Maps-Carrick

[Fred Schneider]

Was 9 Charles the only route where you needed a controller to go east
and a brake valve to go west?  

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert E. Rathke [mailto:brathke at juno.com]
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 1999 11:34 AM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: Re: Maps-Carrick


This must be "time to remember": The 9-Charles St. Transfer was very
short and very steep, especially at the north end where it connected
with
8-Perrysville (the City View shuttle bus connected at this point too,
but
went in the other direction (northeastbound across Perryville Ave.) to
City View.  What was most interesting about route 9, was that its
layover/crossover point was on the steepest part of Charles St. at the
interesction with Perrysville Ave.  Cars would climb up Charles St.,
stop
to reverse poles, and then roll back down Charles Street on the other
track.

Bob 11/6
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The 21st Century starts on January 1, 2001.  Just a reminder.

On Fri, 5 Nov 1999 15:51:52 -0500  "Vigrass, Bill"
<billvigrass at hillintl.com> writes:
>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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