Maps-Carrick

[Vigrass, Bill]

How about real rapid light rail like 29-Thornberg, 99-Glassport, 65-Munhall
Lincoln Place and 59-Homeville Homestead high speed shuttle with the only
high speed double enders I ever rode.  And not to forget the fastest of them
all, the Charles Street Transfer,forgot the number, up and down a hill at a
very low speed in an old low speed narrow door double ender.  Them wuz the
daze.
Bill V. 

-----Original Message-----
From: John Swindler [mailto:j_swindler at hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 11:53 AM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: Re: Maps-Carrick


Fred Bruhn wrote:
>
>
>Tom (Parkinson)'s map is circa 1966 and in answer to some of the Carrick 
>questions on routings, Tom says in 1966 operating routes were 35 Library 36

>Drake, 37 Shannon, 38A Castle Shannon, 42 Dormont, 42/38 Mt Lebanon, 43 
>Neeld Ave, 44 Knoxville, 47 Carrick via Tnl, 48 Arlington, 49 Beltzhoover, 
>and 53 Carrick.
>
>
>
Ah, the memories.  Those older then the "baby boom generation" will also 
remember the likes of 46 Brownsville, 51 Bon Air, Carrick Car House (which 
eventually became a supermarket) and there was probably a 52 also (or was 
that Bon Air?).

For those younger, 50 Carson St., 39 Brookline and 40 Mt. Washington were 
recent bus conversions, as was 77/54 service to Carrick.  37 was a rush-hour

short turn of 35 and 36; 38A was the rush-hour extension of 42/38 while 42 
and 43 were rush-hour short turns;  44 operated "via PRR station", looping 
at 12th St. and around the Greyhound Station, 47 was a rush hour only line 
while 49 used Arlington Ave. and 53 used S. 18th St. to reach the southside.

  As for "fractional" 42/38, it was created through abandonment of West 
Liberty Ave. trackage used by 38 between Brookline Jct. and Dormont Wye, and

extension of 42 line over 38 to Clearview Loop.  Wished I had taken some 
slides of those convoys of small ACF-Brill shuttle buses leaving Clearview 
Loop!

Pittsburgh truly was someplace special.

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