Route 9, 8, PHB&NC - Now Rt. 40

[Donald Galt]

On 11 Nov 99, at 8:07, Dietrich, Robert J. wrote:

>  there was a severe dip in Grandview at Shaler and the street cars couldn't
> handle it.  When they new cars (PCC) arrived they had to fill in the dip
> and raise the end of Shaler St.  Does anyone know?  Did the 40 require
> double end cars that turned back on the single track along Grandview before
> the advent of PCCs? 

My 1930 street map shows the line terminating just beyond the Duquesne 
incline, at approximately Plymouth Street, thus short of the sharp descent 
from Augusta to Shaler.

Now, here is a curiousity: it has long puzzled me that on the 1930 edition of 
the city topographic map the line is shown running south on Republic Street 
about 1/3 the distance from Rutledge to Greenleaf, with a turnout - nothing 
more - to Rutledge Street.

If this indicates partial completion of the extension, then 1930 is a trifle 
early to be accommodating PCCs.

D2