single track.
	Neville Island on the 23 line was single overhead on bi-directional 
single track.
	28 Heidelberg on the outer end was single overhead on bi-directional 
single track.
	38A between Mt. Lebanon and Castle Shannon was single overhead on 
bi-directional single track.
	39 Brookline on the outer end was single overhead on bi-directional 
single track.
	40 Mt. Washington on the outer end was single overhead on 
bi-directional single track.
	49 Beltzhoover on Arlington between Carson and Warrington and the 
outer end on Climax and Gearing was single overhead on bi-directional single 
track.
	51 Bon Air was single overhead on bi-directional single track.
	62 Trafford was single overhead on bi-directional single track.
	65 Lincoln Place was single overhead on bi-directional single track.
	94 Sharpsburg outer end was single overhead on bi-directional single 
track.

-- 
James B. Holland
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